title: Microsatellite markers for the fungal banana pathogens Mycosphaerella fijiensis, Mycosphaerella musicola and Mycosphaerella eumusae.
abstract: We developed a total of 50 microsatellite markers for the three fungal pathogens causing the most important leaf spot diseases of banana: 32 loci for Mycosphaerella fijiensis are presented, and nine loci each for Mycosphaerella musicola and Mycosphaerella eumusae. All these loci were polymorphic within each species on a sample of isolates collected from various locations around the world. Within M. fijiensis and M. musicola, most of the loci tested (> 80%) in a sample of isolates from a single location in Cameroon were also polymorphic. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction systems were developed with 15 loci for M. fijiensis.
authors.affiliation: UMR BGPI, CIRAD, TA A 54/K, 34 398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France, Genoscope, Centre National de séquençage, 2 Rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France.
authors.forename: M-F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Zapater
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duchemin
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Dussart
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coste
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brottier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carlier