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AG-A belongs to the binucleate Rhizoctonia (BNR) anastomosis group (AG) of the Ceratobasidium teleomorph, which parasitizes the roots of many plant species. Ninety nine isolate species of AG-A were obtained from Tibet, Sichuan, and Yunnan Province in China. All isolates were divided into three types based on their cultural characteristics. Type I: abundant aerial mycelia, dense hyphae, loose sclerotia; Type II: abundant aerial mycelia, no sclerotia. Type III: sparse aerial mycelium and no sclerotia. All of the isolates infected the seedlings of Chinese mustard and Chinese cabbage, causing the formation of lesions on the stem and a brown discoloration of the roots. Sequence analysis of the 5.8S rDNA-ITS showed a similarity of 98–100% among the isolates. Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) was used to detect genetic variation in binucleate Rhizoctonia spp. Forty two AG-A isolates were amplified using 15 random primers. From a total of 164 bands, 144 bands (87.8%) were polymorphic in the 42 tested isolates. A dendrogram showing genetic relationships between the isolates was constructed using unweighted pair-group averages based on genetic distances. According to the dendrogram, the 42 tested isolates could be aligned into three clusters with a genetic similarity coefficient of 0.29, the first clusters including 27 isolates with III of culture characteristics on PDA; the second clusters included eight isolates with I of cultural characteristics on PDA; the third cluster included seven isolates with II of cultural characteristics on PDA. The results of ISSR analysis showed an association between the hosts of these isolates. Our results showed that ISSR analysis can reveal more molecular variation among isolates of AG-A than sequence analysis using the 5.8S rDNA-ITS.
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The research was supported by National Natural Science Fund (30660006) and Science and technology projects in Yunnan Tobacco Company (09YN006). We appreciate the assistance of Dr. Robert L. Conner of the Morden Research Station of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Prof. Michael A. Fullen of The University of Wolverhampton, UK, who reviewed this manuscript very carefully.
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Li, Y.Q., Lei, L.P., Dong, W.H. et al. Molecular diversity of binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-A in China. Phytoparasitica 39, 461–470 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-011-0187-z
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