Recovery and characterization of asexual recombinants ofMagnaporthe grisea

Eleven nitrate non-utilizing (nit) mutants were recovered from six field isolates ofMagnaporthe grisea that had different degrees of sensitivity to the blasticide kitazin P (iprobenfos, IBP). Allnit mutants were resistant to chlorate and there were no significant differences in hyphal growth rate, conidial production, sensitivity to IBP, and pathogenicity betweennit mutants and their parent isolates.nit phenotypes and IBP-resistance were used as two independent genetic markers to study asexual recombination inM. grisea. Asexual recombinants were recovered from the heterokaryotic mycelium of three inter-strain pairings, namely, DY2-3(nitl-LR) + A7-3 (nitM-S); A7-3 (nitM-S) + F4-2 (nitl-MR); and F4-2 (nitl-MR) + DY2-4 (nitA-LR), at a frequency of 7.31%, 14.00% and 8.63%, respectively. The growth rate, conidial production and pathogenicity of asexual recombinants were similar to those of parental strains. We concluded that asexual recombination resulting from hyphal fusion might contribute to variability inM. grisea.

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