Genetic variability of Fusarium wilt pathogen isolates of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) assessed by molecular markers

Sivaramakrishnan, S and Kannan, S and Singh, S D (2002) Genetic variability of Fusarium wilt pathogen isolates of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) assessed by molecular markers. Mycopathologia, 155 (3). pp. 171-178.

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Abstract

Genetic variability among 43 isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ciceri, the chickpea with pathogen, collected from nine states of India including the four well-characterized races of the pathogen were assessed using the molecular markers, RAPDs and AFLP. Principal coordinate analysis of the similarity index data generated from the molecular marker studies mostly gave three different clusters. Of these two clusters represented race-1 and race-2, and the third cluster consisted of race-3 and race-4 pathogen isolates. In RAPDs a fourth cluster was seen which did not go with any of the four races of the pathogen. The molecular markers established the distinctiveness of race-1 and race-2 pathogen isolates and the close similarity of pathogen isolates of race-3 with that of race-4. AFLP was found to be more informative as it differentiated more number of the pathogen isolates with the known races with minimum of outliers. The high levels of DNA polymorphism observed with the molecular markers suggest the rapid evolution of new recombinants of the pathogen in the chickpea growing fields.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: AFLP, chickpea, Fusarium oxysporum, genetic diversity, RAPDs
Subjects: Mandate crops > Chickpea
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Date Deposited: 10 Oct 2011 09:27
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2011 04:41
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/2183
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Acknowledgement: The technical assistance of Mr. R. Luke, Mr. B. Sunil Kumar, Ms. A. Anjani, Mr. P. Jagan Mohan Rao, A.V. Jayarajan, and Mr. K. Gangaiah is gratefully acknowledged. The help on the statistical analysis by Dr. Subhash Chandra and Mr. Harikrishna is gratefully acknowledged.
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