Molecular Characterization of Natural Hybrids Formed between Five Related Indigenous Clade 6 Phytophthora Species.

ABSTRACT: Most Phytophthora hybrids characterized to date have emerged from nurseries and managed landscapes, most likely generated as a consequence of biological invasions associated with the movement of living plants and germplasm for ornamental, horticultural and agricultural purposes. Presented here is evidence for natural hybridization among a group of five closely related indigenous clade 6 Phytophthora species isolated from waterways and riparian ecosystems in Western Australia. Molecular characterization of hybrids consisted of cloning and sequencing two nuclear genes (ITS and ASF), sequencing of two further nuclear loci (BT and HSP) and of two mitochondrial loci (COI and NADH). Additionally, phenotypic traits including morphology of sporangia and optima and maxima temperatures for growth we

SUBMITTER: Burgess TI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4527719 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature