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Jing Zeng1, Shujie Feng1, Jiangqiao Cai1
1Laboratory of Plant Resistance and Genetics, College of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
Abstract:
A collection of 520 field isolates of the rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae) originating from five provinces in China was assessed for mating type and sexual fertility. One of the two tester sets was composed of isolates collected from barley and the other from rice. Two mating types (MAT1-1 and MAT1-2) were identified among the 443 fertile isolates. The two mating types were roughly in balance with one another in the southwestern region but one or the other predominated in the southeastern and southern regions. Male-only fertile isolates were the most common, and only a few hermaphroditic and no female only fertile isolates were detected. The fertility level of the isolates was variable. Isolates from Jiangsu were more fertile than those from Fujian. The mating capacity of the testers collected from barley was higher than that of those collected from rice, but this was because the MAT1-2 testers differed very significantly from one another. In contrast, the mating capacities of the two MAT1-1 testers were similar to one another.
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