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Characterization of Ascochyta isolates and susceptibility of pea cultivars to the ascochyta disease complex in Alberta
Author(s) -
Wang H.,
Hwang S. F.,
Chang K. F.,
Turnbull G. D.,
Howard R. J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2000.00489.x
Subject(s) - ascochyta , biology , cultivar , rapd , virulence , genotype , fungi imperfecti , botany , inoculation , field pea , horticulture , veterinary medicine , genetic diversity , blight , gene , genetics , medicine , population , demography , sociology , pisum
The relative virulence of 109 Ascochyta isolates collected from pea fields in Alberta from 1996 to 1998 were evaluated on 10‐day‐old seedlings by the excised leaf‐assay technique. Twenty‐eight isolates were avirulent, while the others produced lesions of various sizes on pea leaves. DNA samples from 86 isolates were amplified by the RAPD technique using PCR with single primers. One dominant genotype of Ascochyta pisi was identified throughout Alberta, but variations in virulence were not clearly differentiated by the RAPD technique. Five Ascochyta isolates, four virulent and one avirulent, were used to assess the susceptibility of 20 field pea cultivars available in Alberta, including 13 yellow types and seven green types. Based on symptom development, the yellow‐type cultivars Swing, Eiffel and Delta, and the green‐type cultivar Orb, were the most susceptible. Of yellow‐type cultivars, Voyageur, Carneval and Montana were most resistant to A scochyta infection.