Molecular characterisation of fusarium species causing common bean root rot in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorErima, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorNyine, Moses
dc.contributor.authorEdema, Richard
dc.contributor.authorNkuboye, Allan
dc.contributor.authorHabiba, Nalule
dc.contributor.authorCandiru, Agnes
dc.contributor.authorPaparu, Pamela
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-10T12:40:41Z
dc.date.available2025-04-10T12:40:41Z
dc.date.issued2025-04-03
dc.description.abstractRecently, Fusarium root rot (FRR)-like symptoms were observed in Uganda’s agroecology zones, prompting the National Agricultural Organisation (NARO) to conduct a disease survey. The survey reports indicated FRR as the second most prevalent root rot disease of common bean in Uganda after Southern blight. Ninety nine Fusarium spp. strains were obtained from samples collected during the surveys. The strains were morphologically and pathogenically characterised and confirmed to cause Fusarium root rot as observed in the field. However, molecular characterization of the strains was not conducted. In this study, therefore, 80 of the strains were characterized using partial sequences of translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF-1α) gene, beta tubulin (β tubulin) gene and internal transcribed spacers (ITS) region of ribosomal RNA to determine species diversity. High-quality Sanger sequences from the target genes were compared to the sequences from Fusarium species available in the National Centre for Biotechnology Information coding sequences (NCBI-CDS) database to determine the most likely species the strains belonged. The sequences from our strains were deposited into the NCBI gene bank under ID#288420, 2883276, 2873058 for TEF-1α, β tubulin and ITS respectively. The Fusarium species identified included; F. oxysporum, F. solani, F. equiseti F. delphinoides, F. commune, F. subflagellisporum, F. fabacearum, F. falciforme, F. brevicaudatum, F. serpentimum, F. fredkrugeri and F. brachygibbosum. The diversity of these Fusarium species needs to be taken into consideration when developing breeding programs for management of the disease since currently there is no variety of common bean resistant to FRR in Uganda.
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Crops Resources Research Institute with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through Grant Ref OPP1084135.
dc.identifier.citationErima, S., Nyine, M., Edema, R., Nkuboye, A., Habiba, N., Candiru, A., & Paparu, P. (2025). Molecular Characterisation of Fusarium Species Causing Common Bean Root Rot in Uganda. Journal of Fungi, 11(4), 283. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof11040283
dc.identifier.issn2309-608X
dc.identifier.urihttps://dir.muni.ac.ug/handle/20.500.12260/742
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.subjectCommon bean
dc.subjectDry beans
dc.subjectFusarium root rot
dc.subjectGenetic diversity
dc.titleMolecular characterisation of fusarium species causing common bean root rot in Uganda
dc.typeArticle

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