Phytopathology (2020) 110, 933-942

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Dipak Sharma-Poudyal, Qing Bai, Anmin Wan, Meinan Wang, Deven See and Xianming Chen (2020)
Molecular characterization of international collections of the wheat stripe rust pathogen Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici reveals high diversity and intercontinental migration
Phytopathology 110 (4), 933-942
Abstract: Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici causes stripe rust (yellow rust), one of the most important wheat diseases worldwide. To understand the genetic variation of the pathogen in a global scale, 283 P. striiformis f. sp. tritici isolates collected from 16 countries in eight geographic regions were genotyped using 24 codominant simple sequence repeat markers. The overall collection had a high level of genetic diversity, and the diversity levels in the Asian populations were generally higher than those of the other regions. Heterozygosity of isolates ranged from 0 to 75%, with an average of 46%. Mean heterozygosity in individual countries ranged from 34 to 59%. A total of 265 multilocus genotypes (MLGs) were detected, which were classified into eight molecular groups. Some of the molecular groups were present in all geographic regions. Moreover, many isolates from different regions were found to be identical or very closely related MLGs. Analysis of molecular variance revealed high variation within countries and intermediate variation between countries, but it revealed low and insignificant variation among geographic regions. Pairwise comparisons of regional populations detected considerable effective migrants and only low to moderate levels of differentiation. The molecular genotypes had a moderate level of correlation with the virulence phenotypes, and some of the molecular/virulence groups contained isolates from different continents. The results indicate tremendous migrations of P. striiformis f. sp. tritici and warrant the development of management strategies considering the global pathogen population.
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Database assignments for author(s): Dipak Sharma-Poudyal, Anmin Wan, Xianming Chen

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

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Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Puccinia striiformis	Wheat (Triticum)