Australasian Plant Pathology (2016) 45, 357-360

Míriam Goldfarb, Mateus Ferreira Santana, Tania Maria Fernandes Salomão, Pedro Henrique Scarpelli Pereira, Marisa Vieira de Queiroz and Everaldo Gonçalves de Barros (2016)
Technique IRAP (inter retrotransposon amplified polymorphism) to study the genetic variability in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum populations
Australasian Plant Pathology 45 (4), 357-360
Abstract: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, the causal agent of the white mold in dry beans, is responsible among other damages, for pronounced losses in bean cultivation. Therefore, there is an urgent need for greater research into the genetic variability of S. sclerotiorum. This study was done to evaluate the technical efficiency of IRAP (Inter Retrotransposon Amplified Polymorphism) to explore the genetic variability in this fungus. Primers were designing for the conserved regions of the long terminal repeats (LTRs) of the retrotransposons Copia-LTR_SS and Gypsy-LTR_SS. The primers were tested in the pathogen populations of S. sclerotiorum from Minas Gerais, Brazil. The estimated values of the high genetic variability indicate that the IRAP technique is a viable alternative and useful in population studies on the genetic variability of S. sclerotiorum.
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Database assignments for author(s): Everaldo G. de Barros

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	Beans (Phaseolus)	Brazil (south)