MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF Alternaria porri (Ellis) Cif., THE  CAUSAL AGENT OF PURPLE BLOTCH DISEASE OF ONION, WITH THE  HELP OF SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT MARKERS

Deepa Nainwal; Saurabh Gangola; Karuna Vishunavat; Shweta Arora; Samarth Tewari; Dhirendra Kumar

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Deepa Nainwal School of Agriculture,Graphic Era Hill University, Bimtal, 263 136, Uttarakhand (India)
Saurabh Gangola School of Agriculture,Graphic Era Hill University, Bimtal, 263 136, Uttarakhand (India)
Karuna Vishunavat Department of Plant Pathology, GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar 263 145, Uttarakhand (India)
Shweta Arora Department of Professional Communication, Graphic Era Hill University, Bimtal, 263 136, Uttarakhand (India)
Samarth Tewari School of Agriculture, Graphic Era Hill University, Bimtal, 263 136, Uttarakhand (India)
Dhirendra Kumar School of Agriculture, Graphic Era Hill University, Bimtal, 263 136, Uttarakhand (India)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Alternaria porri, genetic diversity, onion, purple blotch, SSR markers

Abstract

Purple blotch disease of onion, caused by Alternaria porri (Ellis) Cif., causes extensive damage to the bulb and seed crops. The present study was aimed to assess the morpho-cultural variations and genetic diversity in 14 isolates of A. porri by simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers (selected on basis of polymorphism pattern). Most isolates showed white fluffy colony growth and yellow to light orange pigmentation with circular, irregular and smooth margin along with clear-cut zonation. During the study period, 36 loci were obtained and the average expected gene diversity was found in the range of 0.0531-0.3707. Shan cluster analysis and un weighted pair-group method with arithmetic averages (UPGMA) analysis revealed that the isolates ‘A.p.B4’ and ‘A.p.B1' had maximum similarity coefficient (0.9166667), while isolates ‘A.p.B12’ and ‘A.p.B13’ had distant similarity coefficient (0.6111111). The SSR primers D.N.alt4 (200-720 bp) and D.N.alt10 (300-600 bp) represented unique bands for all isolates which were used for the identification of isolates. The polymorphic information content (PIC) value for primer D.N.alt-4 and D.N.alt-10 was 0.0, with maximum and minimum PIC value for D.N.alt14 (0.2978) and D.N.alt-50.0495), respectively, thus represented the discriminatory power of a locus.The study revealed that the nine SSR markers tested were helpful in the isolation and molecular characterization of A. porri on the basis of polymorphism or genetic diversity.

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