Toggle Main Menu Toggle Search

Open Access padlockePrints

Profiling azole resistant haplotypes within Zymoseptoria tritici populations using nanopore sequencing

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Yaiza Gutierrez Vazquez, Dr Ian Adams, Dr Femke van den Berg, Dr Roy SandersonORCiD, Dr Hollie Pufal, Professor Neil Boonham

Downloads


Licence

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).


Abstract

Copyright © 2022 Gutierrez Vazquez, Adams, McGreig, Walshaw, van den Berg, Sanderson, Pufal, Conyers, Langton, Broadhead, Harrison and Boonham.Zymoseptoria tritici is the causal agent of Septoria tritici blotch, the most important disease affecting wheat crops and responsible for up to 50% loss in yield. Azoles and SDHIs are the main groups of fungicides used to control the disease. The efficacy of these fungicides has decreased in recent years due to resistance development. Fungicide resistance can be a result of mutations in the target genes, mutations in upstream regulatory elements that result in over-expression of target proteins and the overexpression of transporters that remove toxic compounds from cells. In the current study nanopore sequencing was used to analyse isolates, mock communities and field samples to determine the pathogen population composition related to azole resistance. Despite the presence of sequencing errors, the method was able to effectively differentiate the sequences of different haplotypes present in both mock and field populations for haplotypes that were relatively common in the overall population. However, haplotypes present at a frequency lower than 5% of the total population, could not be accurately distinguished from haplotypes generated through background sequencing errors. The nanopore protocols are rapid and inexpensive, enabling the routine profiling of haplotypes within pathogen populations at the start of the season or between sprays, facilitating the selection of the most appropriate fungicide to control them, yet limit further selection for azole resistance.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Gutierrez Vazquez Y, Adams IP, McGreig S, Walshaw J, van den Berg F, Sanderson R, Pufal H, Conyers C, Langton D, Broadhead R, Harrison C, Boonham N

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Frontiers in Agronomy

Year: 2022

Volume: 4

Online publication date: 27/10/2022

Acceptance date: 05/10/2022

Date deposited: 28/11/2022

ISSN (electronic): 2673-3218

Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.

URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2022.943440

DOI: 10.3389/fagro.2022.943440


Altmetrics

Altmetrics provided by Altmetric


Funding

Funder referenceFunder name
Institute for Agrifood Research Innovation (IAFRI) a joint institute owned by the Newcastle University and Fera Science Ltd.

Share