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SESSION 3: PATHOGENESIS – EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION<br />

GENETICS<br />

P77 - Geographic distribution and multilocus analysis<br />

<strong>of</strong> Fusarium subglutinans and F. temperatum from<br />

maize worldwide<br />

A. Susca, A. Villani, G. Mulè, G. Stea, A.F. Logrieco, A. Moretti.<br />

Institute <strong>of</strong> Sciences <strong>of</strong> Food Production, CNR, Via Amendola 122/O, 70126, Bari, Italy<br />

E-mail: antonio.moretti@ispa.cnr.it<br />

Fusarium temperatum is a new described species occurring on maize in Belgium,<br />

closely related to F. subglutinans (Scauflaire et al., 2011). Both species are<br />

considered morphologically identical and associated to the Fusarium maize ear<br />

rot disease complex. Preliminary data indicate that F. temperatum and F.<br />

subglutinans correspond to the two cryptic species F. subglutinans group 1 and<br />

group 2, respectively. They have a different toxigenic pr<strong>of</strong>ile. While both species<br />

produce fusaproliferin and moniliformin, only F. temperatum produces beauvericin<br />

(Moretti et al., 2008). Geographical distribution and the correct identification <strong>of</strong><br />

these two species represent the baseline to evaluate the plant exposure to<br />

mycotoxins and possible toxigenic risk on maize. In this study, 130 strains<br />

isolated from maize worldwide and morphologically identified as F. subglutinans<br />

were studied by a multilocus sequence analysis <strong>of</strong> four independent gene regions<br />

(β-tubulin, calmodulin, RNA polymerase II and elongation factor 1α). The results<br />

obtained showed that 70 strains (54%) were identified as F. temperatum and were<br />

isolated from Australia, Germany, Italy, Netherland, Poland, Slovakia, South<br />

Africa and Turkey. On the other hand, 60 (46%) strains were identified as F.<br />

subglutinans and originated from Argentina, Germany, Italy, Poland, Serbia,<br />

South Africa, Turkey, and USA. In addition, the phylogenetic analyses showed for<br />

both species different levels <strong>of</strong> intra-specific variability, in relation to each gene,<br />

with higher level <strong>of</strong> variabillity due to the elongation factor 1α. Overall these data<br />

showed that F. temperatum and F. subglutinans are common in maize worldwide<br />

although further data are needed to confirm the absence <strong>of</strong> F. temperatum in<br />

American Continent. These results represents reason <strong>of</strong> further concern<br />

worldwide for the toxigenic risk related to consumption <strong>of</strong> maize kernel<br />

contaminated by this pathogen.<br />

Keywords: maize, phylogeny, F. subglutinans, F. temperatum<br />

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