Characterization of <i>Fusarium avenaceum</i> from lupin in central Alberta: genetic diversity, mating type and aggressiveness
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Root rot, caused by Fusarium avenaceum (teleomorph: Gibberella avenacea), is an important disease of lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) and other crops in western Canada. Fusarium isolates collected from infected roots of lupin in central Alberta were characterized using two RAPD primers, three microsatellite-primed PCR markers, diagnostic primers for putative mating type, sequence comparison of the translation elongation factor 1α (EF1α) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, and assessments of aggressiveness on lupin seedlings. The teleomorph phase of F. avenaceum has been reported only twice in the world, but both mating types were found throughout the province. Isolates of mating type 2 were slightly more aggressive than mating type 1 on five lupin cultivars. All 42 isolates of F. avenaceum assessed in this study had a unique multilocus genotype, which indicates a high level of genotypic diversity in the pathogen population. Cluster analysis did not reveal an association between the geographic location of the isolates and genetic relatedness based on genetic markers. Instead, the F. avenaceum isolates divided into two distinct groups, with isolates from both groups occurring together at many sites. Phylogenetic analysis also revealed high diversity and the presence of some European-like isolates within the Canadian pathogen population. The high genotypic diversity of isolates and the presence of both mating types across sites provide an indication that sexual reproduction may occur within populations of F. avenaceum in Alberta.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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