ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Characterization of cereal cyst nematodes (Heterodera spp.) in Morocco based on morphology, morphometrics and rDNA-ITS sequence analysis
Maurice Moens
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National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Agadir, Morocco
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Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Plant, Crop Protection, Burg. Van Gansberghelaan 96,
B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre) P.K. 39 06511, Emek, Ankara, Turkey
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Faculty of Bio-science Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Submission date: 2017-04-22
Acceptance date: 2017-06-18
Corresponding author
Fouad Mokrini
National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Agadir, Morocco
National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Agadir, Morocco
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2017;57(3):219-227
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ABSTRACT
Morphological and molecular diversity among 11 populations of cereal cyst nematodes
from different wheat production areas in Morocco was investigated using light microscopy, species-specific primers, complemented by the ITS-rDNA sequences. Morphometrics of cysts and second-stage juveniles (J2s) were generally within the expected ranges for Heterodera avenae; only the isolate from Aïn Jmaa showed morphometrics conforming to those of H. latipons. When using species-specific primers for H. avenae and H. latipons, the specific bands of 109 bp and 204 bp, respectively, confirmed the morphological identification. In addition, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions were sequenced to study the diversity of the 11 populations. These sequences were compared with those of Heterodera species available in the GenBank database (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) and confirmed again the identity of the species. Ten sequences of the ITS-rDNA were similar (99–100%) to the sequences of H. avenae published in GenBank and three sequences, corresponding with one population, were similar (97–99%) to H. latipons.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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