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Mating type, pathotype and RAPDs analysis inDidymella rabiei, the agent of ascochyta blight of chickpea

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Eleven pathotype groups (A-K), including five not previously reported, ofDidymella rabiei (anamorphAscochyta rabiei), representing isolates of the pathogen from Ascochyta blight-affected chickpeas mainly from India, Pakistan, Spain and the USA, were characterized using 44 single-spore isolates tested against seven differential chickpea lines. Of 48 isolates tested for mating type, 58% belonged to MAT 1-1 and 42% to MAT 1-2. Thirty-nineD. rabiei isolates, as well as two isolates ofAscochyta pisi and six isolates of unrelated fungi, were analyzed using Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) employing five primers (P2 at 40°C, and OPA3, OPC1, OPC11 and OPC20 at 35°C). Computer cluster analysis (UPGMA / NTSYS-PC) detected a relatively low level of polymorphism among all theD. rabiei isolates, although atca 7% dissimilarity,ca 10 RAPD groups [I-X] were demarcated, as well as subclustering within the larger groups. By the same criteria, the maximum dissimilarity for the whole population ofD. rabiei isolates wasca 13%. No correlation was found between different RAPD groups, pathotype, or mating type ofD. rabiei, although some evidence of clustering based on geographic origin was detected. The use of RAPDs enabled us to identify specific DNA fragments that may have a potential use as genetic markers in sexual crosses, but none which could be used as virulence markers.

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  1. Institute de Agricultura Sostenible, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientfficas, 14080, Córdoba, Spain

    J. A. Navas-Cortés, E. Pérez-Artés & R. M. Jiménez-Diaz

  2. Microbiology, Life Sciences Division, King’s College London, W8 7AH, London, UK

    A. Llobell, B. W. Bainbridge & J. B. Heale

  3. Centro de Investigaciones Cientfficas, Isla de la Cartuja (IBVF), 41092, Sevilla, Spain

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Navas-Cortés, J.A., Pérez-Artés, E., Jiménez-Diaz, R.M. et al. Mating type, pathotype and RAPDs analysis inDidymella rabiei, the agent of ascochyta blight of chickpea. Phytoparasitica 26, 199–212 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981435

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