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Genetic and pathogenic characterization of Verticillium dahliae isolates from eggplant in Turkey

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During 2005 to 2007, eggplant fields in 19 provinces from three different regions (western, southern and southeastern Anatolia regions) of Turkey were surveyed for Verticillium wilt. Sixty-seven isolates of Verticillium dahliae from wilted eggplants were collected and used for vegetative compatibility analysis using nitrate non-utilizing mutants and reference tester strains of vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs) 1A, 2A, 2B, 3, 4A and 4B. Among all isolates, 33 (12 from western, 15 from southern and six from southeastern Anatolia) were assigned to VCG2B, 23 (four from western, eight from southern and 11 from southeastern Anatolia) to VCG2A, six (four from southern, one from western, and one from southeastern Anatolia) to VCG4B and five (one from western, one from southern and three from southeastern Anatolia) to VCG1A, whereas VCG3 and VCG4A were not defined among isolates. In order to test if there is a correlation between VCG and pathogenicity in V. dahliae, pathogenicity of 30 isolates, representing the four multimember VCGs, were tested on Solanum melongena cvs. ‘Kemer’ and ‘Aydın Siyahı’ in an unheated greenhouse. All isolates were found to be pathogenic on both cultivars and there was no difference in susceptibility between the two cultivars. VCG4B isolates collectively led to higher vascular discoloration index (VDI) on both cultivars and higher disease severity index (DSI) on ‘Kemer’ compared with other VCGs. Similarly, VCG1A caused lower VDI on both cultivars and lower DSI on ‘Kemer’. Isolates within each of VCGs 1A, 2A and 4B caused similar VDI on both cultivars. Isolates of VCG2B were found to vary in their VDI values on both cultivars. To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first report of natural infections of eggplant by VCG1A.

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This research was supported in part by The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK Project TOVAG 104-O-578).

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  1. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mustafa Kemal, 31034, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey

    Sibel Dervis, Hatice Yıldırım, Fatih M. Tok & Sener Kurt

  2. Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mustafa Kemal, 31034, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey

    Halit Yetisir & Fatih Karaca

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Dervis, S., Yetisir, H., Yıldırım, H. et al. Genetic and pathogenic characterization of Verticillium dahliae isolates from eggplant in Turkey. Phytoparasitica 37, 467–476 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-009-0061-4

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