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SESSION 2: SECONDARY METABOLITES – BIOCHEMISTRY,<br />
BIOSYNTHESIS, FEED AND FOOD SAFETY<br />
P22 - Geographic differences in trichothecene<br />
chemotypes <strong>of</strong> Fusarium graminearum in the<br />
Northwest and North <strong>of</strong> Iran<br />
A. D. van Diepeningen 1 , M. Davari 1,2,3 , S. H. Wei 4,5 , A. Babay-Ahari 2 , M.<br />
Arzanlou 2 , C. Waalwijk 4 , T. A. J. van der Lee 4 , R. Zare 6 , A. H. G. Gerrits van<br />
den Ende 1 , G. S. de Hoog 1,7,8,9<br />
1 CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, 3584CT Utrecht, the Netherlands; 2 Department <strong>of</strong> Plant<br />
Protection, Faculty <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, University <strong>of</strong> Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran; 3 Department <strong>of</strong> Plant Protection,<br />
Faculty <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, University <strong>of</strong> Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran; 4 Plant Research International,<br />
Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands; 5 College <strong>of</strong> Plant<br />
Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China; 6 Department <strong>of</strong> Zotany, Iranian<br />
Research Institute <strong>of</strong> Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran; 7 Institute <strong>of</strong> Biodiversity and Ecosystem<br />
Dynamics, University <strong>of</strong> Amsterdam; 8 Peking University Health Science Centre, Research Center for<br />
Medical Mycology, Beijing, China; 9 SunYat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University,<br />
Guangzhou, China<br />
E-mail: a.diepeningen@cbs.knaw.nl<br />
The diversity and prevalence <strong>of</strong> Fusarium species and their chemotypes on wheat<br />
in the North-West and North <strong>of</strong> Iran was determined. Wheat in these areas is<br />
severely affected by Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), with Fusarium graminearum as<br />
prevalent species causing 96% <strong>of</strong> the infections in the North-West and 50% in the<br />
Northern provinces. Fungal isolates were identified based on morphological<br />
characters and sequences <strong>of</strong> the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, and<br />
parts <strong>of</strong> translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF1-α) and RNA polymerase subunit II<br />
(RPB2) sequences. Phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses show little<br />
haplotype variation between the F. graminearum strains collected from the<br />
different locations, but the isolates differ significantly in their trichothecene<br />
chemotypes as determined with a Luminex-Multilocus genotyping assay.<br />
Fusarium graminearum strains producing 15-ADON were abundant in Ardabil<br />
(NW <strong>of</strong> Iran), while in Golestan province (N <strong>of</strong> Iran) at the other side <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Caspian Sea especially nivalenol-producing strains and a variety <strong>of</strong> other<br />
Fusarium species were observed. Strains producing 3-ADON were rarely found in<br />
both areas. This is the first detailed study on Fusarium infections in Iranian wheat,<br />
showing large differences in prevalent etiological agents and in mycotoxin<br />
chemotypes geographically.<br />
Keywords: Fusarium graminearum Species Complex (FGSC), Fusarium<br />
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