Population structure and mating-type genes of Colletotrichum graminicola from Agrostis palustris.
Eighty-seven isolates of Colletotrichum graminicola, mostly from Agrostis palustris, were collected in grass fields, most of which were in Ontario, Canada. Specific primers were designed to amplify the mating-type (MAT) genes and, among 35 isolates tested, all yielded a band of the expected size for MAT2. For six isolates, the MAT2 PCR products were sequenced and found to be similar to that reported for MAT2 of C. graminicola from maize. Based on 119 polymorphic bands from 10 random amplified polymorphic DNA primers, analyses of genetic distances were found to generally cluster isolates by host and geographic origin. Among 42 isolates from a grass field in Ontario, significant spatial autocorrelation was found to occur within a 20-m distance, implying that this is the effective propagule dispersal distance. Although clonal propagation was observed in the 87 isolates with 67 unique genotypes, the extent of genetic variation in local populations implies some occurrence of sexual or asexual recombination.
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, ON, Canada.
Fajun
F
Chen
Paul H
PH
Goodwin
Adalat
A
Khan
Tom
T
Hsiang
D031703:Agrostis / Q000382:microbiology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D020231:Colletotrichum / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D005656:Fungal Proteins