PMID: 16637185Apr 28, 2006Paper

Potato late blight in Morocco: characterization of Phytophthora infestans populations (virulence and mating type)

Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences
E H AchbaniD Andrivon

Abstract

Late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans, is the most important disease of potato in Morocco. Use of partially resistant cultivars should be an essential component of a sustainable management strategy of potato late blight, provided the durability of this form of resistance. It is therefore important to determine the nature of P. infestans Moroccan populations. Mating types were determined for 91 strains of P. infestans collected in the northern (Larache-northern plain), north western (Kénitra) and north eastern (Méknès, Middle Atlas) potato cropping areas of Morocco in 1999-2000, 2000-2001 and 2003-2004. They showed a clear regional structure of these populations, with the presence of both mating types (A1 and A2). Of all isolates collected since 1999, A2 mating type constituted 56% (54 isolates), following by A1 mating type (40.7%, 31 isolates) and A1-A2 (self-fertile) mating type (3.30%, 3 isolates). Populations from Méknès and Kénitra consisted mainly of A2 mating type, whereas populations from Larache predominantly included A1 mating type. Physiological race study revealed the presence of 19 races of P. infestans in the first collection of 25 isolates tested between 1999 and 2001. All known virulence genes were detecte...Continue Reading

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