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SESSION 1: FUSARIUM – GENETICS, GENOMICS AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY<br />

P12 - Disentangling mycotoxin regulatory pathways in<br />

Fusarium graminearum by quantitative genetics<br />

B. Laurent, N. Ponts, V. Atanasova-Penichon, C. Barreau, M. Foulongne-<br />

Oriol<br />

INRA UR1264 MycSA, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, CS20032, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France<br />

E-mail: mfoulong@bordeaux.inra.fr<br />

Fusarium graminearum is a major causal agent <strong>of</strong> Fusarium Head Blight, and<br />

Maize Ear Rot. During infection, this fungus produces extremely stable<br />

trichothecene mycotoxins that accumulate in grains, such as deoxynivalenol, or<br />

DON. This toxin represents a threat for human and animal consumers, and<br />

maximum levels <strong>of</strong> contamination <strong>of</strong> cereals commercialized in Europe are now<br />

strictly regulated. The biosynthetic pathway leading to trichothecene accumulation<br />

has been well described but the genetic determinism behind the regulation <strong>of</strong><br />

toxin production remains, however, largely unknown. To begin to answer this<br />

question, we have initiated an original approach <strong>of</strong> quantitative genetic: how many<br />

quantitative trait loci (QTL) are involved in the regulation <strong>of</strong> toxin production, what<br />

are their effects, where are they located on the genome, do they interact with<br />

each other? So far, there is no published data suitable to perform QTL analyses<br />

for toxin production in F. graminearum. We started our search for QTLs<br />

influencing DON accumulation using the intraspecific progeny that has been<br />

previously generated for creating the reference linkage map (Gale et al. 2005,<br />

Genetics), and in which toxin levels segregated as a polygenic trait. Alignment <strong>of</strong><br />

the map with the genome will allow the identification <strong>of</strong> candidate genes that may<br />

underlie these QTLs. In addition, we have initiated the creation <strong>of</strong> a new<br />

segregating progeny adapted for the quantitative analyses <strong>of</strong> several traits related<br />

to toxin production. Upon completion, this work will provide sound basis to<br />

understand the biology and the genetic <strong>of</strong> trichothecene production in Fusarium,<br />

and open new possibilities to elaborate innovative strategies to combat this<br />

pathogen.<br />

Keywords: Fusarium, mycotoxin, biosynthesis, QTL<br />

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