eprintid: 11156
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datestamp: 2019-07-12 08:39:38
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type: article
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creators_name: Chala, A
creators_name: Degefu, T
creators_name: Brurberg, M B
creators_gender: Female
icrisatcreators_name: Degefu, T
affiliation: College of Agriculture, Hawassa University (Hawassa)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Addis Ababa)
affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
affiliation: Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) (Høgskoleveien)
country: Ethiopia
country: Norway
title: Phylogenetically Diverse Fusarium Species Associated with Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L. Moench) and Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana L. Garten) Grains from Ethiopia
ispublished: pub
subjects: S1
subjects: S1.5.2
subjects: s1.4
subjects: s2.15
subjects: s28
subjects: s54
divisions: CRPS5
full_text_status: public
keywords: Beta-tubulin gene; DNA sequence; elongation factor gene (EF1-α); species diversity; Sorghum; Finger Millet; Ethiopia
note: Funding: This work was supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) through a
project entitled “Research and capacity building in climate smart agriculture in the Horn of Africa” (grant number:
ETH-13/0016).
Acknowledgments: The authors thank Alemayehu Getachew, Monika Skogen, Jafar Razzaghian, Belachew Asalf,
and Abdelhamid Elameen for their contribution at various stages of the study.
abstract: Fusarium is one of the most diverse fungal genera affecting several crops around the world. This study describes the phylogeny of Fusarium species associated with grains of sorghum and finger millet from different parts of Ethiopia. Forty-two sorghum and 34 finger millet grain samples were mycologically analysed. All of the sorghum and more than 40% of the finger millet grain samples were contaminated by the Fusarium species. The Fusarium load was higher in sorghum grains than that in finger millet grains. In addition, 67 test isolates were phylogenetically analysed using EF-1α and β-tubulin gene primers. Results revealed the presence of eight phylogenetic placements within the genus Fusarium, where 22 of the isolates showed a close phylogenetic relation to the F. incarnatum–equiseti species complex. Nevertheless, they possess a distinct shape of apical cells of macroconidia, justifying the presence of new species within the Fusarium genus. The new species was the most dominant, represented by 33% of the test isolates. The current work can be seen as an important addition to the knowledge of the biodiversity of fungal species that exists within the Fusarium genus. It also reports a previously unknown Fusarium species that needs to be investigated further for toxin production potential.
date: 2019-06
date_type: published
publication: Diversity
volume: 11(6)
number: 93
publisher: MDPI
pagerange: 1-11
id_number: 10.3390/d11060093
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1424-2818
official_url: https://doi.org/10.3390/d11060093
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related_url_type: pub
funders: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
projects: Research and capacity building in climate smart agriculture in the Horn of Africa (grant number: ETH-13/0016)
citation:   Chala, A and Degefu, T and Brurberg, M B  (2019) Phylogenetically Diverse Fusarium Species Associated with Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L. Moench) and Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana L. Garten) Grains from Ethiopia.  Diversity, 11(6) (93).  pp. 1-11.  ISSN 1424-2818     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11156/1/diversity-11-00093.pdf