FEMS Microbiology Letters (2010) 305, 35-41

Aida Bouajila, Néjia Zoghlami, Abdelwahed Ghorbel, Salah Rezgui and Amor Yahyaoui (2010)
Pathotype and microsatellite analyses reveal new sources of resistance to barley scald in Tunisia
FEMS Microbiology Letters 305 (1), 35-41
Abstract: We examined the variation and relationships between pathogenicity and a microsatellite-based haplotype in 79 Tunisian Rhynchosporium secalis isolates that were collected from the most commonly cultivated barley populations in Tunisia, Rihane cv. and local landraces, with the goal of finding genes that might be used to monitor resistance to scald. Isolates could be classified into three distinct virulence groups based on artificial inoculation of 19 differential cultivars with known scald resistance genes. The resistance gene BRR2 carried by the Astrix differential cultivar appeared to be the most effective in Tunisia. Pathotypes sampled from the Rihane host were more virulent than those sampled from local barley landraces. Because some differential cultivars that carried the same resistance genes showed different reaction patterns to 48 of the isolates, we postulated that other unknown resistance gene(s) specific to Tunisian isolates may be prevalent and could be used in Tunisian barley breeding programs. Microsatellite fingerprinting allowed the detection of 11 alleles linked to the virulence and pathogenic identification of 52% of the tested isolates. Thus, microsatellite analysis may provide a rapid tool for pathogen detection, without an inoculation step that requires long incubation periods before ultimate disease assessment.
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Database assignments for author(s): Néjia Zoghlami, Aida Bouajila, Salah Rezgui, Amor Yahyaoui

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
resistance/tolerance/defence of host
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Rhynchosporium commune	Barley (Hordeum vulgare)	Tunisia