Genetic diversity of the bacterial wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum using a RAPD marker

Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a destructive disease of many economically important crop species. A significant variation in wilt incidence and severity in eggplant and potato was observed among the growing areas surveyed. R. solanacearum isolates obtained both from eggplant and...

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Published in:	Comptes rendus. Biologies Vol. 338; no. 11; p. 757
Main Authors:	Nishat, Sayeda, Hamim, Islam, Khalil, M Ibrahim, Ali, Md Ayub, Hossain, Muhammed Ali, Meah, M Bahadur, Islam, Md Rashidul
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	France 01-11-2015
Subjects:	Cluster Analysis DNA Primers - genetics DNA, Bacterial - genetics Genetic Variation Plant Diseases - microbiology Ralstonia solanacearum - genetics Ralstonia solanacearum - isolation & purification Ralstonia solanacearum - pathogenicity Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique Reproducibility of Results Solanum - microbiology Solanum melongena - microbiology Genetic diversity Bacterial wilt RAPD R. solanacearum
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Summary:	Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a destructive disease of many economically important crop species. A significant variation in wilt incidence and severity in eggplant and potato was observed among the growing areas surveyed. R. solanacearum isolates obtained both from eggplant and potato belong to biovar III, while isolates from eggplant belong to race 1 and isolates obtained from potato belong to race 3. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used as a tool for assessing genetic variation and relationship among seven isolate groups of R. solanacearum viz., RsB-1, RsB-2, RsB-3, RsP-1, RsP-2, RsP-3 and RsP-4, consisting in a total of 28 isolates. Out of the RAPD markers used, amplification with four decamer primers produced 70 bands with sizes ranging from 100 to 1400 bp. Out of 70 bands, 68 bands (97.06%) were polymorphic and two bands (2.94%) were monomorphic amongst the seven R. solanacearum isolates group. The Unweighted Pair Group Method of Arithmetic Means (UPGMA) dendrogram constructed from Nei's genetic distance produced two main clusters of the seven isolates of R. solanacearum. The isolates RsB-1, RsB-2, RsB-3 and R-4 grouped in cluster І, while RsP-2, RsP-3 and RsP-4 grouped in cluster ІІ. The highest intra-variety similarity index (Si) was found in RsB-1 isolate (86.35%) and the lowest one in RsP-2 (56.59%). The results indicated that relatively higher and lower levels of genetic variation were found in RsP-3 and RsB-3, respectively. The coefficient of gene differentiation (G(st)) was 0.5487, reflecting the existence of a high level of genetic variations among seven isolates of R. solanacearum. Comparatively higher genetic distance (0.4293) and lower genetic identity (0.6510) were observed between RsB-2 and RsP-4 combinations. The lowest genetic distance (0.0357) and highest genetic identity (0.9650) were found in RsB-1 vs. RsB-2 pair. Thus, RAPD offers a potentially simple, rapid and reliable method to evaluate genetic diversity analysis in R. solanacearum.
ISSN:	1768-3238
DOI:	10.1016/j.crvi.2015.06.009