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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
Volume 152, Issue 2, Pages 395-407Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-018-1483-y
Keywords
SSR markers; Genetic diversity; Mating type; Virulence; Metalaxyl resistance; Late blight
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- Estonian Foundation [9432]
- Estonian Ministry of Education and Research [IUT36-2, RESIST 3.2.0701.11-0003, IPMBlight 2.0 8T150054PKTK]
- Scottish Government
- European Social Fund's Doctoral Studies and Internationalisation Programme DoRa
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In this study, the Estonian population of Phytophthora infestans was characterized with mating type, sensitivity to metalaxyl, virulence on 11 potato R-gene differentials and 12 SSR markers to show the outcome of potential sexual reproduction in the population. During the three years 2010-2012, 141 P. infestans isolates, collected from 23 potato fields, showed quite a high and stable frequency of the A2 mating type, 48% of the total population. In 87% of all sampled potato fields, both mating types were recorded, suggesting continuous sexual reproduction of P. infestans and possible oospore production. Metalaxyl-sensitive isolates prevailed in all three years (68 out of 99 isolates). Amongst the 95 isolates tested, 51 virulence races were found. The race structure was diverse, and most pathotypes were unique, appearing only once; the two most common pathotypes, 1.2.3.4.6.7.10.11 and 1.2.3.4.7.10.11, comprised 35% of the population. The P. infestans population was genetically highly diverse and most of the multilocus genotypes (MLGs) appeared only once. Furthermore, all of the MLGs appeared in only one of the three sampling years. Our results confirm that the high diversity in the Estonian P. infestans population is most likely the result of frequent sexual reproduction, which benefits the survival, adaptability and diversity of the pathogen in the climate of North-Eastern Europe.
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