Amplification of Housekeeping Genes in Magnaporthe grisea causing Blast Disease in Foxtail Millet
M. Dhivya1*, S. Thiruvudainambi1, G. Senthilraja2, N. Senthil3 and C. Vanniarajan4
1Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai 625 104, TN, India 2Regional Research station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Vriddhachalam 606 001, Tamil Nadu, India 3Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India 4Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai 625 104, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract:
The genus Pyricularia (anamorph)/Magnaporthe (teleomorph) causes blast disease on a broad range of plants including rice, foxtail millet and other species of the family Poaceae. The infected leaves of foxtail millet with typical spindle shaped lesions of light tan in colour, dusty gray appearance with necrotic borders were collected from various regions of Tamil Nadu during 2017 and 2018 and the pathogen was isolated from the samples. The collected isolates were named as TNFxM1 to TNFxM32. All the 32 blast isolates were characterized by their colony morphology and spore morphology. Amplification of housekeeping genes viz., Actin, ß- tubulin, and Calmodulin were done using the specific primers at 336 bp, 536 bp and 512 bp respectively.
Keywords:
Magnaporthe- housekeeping genes- PCR
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Dhivya, M., S. Thiruvudainambi, G. Senthilraja, N. Senthil and Vanniarajan, C. 2021. Amplification of Housekeeping Genes in
Magnaporthe grisea causing Blast Disease in Foxtail Millet.
Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.
10(3): 2195-2200
doi:
https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1003.276
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