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- Title
Development, characterization and application of genomic SSR markers for the oat stem rust pathogen <italic>Puccinia graminis</italic> f. sp. <italic>avenae</italic>.
- Authors
Gnocato, F. S.; Dracatos, P. M.; Karaoglu, H.; Zhang, P.; Park, R. F.; Berlin, A.
- Abstract
Oat stem rust, caused by <italic>Puccinia graminis</italic> f. sp. <italic>avenae</italic> (Pga), is one of the most severe diseases of oats worldwide. Population studies are scarce for this pathogen, mainly due to the lack of polymorphic molecular markers suitable for genetic analysis. In this study, an Australian Pga isolate was sequenced, the abundance of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) was determined and PCR‐based polymorphic markers suitable for genetic diversity analysis were developed. The amplification of 194 primer pairs was initially assessed using a set of 12 isolates of different cereal rust species and their formae speciales. A high frequency of cross‐species amplification was observed for most markers; however, 36 SSRs were diagnostic for <italic>P. graminis</italic> only. A subset of 19 genome‐derived SSRs were deemed useful for genetic diversity analysis of Pga and were assessed on 66 Pga isolates from Australia, Brazil and Sweden. Brazilian and Australian isolates were characterized by one and two predominant clonal lineages, respectively. In contrast, the Swedish isolates, previously shown to undergo sexual recombination, were highly diverse (nine distinct genotypes out of 10 isolates) and divided into two subpopulations. The genome‐derived SSR markers developed in this study were well suited to the population studies undertaken, and have diagnostic capabilities that should aid in the identification of unknown rust pathogen species.
- Subjects
OATS; MICROSATELLITE repeats in plants; POPULATION biology; STIMULATED Stokes Raman scattering; PUCCINIA graminis
- Publication
Plant Pathology, 2018, Vol 67, Issue 2, p457
- ISSN
0032-0862
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ppa.12742