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Sexual recombination in Phytophthora cinnamomi in vitro and aggressiveness of single‐oospore progeny to Eucalyptus
Author(s) -
Linde C.,
Soo S. H.,
Drenth A.
Publication year - 2001
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.1365-3059.2001.00530.x
Subject(s) - biology , oospore , mating type , phytophthora cinnamomi , hybrid , mating , genetics , eucalyptus , botany , rapd , sexual reproduction , chloroplast dna , phytophthora , gene , phylogenetics , genetic diversity , population , demography , sociology
Fifty single oospore progeny were established from an in vitro mating of A1 and A2 mating type isolates of Phytophthora cinnamomi from South Africa. Forty‐nine progeny were identified as F 1 hybrids using seven random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primers, and one was a selfed isolate of the A1 mating type parent. Among the hybrid progeny, 24 and 25 were A1 and A2 mating type, respectively. Aggressiveness of progeny and parental isolates was assessed on 1‐year‐old seedlings of Eucalyptus smithii . The mean aggressiveness of hybrid oosporic isolates, expressed as lesion length, was significantly ( P = 0·0001) lower than that of the parental isolates. No significant difference in aggressiveness of A1 and A2 mating type F 1 hybrid isolates was observed. This is the first report demonstrating sexual recombination in vitro in P. cinnamomi .