Hm. Fouly et al., USE OF RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) FOR IDENTIFICATION OF GAEUMANNOMYCES SPECIES, Soil biology & biochemistry, 28(6), 1996, pp. 703-710
Randomly amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPD) were used to distinguish am
ong isolates of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, G. g. var. grami
nis, G. g. var. avenae, G. incrustans, and G. cylindrosporous. Of 60 r
andom sequence decamer primers tested, 28 produced bands and 15 showed
evidence of polymorphism. Four primers produced DNA amplification pat
terns that were used to distinguish G. graminis, G. incrustans, and G.
cylindrosporous. Banding patterns were similar within isolates of G.
g. var. tritici, G. g. var. avenae and G. incrustans. G. g. var. grami
nis showed greater variability in banding patterns. The unweighted pai
r group method with arithmetical averages (UPGMA) indicated that G. g.
var. tritici isolates were more closely related to G. g. var. avenae
than to G. g. var. graminis isolates. The results of our study showed
that RAPD markers can be used to confirm the identification of Gaeuman
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