Development of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assays to Quantify Erysiphe pisi and Erysiphe trifolii and Its Implementation for Monitoring Their Relative Prevalence in Pea Crops in Spain and Tunisia

E. pisi was thought to be the only causal agent of powdery mildew in peas, with three genes, er1, er2 and Er3, conferring resistance to this pathogen. Recently, E. trifolii has also been foundto cause this disease in peas in different countries, but its relevance in pea powdery mildew disease worldw...

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Autores: Fondevilla, Sara, González-Bernal, María José, Ben Youssef, Noura Omri, Rubiales, Diego
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/286671
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/286671
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85124944605
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Resistance
Erysiphe pisi
Erysiphe trifolii
Field pea
Pea powdery mildew
QPCR
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Sumario:E. pisi was thought to be the only causal agent of powdery mildew in peas, with three genes, er1, er2 and Er3, conferring resistance to this pathogen. Recently, E. trifolii has also been foundto cause this disease in peas in different countries, but its relevance in pea powdery mildew disease worldwide is unknown. The objective of this study was to develop a method to identify and quantify E. pisi and E. trifolii and use it to analyze the relative prevalence of E. pisi and E. trifolii in pea fields in Spain and Tunisia. We also wanted to discern the effect of the er1, er2 and Er3 resistance genes on the relative amount of E. pisi/E. trifolii. Using the polymorphic sites present between E. pisi and E. trifolii ITS sequences, we developed a qPCR method capable of identifying and quantifying these pathogens. Our results revealed, for the first time, the occurrence of E. trifolii in Tunisia and that the presence of er1, er2 and Er3 genes have a clear effect on the ratio E. pisi/E. trifolii in both countries.