Journal
PLANT PATHOLOGY
Volume 65, Issue 7, Pages 1084-1094Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12501
Keywords
genetic variation; invasive tree pathogen; microsatellites; Puccinia psidii genome sequence
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- Federal Government of Australia
- Plant Health Australia
- University of Sydney
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A non-native rust of Myrtaceae was first detected in Australia in 2010, and was later identified as Puccinia psidii. The presence of many native species of Myrtaceae and a lack of understanding of genetic variability in P. psidii in Australia led to the current study. Low coverage genome sequencing of P. psidii suggested a genome size of c. 142Mb. A set of 240 simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers was designed based on the genome sequence information generated. Seventeen isolates of P. psidii comprising 14 from Australia, two from Brazil and one from Hawaii were selected to study genetic variation in the pathogen. Out of 240 initially screened markers, 74% showed amplification among P. psidii isolates and 38% were polymorphic. Primers were fluorescently labelled and genotyping revealed three distinct genotypes among the isolates: one comprising Australian isolates and an isolate from Hawaii, and the second and third comprising two Brazilian isolates. Locus USYD_Pp151 produced a fourth genotype for the Hawaiian isolate of P. psidii. Markers revealed that all Australian isolates were genetically similar to the one from Hawaii. There was no genetic variation among the Australian isolates of P. psidii, supporting the hypothesis that only one genotype of P. psidii was introduced into Australia. The SSR markers developed in this study are highly specific to P. psidii and can be used confidently as a new profiling tool to monitor evolution of P. psidii in Australia and elsewhere.
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