Vaghefi, Niloofar and Nelson, Scot C. and Kikkert, Julie R. and Pethybridge, Sarah J. (2017) Genetic structure of Cercospora beticola populations on Beta vulgaris in New York and Hawaii. Scientific Reports, 7.
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Abstract
Cercospora leaf spot (CLS), caused by Cercospora beticola, is a major disease of Beta vulgaris worldwide. No sexual stage is known for C. beticola but in its asexual form it overwinters on infected plant debris as pseudostromata, and travels short distances by rain splash-dispersed conidiospores. Cercospora beticola infects a broad range of host species and may be seedborne. The relative contribution of these inoculum sources to CLS epidemics on table beet is not well understood. Pathogen isolates collected from table beet, Swiss chard and common lambsquarters in mixed-cropping farms and monoculture fields in New York and Hawaii, USA, were genotyped (n = 600) using 12 microsatellite markers. All isolates from CLS symptoms on lambsquarters were identified as C. chenopodii. Sympatric populations of C. beticola derived from Swiss chard and table beet were not genetically differentiated. Results suggested that local (within field) inoculum sources may be responsible for the initiation of CLS epidemics in mixed-cropping farms, whereas external sources of inoculum may be contributing to CLS epidemics in the monoculture fields in New York. New multiplex PCR assays were developed for mating-type determination for C. beticola. Implications of these findings for disease management are discussed.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Faculty / Department / School: | No Faculty |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2017 00:31 |
| Last Modified: | 09 May 2018 03:54 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | cercospora beticola; table beet; cercospora leaf spot (CLS) |
| Fields of Research : | 06 Biological Sciences > 0607 Plant Biology > 060704 Plant Pathology 06 Biological Sciences > 0604 Genetics > 060411 Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-017-01929-4 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/32952 |
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