title: At least two origins of fungicide resistance in grapevine downy mildew populations.
abstract: Quinone outside inhibiting (QoI) fungicides represent one of the most widely used groups of fungicides used to control agriculturally important fungal pathogens. They inhibit the cytochrome bc1 complex of mitochondrial respiration. Soon after their introduction onto the market in 1996, QoI fungicide-resistant isolates were detected in field plant pathogen populations of a large range of species. However, there is still little understanding of the processes driving the development of QoI fungicide resistance in plant pathogens. In particular, it is unknown whether fungicide resistance occurs independently in isolated populations or if it appears once and then spreads globally by migration. Here, we provide the first case study of the evolutionary processes that lead to the emergence of QoI fungicide resistance in the plant pathogen Plasmopara viticola. Sequence analysis of the complete cytochrome b gene showed that all resistant isolates carried a mutation resulting in the replacement of glycine by alanine at codon 143 (G143A). Phylogenetic analysis of a large mitochondrial DNA fragment including the cytochrome b gene (2,281 bp) across a wide range of European P. viticola isolates allowed the detection of four major haplotypes belonging to two distinct clades, each of which contains a different QoI fungicide resistance allele. This is the first demonstration that a selected substitution conferring resistance to a fungicide has occurred several times in a plant-pathogen system. Finally, a high population structure was found when the frequency of QoI fungicide resistance haplotypes was assessed in 17 French vineyards, indicating that pathogen populations might be under strong directional selection for local adaptation to fungicide pressure.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR Santé Végétale (INRA-ENITAB), Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin, BP 81, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Wei-Jen
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delmotte
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richard-Cervera
authors.forename: Lisette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Douence
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Greif
authors.forename: Marie-France
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Corio-Costet
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D025141:Drug Resistance, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006239:Haplotypes; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000494:pharmacology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D044742:Peronospora / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D000073739:Strobilurins; D027843:Vitis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial; D008689:Methacrylates; D010080:Oxazoles; D000073739:Strobilurins; D045303:Cytochromes b; D014450:Electron Transport Complex III; C401929:famoxadone