Identification and molecular characterisation of new Mexican isolates of Pochonia chlamydosporia for the management of Meloidogyne spp.

Ma G. Medina-Canales, A. V. Rodríguez-Tovar, R. H. Manzanilla-López, G. Zúñiga, A. Tovar-Soto

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Abstract

New Mexican isolates of the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia were obtained from nematode infested fields in the vegetable growing area of Tepeaca Valley, Puebla State, Mexico. Based on macro and microscopic morphology, seven 'putative' P. chlamydosporia isolates were selected and the DNA extracted for polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Three new isolates of P. chlamydosporia were identified: Pcp2, Pcp21 and Pcp31. The amplification reaction of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region revealed a 650 bp amplicon which was used in a maximum likelihood phylogenetic inference analysis. Three groups were recovered in the tree topology, supported by a > 90% bootstrap value. Nucleotide identity values were > 83.6% between the test sequences and the reference sequence. In addition, using specific primers for two existing varieties of P. chlamydosporia, restriction fragment length polymorphism on the ITS products in conjunction with the phylogenetic inferences and the molecular test for detection of P. chlamydosporia vcp1 gene, it was found that all three isolates belong to a new variety which we have named P. chlamydosporia var. mexicana. We compared the chlamydospore production rate, rhizosphere colonisation and egg parasitism percentages of the three native isolates in Meloidogyne spp. with a reference isolate (Pc10). Native isolates produced > 1×106 chlamydospores/50 g of substrate (of which more than 80% were viable), colonised > 80% of the rhizosphere, and parasitised > 60% of Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne arenaria eggs. Meloidogyne hapla egg parasitism was < 60%. Isolates Pcp2 and Pcp21 were identified as potential biological control agents of Meloidogyne spp. to be tested further in greenhouse and field tests.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-21
Number of pages21
JournalBiocontrol Science and Technology
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2014

Keywords

  • Pochonia chlamydosporia var. mexicana n. var.
  • nematophagous fungi
  • phylogenetic tree
  • rhizoplane
  • root-knot nematode

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