Genetic structure of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fusarium verticillioides</Emphasis> populations isolated from maize in Argentina |
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Authors: | María M Reynoso Sofía N Chulze Kurt A Zeller Adriana M Torres John F Leslie |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología,Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Ruta 36, Km 601 (5800), Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina;(2) Department of Plant Pathology,Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5502, USA;(3) Present address: USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST, BARC-East, NPGBL, Building 580, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA |
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Abstract: | Fusarium verticillioides (sexual stage Gibberella moniliformis) is a common fungal pathogen of maize worldwide that also produces fumonisin mycotoxins. Populations of this fungus can be
diverse with respect to neutral and selectable genetic markers. We used vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs) and amplified
fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) to evaluate the genetic structure of three F. verticillioides populations from commercial maize fields in Argentina. Based on work with similar populations from outside South America,
we expected individuals within the populations to be genetically diverse, that genotypic variation would be distributed in
a manner consistent with random mating, and that populations from different locations would be genetically indistinguishable
from one another. We analysed 62 AFLP loci for 133 fungal isolates. All three populations were genotypically diverse but genetically
similar and potentially part of a larger, randomly mating population, with significant genetic exchange occurring between
the three subpopulations. There was no evidence for linkage disequilibrium at P = 0.05. The low values of G
ST
, the lack of frequent private alleles, and the lack of a systemic pattern of linkage disequilibrium all suggest that sexual
reproduction is sufficiently common in F. verticillioides and that the dispersal of strains is sufficiently efficient for the population of F. verticillioides in the main maize growing region to be a single randomly mating population with no detectable genetic subdivision. Thus differences
in disease and/or toxin production observed in this region are best attributed to differences other than the genetic composition
of the population. |
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Keywords: | AFLP Ear rot Gibberella fujikuroi mating population A Vegetative compatibility Stalk rot Zea mays |
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