A Six-Year Investigation of the Dynamics of Avirulence Allele Profiles, Blackleg Incidence, and Mating Type Alleles of Leptosphaeria maculans Populations Associated with Canola Crops in Manitoba, Canada
Open Access
- 1 April 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Plant Disease
- Vol. 102 (4), 790-798
- https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-05-17-0630-re
Abstract
Blackleg, caused by the fungal pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans, is one of the most economically important diseases of canola (Brassica napus, oilseed rape) worldwide. This study assessed incidence of blackleg, the avirulence allele, and mating type distributions of L. maculans isolates collected in commercial canola fields in Manitoba, Canada from 2010 to 2015. A total of 956 L. maculans isolates were collected from 2010 to 2015 to determine the presence of 12 avirulence alleles using differential canola cultivars and/or PCR assays specific for each avirulence allele. AvrLm2, AvrLm4, AvrLm5, AvrLm6, AvrLm7, AvrLm11 and AvrLmS were detected at frequencies ranging from 97% to 33%, where the AvrLm1, AvrLm3, AvrLm9, AvrLepR1, and AvrLepR2 alleles were the least abundant. When the race structure was examined, a total of 170 races were identified among the 956 isolates, with three major races, AvrLm-2-4-5-6-7-11, AvrLm-2-4-5-6-7-11-S, and Avr-1-4-5-6-7-11-(S) accounting for 15%, 10%, and 6% of the total fungal population respectively. The distribution of the mating type alleles (MAT1-1 and MAT1-2) indicated that sexual reproduction was not inhibited in any of the nine Manitoba regions in any of the years L. maculans isolates were collected.Keywords
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