Cryphonectria parasitica, which causes chestnut blight, is one of the most important pathogens of forest trees. In Europe, mycovirus-mediated biocontrol is the most efficient method to control the disease but can be impeded by the lack of information about the population structure of the fungus within a region. In particular, sexual reproduction and the new introduction of the pathogen can complicate biocontrol strategies. For this reason, this study aimed to determine the population structure of C. parasitica, which causes chestnut blight, in the northern Italian region of South Tyrol, using eleven multilocus microsatellite markers. Fifty-one haplotypes were found across South Tyrol, belonging to three divergent clusters. Recombinant genotypes demonstrated that sexual reproduction occurs across the different clusters. The most dominant genotypes in the region were also the most dominant in neighboring areas, such as Switzerland, northern Italy and France. All of the clusters from South Tyrol were related to the Italian genotype pool and are thought to have been introduced from northern Italian and other European populations due to naturally occurring gene flow or human-mediated introduction. At least three separate introduction events of C. parasitica might have happened in South Tyrol that could be separated by time. This study demonstrated a high genetic diversity of C. parasitica in South Tyrol and helped to shed light on the sexual reproduction and introduction events in the local populations.
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Univ Zagreb, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Krstin, L.
Novak-Agbaba, S.
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Forest Res Inst, HR-10450 Jastrebarsko, CroatiaUniv Zagreb, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Novak-Agbaba, S.
Rigling, D.
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Swiss Fed Res Inst, WSL, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, SwitzerlandUniv Zagreb, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Rigling, D.
Krajacic, M.
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Krajacic, M.
Curkovic Perica, M.
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