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Title: Genetic diversity of entomopathogenic nematodes (Nematoda: Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae) and the nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from continental Portugal
Authors: Valadas, Vera Mónica Piegas
Advisors: Mota, Manuel
Oliveira, Solange
Issue Date: 2012
Publisher: Universidade de Évora
Abstract: “Diversidade genética dos nemátodes entomopatogénicos (Nematoda: Steinernematidae e Heterorhabditidae) e do nemátode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididade) em Portugal continental” Os nematodes entomopatogénicos são utilizados como agentes de controlo biológico. Para compreender a sua diversidade, foi realizada uma prospecção em Portugal. Cinco espécies, nomeadamente Steinernema feltiae, S. intermedium, S. kraussei, Steinernema sp. e Heterorhabditis bacteriophora foram identificadas. As sequências de ITS, região D2D3 do 28S rRNA, COXI e cytb foram utilizadas para estudar a diversidade genética das duas espécies mais abundantes, S. feltiae and H. bacteriophora, não tendo sido encontradas diferenças significativas entre isolados. O nemátode da madeira do pinheiro, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, provoca doença nos pinheiros tendo sido detectada pela primeira vez na Europa e em Portugal em 1999. Para avaliar a diversidade genética dos isolados Portugueses e identificar o padrão de propagação da doença, foram utilizadas a sequência da região IGS do 5.8S rRNA, e os genes cytb e cellulase, combinados com os padrões ISSR. Os padrões de ISSR mostraram elevada diversidade genética entre os recentes isolados Portugueses, sugerindo a possibilidade de uma nova introdução. As árvores filogenéticas dos genes da celulase e cytb sugeriram uma origem Asiática para os isolados Portugueses; ABSTRACT: Entomopathogenic nematodes are used as biocontrol agents. To understand their diversity, a survey was undertaken in Portugal. Five species, namely Steinernema feltiae, S. intermedium, S. kraussei, Steinernema sp. and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora were identified. The ITS, 28S rRNA D2D3 region, COXI and cytb sequences, used to study the genetic diversity of the two most abundant species, S. feltiae and H. bacteriophora, showed no significant differences among the isolates. Bursaphelenchus xylophilus causes severe disease in pine trees and was detected for the first time in Europe and in Portugal in 1999. To evaluate the genetic diversity of Portuguese isolates and identify disease spread pathways, the sequence of 5.8S rRNA IGS region, cytb and cellulase genes, combined with ISSR fingerprints were used. ISSR fingerprints show a high genetic variability among recent Portuguese isolates, suggesting the possibility of a new introduction. Phylogenetic trees based on cellulase and cytb genes suggests an Asian origin for Portuguese isolates.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/15718
Type: doctoralThesis
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