Corynespora cassiicola is a species of fungus that is a plant
pathogen of many agricultural crop plants, including severe
target spot disease on cucumber. Cassiicolin is an important
effector of pathogenicity of this fungus. In this study, we
collected 141 Corynespora isolates from eighteen hosts, and
the casscolin gene was detected in 82 C. cassiicola strains.
The deduced protein sequences revealed that 72 isolates
contained the Cas2 gene, two strains from Gynura bicolor
harboured the Cas2.2 gene, and 59 isolates without a cassiicolin
gene were classified as Cas0. Phylogenetic analyses was
performed for the 141 isolates using four loci (ITS, ga4, caa5,
and act1) and revealed two genetic clusters. Cluster A is composed
of four subclades: subcluster A1 includes all Cas2
isolates plus 18 Cas0 strains, subcluster A2 includes the eight
Cas5 isolates and one Cas0 isolate, and subclusters A3 and
A4 contain Cas0 strains. Cluster B consists of 21 Cas0 isolates.
Twenty-two C. cassiicola strains from different toxin
classes showed varying degrees of virulence against cucumber.
Cas0 or Cas2 strains induced diverse responses on cucumber,
from no symptoms to symptoms of moderate or severe
infection, but all Cas5 isolates exhibited avirulence on cucumber.
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