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Genetic variability in six host genotype-specific pathotypes of pearl millet downy mildew pathogen S. graminicola was studied at the molecular level using mini- and micro-satellites. Our results indicated that microsatellites (GAA)6, (GACA)4, and especially (GATA)4 were quite informative and showed high levels of polymorphism among the pathotypes. The six pathotypes could be classified into five groups based on the cluster analysis of their genetic similarities, thereby confirming the existence of distinct host genotype-specific virulence in S. graminicola pathotypes. We demonstrate, for the first time, the use of DNA fingerprinting to detect genetic variation in downy mildew fungus of pearl millet.
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Sastry, J.G., Ramakrishna, W., Sivaramakrishnan, S. et al. DNA fingerprinting detects genetic variability in the pearl millet downy mildew pathogen (Sclerospora graminicola). Theoret. Appl. Genetics 91, 856–861 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00223892
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