Characterisation of pathogenic and molecular diversity in Sclerospora graminicola, the causal agent of pearl millet downy mildew

    Sharma, R and Rao, V P and Varshney, R K and Prasanth, V P and Kannan, S and Thakur, R P (2010) Characterisation of pathogenic and molecular diversity in Sclerospora graminicola, the causal agent of pearl millet downy mildew. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 43 (6). pp. 538-551. ISSN 0323-5408

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    Abstract

    Genotypic diversity among 46 isolates of Sclerospora graminicola collected from seven states in India during 1992–2005 was determined through pathotyping and AFLP analysis. A high level of variation was observed among the isolates for downy mildew incidence, latent period and virulence index. Based on the reaction on a set of nine pearl millet lines, 46 isolates were classified in 21 pathotypes. Quantitative differences in virulence levels of the test isolates were assessed by calculating the virulence index (disease incidence × latent period − 1). A dendrogram generated by the average linkage cluster analysis of virulence index clustered the 46 isolates into eight groups. Region-specific grouping of five isolates from Gujarat and six from Rajasthan was observed within two distinct groups. Temporal variation was also observed among the isolates collected from the same location and same host over the years. A total of 297 bands were scored following selective amplification with three primer combinations E-TT/M-CAG, E-AT/M-CAG and E-TG/M-CAT and all of them were polymorphic. Cluster analysis of AFLP data clustered the test isolates into seven groups. Analysis of molecular variance indicated that variation in the S. graminicola populations was largely due to differences among the isolates within the states

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    Uncontrolled Keywords: AFLP, downy mildew, pathotype, virulence
    Subjects: Mandate crops > Millets
    Depositing User: Library ICRISAT
    Date Deposited: 13 Dec 2011 12:46
    Last Modified: 16 Sep 2013 03:46
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/4931
    Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03235400801939896
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