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We used randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR to estimate genetic variation among isolates ofTrichoderma associated with green mold on the cultivated mushroomAgaricus bisporus . Of 83 isolates examined, 66 were sampled during the recent green mold epidemic, while the remaining 17 isolates were collected just prior to the epidemic and date back to the 1950s.Trichoderma harzianum biotype 4 was identified by RAPD analysis as the cause of almost 90% of the epidemic-related episodes of green mold occurring in the major commercial mushroom-growing region in North America. Biotype 4 was more closely allied toT. harzianum biotype 2, the predominant pathogenic genotype in Europe, than to the less pathogenic biotype 1 andTrichoderma atroviride (formerlyT. harzianum biotype 3). No variation in the RAPD patterns was observed among the isolates within biotype 2 or 4, suggesting that the two pathogenic biotypes were populations containing single clones. Considerable genetic variation, however, was noted among isolates of biotype 1 andT. atroviride from Europe. Biotype 4 was not represented by the preepidemic isolates ofTrichoderma as determined by RAPD markers and PCR amplification of an arbitrary DNA sequence unique to the genomes of biotypes 2 and 4. Our findings suggest that the onset of the green mold epidemic in North America resulted from the recent introduction of a highly virulent genotype of the pathogen into cultivated mushrooms.

PCR-Based Genotyping of Epidemic and Preepidemic Trichoderma Isolates Associated with Green Mold of Agaricus bisporus