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Genetic characterisation of Botrytis cinerea populations in Chile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2002

Gastón MUÑOZ
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Centro Regional de Investigación La Platina. Santa Rosa 11610, Paradero 33, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile.
Patricio HINRICHSEN
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Centro Regional de Investigación La Platina. Santa Rosa 11610, Paradero 33, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile.
Yves BRYGOO
Affiliation:
Pathologie Végétale, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Route de Saint Cyr 78026, Versailles, France.
Tatiana GIRAUD
Affiliation:
Pathologie Végétale, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Route de Saint Cyr 78026, Versailles, France. Present address: Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, Bâtiment 362, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
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Abstract

This work aimed to evaluate the genetic diversity of Botrytis cinerea in Chile and to determine whether the two genetically different groups transposa and vacuma, described in France, are present in the country. Isolates collected in Chile from grapes, tomato, kiwifruit and blueberry were analysed using molecular markers. We developed a PCR test to identify the two groups of B. cinerea, transposa (with the transposable elements Boty and Flipper) and vacuma (with neither). As described in France, both kind of isolates were found to be present and sympatric in Chile. Isolates containing the transposable element Boty alone (boty isolates) were also detected. The frequencies of transposa, boty and vacuma isolates were significantly different on kiwifruit compared to grapes, tomato and blueberry. RAPD analysis revealed a high degree of genetic diversity, with no widespread clonal lineages. Dendrograms, analysis of molecular variance and Fst values revealed the existence of genetic differentiation in our sample between isolates from the different host plants. PCR-RFLP markers also showed that isolates sampled from grapes and tomato were genetically differentiated. Additional sampling is required to confirm these findings.

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Research Article
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© The British Mycological Society 2002

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