scholarly journals Morphological Characterization and Genetic Diversity of Rice Blast Fungus, Pyricularia oryzae, from Thailand Using ISSR and SRAP Markers

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Apinya Longya ◽  
Sucheela Talumphai ◽  
Chatchawan Jantasuriyarat
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Rice Blast ◽  
Rice Blast Fungus ◽  
Pyricularia Oryzae ◽  
Blast Disease ◽  
Host Recognition ◽  
Srap Markers ◽  
Blast Fungus ◽  
Polymorphic Bands

Rice blast disease is caused by the ascomycete fungus Pyricularia oryzae and is one of the most destructive rice diseases in the world. The objectives of this study were investigating various fungal morphological characteristics and performing a phylogenetic analysis. Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) markers were used to examine the genetic variation of 59 rice blast fungus strains, including 57 strains collected from different fields in Thailand and two reference strains, 70-15 and Guy11. All isolates used in this study were determined to be P. oryzae by internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence confirmation. A total of 14 ISSR primers and 17 pairs of SRAP primers, which produced clear and polymorphic bands, were selected for assessing genetic diversity. A total of 123 polymorphic bands were generated. The similarity index value for the strains ranged from 0.25 to 0.95. The results showed that the blast fungus population in Thailand has both morphological and genetic variations. A high level of genetic variation, or genome adaptation, is one of the fungal mechanisms that could overcome host resistance to avoid host recognition. Results from this research study could bring substantial benefits and ultimately help to understand the blast fungal pathogen genome and the population structure in Thai blast fungus.

Genetic variation of avirulent genes ( AVR‐Pi9 , AVR‐Pik , AVR‐Pita ) and genetic diversity of rice blast fungus, Pyricularia oryzae in Thailand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thanathip Sutthiphai ◽  
Katanyutita Damchuay ◽  
Ram Chandra Neupane ◽  
Apinya Longya ◽  
Tanee Sriwongchai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Rice Blast ◽  
Rice Blast Fungus ◽  
Pyricularia Oryzae ◽  
Blast Fungus ◽  
Avirulent Genes

scholarly journals Glycerol-3-Phosphate Shuttle Is Involved in Development and Virulence in the Rice Blast Fungus Pyricularia oryzae

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongkai Shi ◽  
Huan Wang ◽  
Yuxin Yan ◽  
Huijuan Cao ◽  
Xiaohong Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rice Blast ◽  
Rice Blast Fungus ◽  
Pyricularia Oryzae ◽  
Blast Fungus

The P5-type ATPase Spf1 is required for development and virulence of the rice blast fungus Pyricularia oryzae

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingmin Qu ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Xueming Zhu ◽  
Bo Dong ◽  
Xiaohong Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rice Blast ◽  
Rice Blast Fungus ◽  
Pyricularia Oryzae ◽  
Blast Fungus

scholarly journals Recently expanded clonal lineages of the rice blast fungus display distinct patterns of presence/absence of effector genes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio M. Latorre ◽  
C. Sarai Reyes-Avila ◽  
Angus Malmgren ◽  
Joe Win ◽  
Sophien Kamoun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rice Blast ◽  
Plant Pathogens ◽  
Rice Blast Fungus ◽  
Population History ◽  
Blast Disease ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Genetic History ◽  
Effector Genes ◽  
Blast Fungus ◽  
History Of

AbstractBackgroundUnderstanding the mechanisms and timescales of plant pathogen outbreaks requires a detailed genome-scale analysis of their population history. The fungus Magnaporthe (Syn. Pyricularia) oryzae —the causal agent of blast disease of cereals— is among the most destructive plant pathogens to world agriculture and a major threat to the production of rice, wheat and other cereals. Although M. oryzae is a multihost pathogen that infects more than 50 species of cereals and grasses, all rice-infecting isolates belong to a single genetically defined lineage. Here, we combined multiple genomics datasets to reconstruct the genetic history of the rice-infecting lineage of M. oryzae based on 131 isolates from 21 countries.ResultsThe global population of the rice blast fungus consists of a diverse set of individuals and three well-defined genetic groups. Multiple population genetic tests revealed that the rice-infecting lineage of the blast fungus probably originated from a recombining diverse group in South East Asia followed by three independent clonal expansions that took place over the last ∼200 years. Patterns of allele sharing identified a subpopulation from the recombining diverse group that introgressed with one of the clonal lineages before its global expansion. Remarkably, the four genetic lineages of the rice blast fungus vary in the number and patterns of presence/absence of candidate effector genes. In particular, clonal lineages carry a reduced repertoire of effector genes compared with the diverse group, and specific combinations of effector presence/absence define each of the pandemic clonal lineages.ConclusionsOur analyses reconstruct the genetic history of the rice-infecting lineage of M. oryzae revealing three clonal lineages associated with rice blast pandemics. Each of these lineages displays a specific pattern of presence/absence of effector genes that may have shaped their adaptation to the rice host and their evolutionary history.

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