Author:
Battistini Greta,Gazzetti Katia,Collina Marina
Abstract
Z. tritici first appeared in Italy later than in northern-central European countries. QoIs fungicides currently play a role in STB control, used in combination with Demethylation Inhibitors (DMIs) or Succinate dehydrogenase Inhibitors (SDHIs). In this study, we set up a fast, sensitive, and accurate ddPCR protocol in order to investigate the presence and frequency of G143A substitution, causing a reduction in strobilurins’ efficacy in Z. tritici. The best PCR conditions for the clear separation of positive and negative droplets were identified. The lowest wild-type and resistant alleles frequencies were accurately determined on samples consisting of mixed DNAs from monoconidial cultures of Z. tritici and were expressed as fractional abundance. The protocol was tested by determining the copy number and frequency of alleles on gDNA purified in three Italian Z. tritici field populations representative of different fungicide management strategies. For the first time, the determination of allele concentration and the frequency of a mutation involved in Z. tritici fungicide resistance was carried out by employing digital PCR. This new approach provides a diagnostic tool that is rapid and able to detect very low G143A substitution percentages, which is very useful for fungicide resistance detection at early stages, thus, informing field management strategies for contrasting STB disease.
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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