Genetic and Physiological Discrepancies from Isolates of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa causing Zoysiagrass Dollar Spot Disease

한국잔디에 발생하는 동전마름병 원인균의 유전 및 생리적 특성차이

  • Park, Dae-Sup (Turfgrass & Environment Research Institute, Samsung Everland Inc.) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Duck (Turfgrass & Environment Research Institute, Samsung Everland Inc.) ;
  • Kihl, Joon-Yeong (Department of Molecular Biology, Dankook University) ;
  • Pyee, Jae-Ho (Department of Molecular Biology, Dankook University)
  • 박대섭 (삼성에버랜드 잔디환경연구소) ;
  • 김경덕 (삼성에버랜드 잔디환경연구소) ;
  • 길준영 (단국대학교 분자생물학과) ;
  • 피재호 (단국대학교 분자생물학과)
  • Published : 2006.06.01

Abstract

Scz1, an isolate of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, was recently reported as a novel pathogen responsible for dollar spot disease in Zoysiagrass, a warm season turfgrass. Scz1 possessed different characteristics on mycelial pigment, mycelial affinity and host pathogenecity compared to those of Scb1, a typical isolate, obtained from creeping bentgrass, a cool season turfgrass. In this study, only three isolates, Scz1, Scz2(another analogous isolate of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa from zoysiagrass), and Scb1, were examined at the molecular level using the internal transcribed spacer(ITS) and random amplified polymorphic DNA(RAPD) assays to verify their identification and genetic variation. As a result of ITS assay, partial ITS sequences of three isolates showed 94-97% similarity with a standardized ITS sequence of S. homoeocarpa registered on BLAST. In the analysis of RAPD, range value through similarity matrix was 0.167 between Scz1 and Scb1, 0.139 between Scz2 and Scb1, and 0.713 between Scz1 and Scz2, respectively. Furthermore, tendegram analysis indicated that Scz1 and Scz2, unlike Scb1, were clustered together as accompanying a high genetic similarity. In in vitro fungicide bioassay, $EC_{50}$ value representing the sensitivity degree to propiconazole, a well-known fungicide for dollar spot disease, was 0.012 ${\mu}g/ml$ for Sczl, 0.003 ${\mu}g/ml$ for Scz2, and 0.030 ${\mu}g/ml$ for Scb1. From all data taken, we concluded that both Scz1 and Scz2 belonged to one group of S. homoeocarpa, since they exhibit the same host range and high level of genetic similarity, whereas their chemical competences to a fungicide were different. This study would provide further approach for assessing genetic diversity of S. homoeocarpa isolates as well as characterizing individual isolate against chemical exposure.

난지형 잔디인 한국 안양잔디에서 달라스팟의 병원균인 Sclerotinia honoeocarpa의 isolate, Scz1이 최근 새롭게 동정되었다. Scz1은 한지형 잔디인 크리핑 벤트그래스에서 분리된 표준 균주인 Scb1과는 다른 균사의 색상, 균사간의 친밀도 그리고 병 기주 특이성을 가지는 것으로 알려졌다. 본 연구에서는, Scz1, Scz2(난지형 잔디에서 분리한 또 다른 달라스팟 병원균) 그리고 Scb1을 분자생물학적인 연구, internal transcribed spacer(ITS) 와 random amplified polymorphic DNA(RAPD) assays를 이용하여 동정 및 유전자적 차이를 알아보았다. ITS 실험의 결과, 3개의 isolates가 ITS 부분적 염기 서열 비교 BLAST에 등록되어 있는 S. homoeocarpa의 ITS 염기 서열과 $94{\sim}97%$의 동일성을 지니는 것으로 밝혀졌다. RAPD 실험 결과로는, Scz1과 Scb1의 similarity matrix 범위는 0.167이였고, Scz2와 Scb1은 0.139 그리고, Scz1과 Scz2은 0.713이였다. 계통수(系統樹) 결과는 Scb1과는 달리 Scz1과 Scz2는 유전적으로 높은 동일성을 지니고 있어, 같은 분류에 속한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 달라스팟 병원균 억제에 효과적인 농약인 프로피코나졸에 대한 $EC_{50}$은 Scz1은 0.012 ${\mu}g/ml$, Scz2은 0.003 ${\mu}g/ml$ 그리고 Scb1은 0.030 ${\mu}g/ml$이었다. 상기 결과로, 동일 병원 기주성과 유사한 유전적 친밀성을 보인 Scz1과 Scz2는 S. homoeocarpa의 동일 그룹에 속하였으나 농약 민감도에서는 차이점을 보였다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 향후, 보다 더 많은 한지형과 난지형 잔디에서 분리된 병원균들을 이용하여 유전적 다양성을 밝히는 연구가 진행되어야 할 것이다.

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