Quantification of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pyrenophora graminea</Emphasis> in barley seed using real-time PCR |
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Authors: | Annemarie Fejer Justesen Henrik Jørskov Hansen Hans O Pinnschmidt |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Integrated Pest Management, University of Aarhus, 4200 Slagelse, Denmark;(2) Danish Plant Directorate, Skovbrynet 20, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark |
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Abstract: | A real-time PCR assay was designed to quantify seed-borne infection of Pyrenophora graminea in barley (Hordeum vulgare). Conventional tests such as the freezing blotter method cannot distinguish P. graminea from the closely related P. teres. The seed infection threshold for P. graminea is lower than the one for P. teres and is therefore applied for both species although P. graminea may be absent. This results in unnecessary rejections of seed lots. PCR primers and a TaqMan probe were designed to target
a P. graminea-specific DNA sequence. The potential of the real-time PCR assay for quantifying seed-borne infection of P. graminea was investigated by examining seed lots harvested from P. graminea-infected fields. The major part (84%) of the variation in the amount of P. graminea DNA measured by real-time PCR could be attributed to variation between seed lots while only about 8% was due to variation
within seed lots. DNA quantities of P. graminea were positively correlated with seed infection incidence detected by the freezing blotter method as well as with the infection
incidence of plants examined in the greenhouse. Both correlations were highly significant (P < 0.001) but the DNA quantities accounted only for 59% (R
2 = 0.59) and 56% (R
2 = 0.56), respectively, of the variation in the results obtained by the two conventional methods. Seed lots of varieties resistant
to P. graminea contained considerable amounts of P. graminea DNA but showed no or only few leaf symptoms in the greenhouse test suggesting that the recommended seed infection thresholds
could be raised for resistant varieties. |
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Keywords: | Drechslera graminea Organic seed production Quantitative PCR Seed-borne Seed infection threshold TaqMan |
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