scholarly journals Population history of the Northern corn leaf blight fungal pathogen Setosphaeria turcica in Europe

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mireia Vidal-Villarejo ◽  
Fabian Freund ◽  
Hendrik Hanekamp ◽  
Andreas von Tiedemann ◽  
Karl Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Fungal Pathogen ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Setosphaeria Turcica ◽  
Northern Corn Leaf Blight ◽  
Maize Cultivation ◽  
Genomic Regions ◽  
Corn Leaf Blight

AbstractSetosphaeria turcica is a major fungal pathogen of maize and causes the foliar disease Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB). It originates from tropical regions and expanded into Central Europe since the 1980s, simultaneously with a rapid increase of maize cultivation area in this region. To investigate evolutionary processes influencing the rapid expansion of S. turcica we sequenced 121 isolates from Central Europe, Western Europe and Kenya. Population genetic inference revealed five genetically distinct clusters that differ by their geographic distribution and emergence dates. One genetically diverse cluster is restricted to Kenya, and the four European clusters consist of three distinct clonal lineages with low genetic diversity and one genetically diverse cluster with several clonal sublineages. A comparison of two different coalescent models for genetic diversity in the most frequent and geographically widespread clonal lineage in Europe supported a model of neutral, strongly exponential population growth over models accounting for different types of selection. In contrast to Kenyan isolates, European isolates did not show sexual recombination despite the presence of both mating types MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 in Europe. Within clonal lineages phenotypic variation in virulence to different monogenic resistances likely originated from repeated de novo mutations in virulence genes of S. turcica. k-mer based association mapping between genetic clusters did not identify genomic regions associated with pathogen races but few genomic regions that are significantly differentiated between two clonal lineages and contain putative effector genes. Our results suggest that the rapid colonization of Europe by different clonal lineages of S. turcica was not driven by selection of virulent races but reflects a neutral demographic process of fast pathogen population growth fostered by a rapid expansion of the maize cultivation area in this region.

Physiological races and virulence dynamics of Setosphaeria turcica in Northeast China

Plant Disease ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhoujie Ma ◽  
Shidao He ◽  
Bo Liu ◽  
Suna Wang ◽  
Yufei Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Leaf Blight ◽  
Corn Production ◽  
Foliar Disease ◽  
Setosphaeria Turcica ◽  
Northern Corn Leaf Blight ◽  
Physiological Races ◽  
Corn Leaf Blight

Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB), caused by Setosphaeria turcica, is an important foliar disease in corn. Since 2005, the damage from NCLB has increased in Northeast China, probably due to the emergence of new physiological races. In this study, 883 single conidial isolates of S. turcica were obtained from 12 sites across three provinces of Northeast China between 2007 and 2017. The virulence of the isolates was evaluated in five corn lines (B37, B37Ht1, B37Ht2, B37Ht3, B37HtN). Sixteen physiological races (0, 1, 2, 3, N, 12, 13, 1N, 23, 2N, 3N, 123, 12N, 13N, 23N, and 123N) were obtained, depending on their resistance or susceptibility. Three races (0, 1, and 2) were most prevalent, with frequencies of 40.5%, 19.6%, and 11.3% in all isolates, respectively. Races varied across provinces and years. Virulence to more than one Ht resistance genes occurred in 21.5% of isolates, with 8.5% virulent to three or more genes. Overall, 41% of isolates were avirulent to all Ht genes, 36% were virulent to Ht1, 28% to Ht2, 11% to Ht3, and 16% to HtN. Isolates from Heilongjiang had a greater frequency of virulence to Ht2 and Ht3, whereas isolates from Jilin and Liaoning were more frequently virulent to Ht1 and HtN, respectively. The frequency of isolate virulence to Ht2 ranged from 8% in 2009 to a maximum of 29% in 2015, and in 2015, isolates were more virulent to Ht2 than Ht1. This study will help growers to purposefully select commercial hybrids with multiple effective Ht resistance genes, and reduce the utilization of Ht1 and Ht2 genes in the process of corn production to strengthen NCLB control.

scholarly journals First Report of Northern Corn Leaf Blight Caused by Setosphaeria turcica on Corn (Zea mays) in Fujian Province, China

Plant Disease ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 831
Author(s):  
N. N. Shi ◽  
Y. X. Du ◽  
H. C. Ruan ◽  
X. J. Yang ◽  
Y. L. Dai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Leaf Blight ◽  
Fujian Province ◽  
Setosphaeria Turcica ◽  
First Report ◽  
Northern Corn Leaf Blight ◽  
Corn Leaf Blight

Morphological and molecular markers based screening of maize hybrids against northern corn leaf blight

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadaf Naeem ◽  
Muhammad Tahir ◽  
Kiramat Khan ◽  
Amjad Hasan ◽  
Rafiq Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Markers ◽  
Leaf Blight ◽  
Maize Hybrids ◽  
Northern Corn Leaf Blight ◽  
Corn Leaf Blight

Klebsiella jilinsis 2N3 promotes maize growth and induces resistance to northern corn leaf blight

2021 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 104554
Author(s):  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
Sisheng Zhang ◽  
Huilin Yu ◽  
Hongyu Pan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Blight ◽  
Northern Corn Leaf Blight ◽  
Maize Growth ◽  
Corn Leaf Blight

Distribution of mating types and genetic diversity induced by sexual recombination in Setosphaeria turcica in northern China

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongshan Fan ◽  
Jifang Ma ◽  
Xiumei Gui ◽  
Xinlong An ◽  
Shuqin Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Mating Types ◽  
Setosphaeria Turcica ◽  
Sexual Recombination

scholarly journals Influence of Quaternary environmental changes on mole populations inferred from mitochondrial sequences and evolutionary rate estimation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azusa Nakamoto ◽  
Masashi Harada ◽  
Reiko Mitsuhashi ◽  
Kimiyuki Tsuchiya ◽  
Alexey P. Kryukov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Population Expansion ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Land Bridge ◽  
Mismatch Distribution Analysis ◽  
Expansion Event

AbstractQuaternary environmental changes fundamentally influenced the genetic diversity of temperate-zone terrestrial animals, including those in the Japanese Archipelago. The genetic diversity of present-day populations is taxon- and region-specific, but its determinants are poorly understood. Here, we analyzed cytochrome b gene (Cytb) sequences (1140 bp) of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to elucidate the factors determining the genetic variation in three species of large moles: Mogera imaizumii and Mogera wogura, which occur in central and southern mainland Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu), and Mogera robusta, which occurs on the nearby Asian continent. Network construction with the Cytb sequences revealed 10 star-shaped clusters with apparent geographic affinity. Mismatch distribution analysis showed that modes of pairwise nucleotide differences (τ values) were grouped into five classes in terms of the level, implying the occurrence of five stages for rapid expansion. It is conceivable that severe cold periods and subsequent warm periods during the late Quaternary were responsible for the population expansion events. The first and third oldest events included island-derived haplotypes, indicative of the involvement of land bridge formation between remote islands, hence suggesting an association of the ends of the penultimate (PGM, ca. 130,000 years ago) and last (LGM, ca. 15,000 years ago) glacial maxima, respectively. Since the third event was followed by the fourth, it is plausible that the termination of the Younger Dryas and subsequent abrupt warming ca. 11,500 years ago facilitated the fourth expansion event. The second event most likely corresponded to early marine isotope stage (MIS) 3 (ca. 53,000 years ago) when the glaciation and subsequent warming period were predicted to have influenced biodiversity. Utilization of the critical times of 130,000, 53,000, 15,000, and 11,500 years ago as calibration points yielded evolutionary rates of 0.03, 0.045, 0.10 and 0.10 substitutions/site/million years, respectively, showing a time-dependent manner whose pattern was similar to that seen in small rodents reported in our previous studies. The age of the fifth expansion event was calculated to be 5800 years ago with a rate of 0.10 substitutions/site/million years ago during the mid-Holocene, suggestive of the influence of humans or other unspecified reasons, such as the Jomon marine transgression.

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