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According to the previous<br />

observations, this paper describes<br />

physiologic specialization <strong>of</strong> bread<br />

<strong>and</strong> durum wheat isolates collected<br />

from Morocco <strong>and</strong> Tunisia,<br />

respectively, <strong>and</strong> the sequence <strong>of</strong><br />

their ITS rDNA. Specific primers<br />

determined by Beck <strong>and</strong> Ligon<br />

(1995) for PCR detection <strong>of</strong> S. tritici<br />

<strong>and</strong> S. nodorum were used to<br />

differentiate those pathogens from<br />

other fungal pathogens <strong>of</strong> wheat<br />

<strong>and</strong> to detect their presence in<br />

asymptomatic wheat plants. Time<br />

course PCR quantification <strong>of</strong> S.<br />

tritici in infected wheat was<br />

assessed to analyze the evolution <strong>of</strong><br />

mycelia in resistant <strong>and</strong> susceptible<br />

cultivars.<br />

Materials <strong>and</strong> Methods<br />

Plant material <strong>and</strong><br />

experimental design<br />

Thirty-six durum<br />

wheat <strong>and</strong> eight bread<br />

wheat cultivars<br />

(Table 1) were<br />

employed to study<br />

genetic variation for<br />

virulence. Seeds <strong>of</strong> the<br />

cultivars were sown in<br />

trays with 228 alveolus<br />

with 3 cm x 3 cm<br />

surface <strong>and</strong> 5 cm<br />

height. Each alveolus<br />

contained four seeds.<br />

The experiment was<br />

conducted in an<br />

arbitrary complete<br />

block design with three<br />

replicates for each<br />

isolate. Replicates were<br />

blocked in the same<br />

tray, separated by two<br />

rows <strong>of</strong> alveolus.<br />

Characterization <strong>of</strong> <strong>Septoria</strong> tritici Variants <strong>and</strong> PCR Assay for Detecting <strong>Stagonospora</strong> nodorum <strong>and</strong> <strong>Septoria</strong> tritici in Wheat 27<br />

Experimental procedure<br />

Seven isolates <strong>of</strong> S. tritici taken<br />

from durum wheat <strong>and</strong> seven<br />

isolates from bread wheat collected<br />

in different regions <strong>of</strong> Tunisia <strong>and</strong><br />

Morocco, respectively, were used to<br />

inoculate durum <strong>and</strong> bread wheat<br />

cultivars (Table 2). Eleven-day-old<br />

seedlings with emerging second<br />

leaves were inoculated with a<br />

monosporal suspension till run-<strong>of</strong>f.<br />

The inoculum was prepared from<br />

monosporal culture cultivated on<br />

potato dextrose agar (PDA)<br />

medium. The spores were scraped<br />

from the agar, re-suspended in<br />

distilled water, filtered, <strong>and</strong><br />

adjusted to 106-107 spores/ml. After<br />

inoculation the trays were<br />

incubated in a humid chamber for<br />

72 hours <strong>and</strong> returned to a growth<br />

chamber at temperature 20-25°C<br />

during the day, 17°C during the<br />

night, <strong>and</strong> 12 hours photoperiod.<br />

Table 1. List <strong>of</strong> durum <strong>and</strong> bread wheat cultivars used to study<br />

genetic variation for virulence in Mycosphaerella<br />

graminicola.<br />

Code Cultivars Code Cultivars<br />

01 Florence aurore* 23 Medea AC3<br />

02 Florence Aurore x PUSA* 24 Medea AC4<br />

03 Derbessi x Biskri 25 Medea AP1<br />

04 Guelma* 26 Medea AP2<br />

05 EAPC6326127* 27 Allorea*<br />

06 Tunis9* 28 Richelle*<br />

07 Tunis23* 29 Sebei glabre<br />

08 Abdelkader 30 Sebei pubescent<br />

09 Agili pubescent AC1 31 Souri AC8<br />

10 Bidi AP4 32 Souri AC9<br />

11 Bidi AP1 33 Medea AC1<br />

12 Bidi AP3 34 Medea AC2<br />

13 Bidi AP 35 Medea AP6<br />

14 Biskri glabre 36 Medea AP10<br />

15 Biskri glabre AP3 37 Medea RP1<br />

16 Derbessi AC1 38 Biancullida ICM27<br />

17 Derbessi AP1 39 Mahmoudi ICM28<br />

18 Derbessi AP2 40 Mahmoudi ICM67<br />

19 Hamira AC2 41 Khotifa x ICM75<br />

20 Hamira AC3 42 ICM313<br />

21 Hamira AC4 43 ICM314<br />

22 Hamira AC5 44 Hamira<br />

* Bread wheat cultivars.<br />

Disease evaluation<br />

<strong>and</strong> statistical analysis<br />

Disease severity was evaluated<br />

at 21 days after inoculation on the<br />

second leaf <strong>of</strong> the plant <strong>and</strong> using<br />

the presence <strong>of</strong> pycnidia as the<br />

disease parameter (Kema et al.,<br />

1996a). The collected data were<br />

treated with SAS s<strong>of</strong>tware (1993<br />

version). The presence <strong>of</strong> pycnidia<br />

was subjected to analysis <strong>of</strong><br />

variance. The tables <strong>of</strong> means <strong>of</strong> the<br />

14 isolates were subjected to<br />

hierarchical clustering using the<br />

statistical analysis s<strong>of</strong>tware CSTAT.<br />

DNA extraction from fungal<br />

spores <strong>and</strong> infected plants<br />

Spores <strong>of</strong> S. tritici <strong>and</strong> S. nodorum<br />

cultivated on PDA medium were<br />

subcultured in 100 ml flasks <strong>of</strong> yeast<br />

extract <strong>and</strong> glucose liquid medium.<br />

Five-day spore cultures were<br />

centrifuged <strong>and</strong> DNA extraction <strong>of</strong><br />

fungal spores was performed using<br />

CTAB extraction buffer according to<br />

the protocol described by Morjane et<br />

al. (1995). DNA extraction from three<br />

infected leaves was performed<br />

according to the protocol described<br />

by Möller et al. (1992). DNA pellet<br />

after extraction was re-suspended in<br />

50 µl Tris-HCl; 10 mM EDTA; 1 mM<br />

(TE) buffer.<br />

PCR amplification<br />

<strong>and</strong> sequencing<br />

The sequence <strong>of</strong> ITS rDNA<br />

concerned 5 isolates (MAR 1, 2, 3, 4,<br />

5) collected from Morocco (Table 2)<br />

<strong>and</strong> 5 isolates (TUN 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)<br />

collected from Tunisia (Table 2). ITS<br />

amplification was performed with<br />

ITS1 (5’-<br />

TCCGTAGGTGAACCTGCGG-3’)<br />

<strong>and</strong> ITS 4 (5’-<br />

TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC-3’)<br />

universal primers. PCR reactions

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