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Article

Pathogenicity and Genetic Variations in Magnaporthe oryzae Isolates from One Rice Variety Planting in Paddy and Upland Fields

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State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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Yunnan-CABI Joint Laboratory for Integrated Prevention and Control of Trans-Boundary Pests, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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College of Science, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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Agronomy 2023, 13(5), 1246; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051246
Submission received: 31 March 2023 / Revised: 19 April 2023 / Accepted: 25 April 2023 / Published: 27 April 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Pest and Disease Management)

Abstract

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Rice is the most important crop for worldwide consumers. The water utilization of rice planting is more than 50% of agricultural water in China, and it is necessary to breed water-saving and drought-resistant rice. The rice variety Dianheyou 615 can be planted in the paddy and upland fields, which satisfies rice production farmers in mountainous regions of Yunnan. We aimed to explore the variations in Magnaporthe oryzae isolates collected from Dianheyou 615 planted in paddy or upland fields. Through pathogenicity tests, we found that most isolates had the highest pathogenicities, but there were no significant differences between the paddy and upland isolates. By a combination of monogenetic and elite rice lines, with a further resistance assessment, the monogenetic lines with Pi9, Diantun 506, and Lvhan 1 displayed better resistances. Moreover, we re-sequenced 15 isolates to explore their genetic variations. Our results showed that the source of the upland isolates may have been the offspring of the paddy isolates, but there were many genes with specifically found SNPs in two populations that would develop subdivisions after long-time planting. Overall, we compared the pathogenicities and genetic variations in blast isolates from the planting of Dianheyou 615 in paddy and upland fields, which provided references for the influence of the planting environment on population subdivisions.

1. Introduction

Rice is the staple food for over 50% of the global population. The yield potential of rice has been increasing since the breeding of semi-dwarf rice. In China, the successful breeding of hybrid rice and the launching of the super rice program greatly improved rice yield. However, paddy rice planting requires large amounts of water, which consume 50% of agricultural water in China [1]. The shortage of water is limiting rice development; thus, it is necessary to develop water-saving and drought-resistance rice, which would be great achievements for food security in China [2,3,4]. The rice variety Dianheyou 615 is widely used in the Yunnan area and can be planted both in paddy and upland areas. Moreover, the planting of this variety relies only on rainfall, which solves the problems of rice planting in the upland and mountainous districts of Yunnan.
Rice blast disease, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae (Hebert) Barr., threatens global rice production and food safety [5]. Populations of M. oryzae were widely distributed in rice planting regions, which provided global resources and the ability to exploit the genetic differentiation and evolution of M. oryzae [6]. Nowadays, the populations of M. oryzae are divided into four lineages; lineage one contains more genetic diversity and recombination isolates, while the other three lineages are non-admixed and clonal isolates [7]. Moreover, the effector number, rice subdivisions, and sexual deficits drive the formation of different lineages.
Both mountainous areas and periods of uneven rainfall limit crop production in Yunnan. The popularization of the rice variety Dianheyou 615 made it easier to plant rice in artificial irrigation-deficient areas. The Yunnan area, located in South East Asia, is regarded as the origin of M. oryzae’s diversity [8]. Here, we found rice blast disease in Dianheyou 615 crops whenever they were planted in paddy or upland areas. There was no result of the comparison of the pathogenicities and genetic variations in the blast populations in one rice variety planted in two different agricultural ecosystems. In order to explore the differences of M. oryzae collected from the planting of Dianheyou 615 in upland and paddy fields, we tested pathogenicities and sequenced 15 isolate genomes for further clarification of the variations between the isolates from different planting environments.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Collection of Rice Blast Isolates

In total, 22 M. oryzae isolates were collected from the leaves and panicles of rice planted in the regions of Yiliang, Jingdong, Linxiang, and Lincang, and two isolates were collected from the lesions on the Digitaria sanguinalis grass in Yiliang county (Table 1). The isolates were purified by single spore isolation and transferred onto filter paper for long-time conservation at −80 °C.

2.2. Rice Varieties

The LTH (Lijiangxintuanheigu) and monogenetic lines were given by Dr. Yo-shimichi Fukuta from the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences. The Diheyou 615, Diantun 502, and Diantun 506 were given by Dr. Dandan Li from the Rice Research Institute of Yunnan Agricultural University. The other rice varieties, including Lvhan 1, Linhan 1, Ridao 1, Danhandao 53, Luodao 998, Baohan 1, Zhenghan 10, and Yuanhandao 3, were bought from commercial companies.

2.3. Pathogenicity Test

The filter paper containing rice blast isolate was cultivated on the oatmeal agar medium under continuous lighting for sporulation. After 8-12 days, the spores were scraped by sterilized distilled water with 0.01% Tween 20, and the final concentration of spore suspension was adjusted to 1 × 105 conidia/mL. The three seedlings of each rice variety were planted into one pot in a growth chamber. The 21-old-day seedlings were used to be inoculated by spore suspension spraying. The inoculated seedlings were incubated in a growth incubator with >80% humidity at 25 °C in the dark for 20–24 h and then transferred to the growth chamber for 6 days. The pathogenicity scores were evaluated at 7 days post inoculations according to Hayashi and Fukuta’s method [9,10]. The pathogenicity test was performed twice. Pathogenicity   frequency   ( PF , % ) = Number   of   sensitive   varieties Number   of   test   variaties × 100 , PF ≥ 70% is the highest pathogenicity, 50% ≤ PF < 70% is high pathogenicity, 20% ≤ PF < 50% is medium pathogenicity and PF < 20% is weak pathogenicity. Resistance   frequency   ( RF , % ) = Number   of   incompatible   isolates Number   of   test   isolates × 100 .

2.4. Fungicide and Osmotic Stress-Inducer Treatment

The filter paper containing rice blast isolated was cultivated on complete medium (CM) for 7 days and transferred to new CM plates containing fungicide (0.1 mg/L ketoconazole, 0.1 mg/L azoxystrobin, and 1 mg/L tebuconazole), and osmotic stress-inducer (1 M KCl, 1 M NaCl, and 1.2 M sorbitol). After 7 days, the diameters of each colony were measured, and the inhibitory rates were calculated by the following equation: Inhibitory   rates   ( % ) = ( diameters   of   untreated   colony     7 * )     ( diameters   of   treated   colony     7 ) diameters   of   untreatment   colony 7     ×   100 .   * means the diameter of the fungal disc.

2.5. Genome Sequencing

The blast-fungal samples were prepared according to the previous method. The CTAB (Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide) method was used to extract the genome of the blast fungus. The whole genomes of 15 M. oryzae isolates were sequenced using Illumina NovaSeq PE150 at the Beijing Novogene Bioinformatics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China. The sequenced reads were mapped to the reference genome (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/assembly/GCF_000002495.2, accessed on 14 October 2011) using BWA software (V0.7.8). The sequencing data were deposited at Sequence Read Archive with PRJNA948861.

2.6. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis

SAMTOOLS was used for the detection of the individual SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism). The maximum-likelihood trees were constructed based on the SNP data, including 13 rice-infecting isolates sequenced in this study and a previously sequenced Setaria-infecting isolate SV9610 with default parameter values by FastTree v2.1.9 and displayed with Evolview. Frappe 12.10.0 was used for Structure analysis.

2.7. Statistical Analyses

Statistically significant differences were calculated by ANOVA Duncan’s test or Student t-test.

3. Results

3.1. Pathogenicity of M. oryzae Isolates from Paddy and Upland Fields

We obtained 24 isolates through single-spore isolation from 4 areas: Yiliang, Jingdong, Linxiang, and Lincang (Table 2). Among these isolates, 19 isolates were isolated from Dianheyou 615 (12 isolates from an upland field and 7 isolates from a paddy field), 3 isolates were isolated from local conventional upland rice in Lancang county, and 2 isolates were isolated from D. sanguinalis grass near a Dianheyou 615 planting upland field in Yiliang county. A total of 36 rice varieties, including 25 monogenetic lines harboring major resistant genes, 8 upland varieties, 2 paddy varieties and Dianheyou 615, were used for pathogenicity tests of the 24 isolates.
The pathogenicity frequencies of the 24 test isolates ranged from 0.00% to 100.00% (Table 2). Pathogenicity frequencies of 17 isolates (YL22S1, YL22S2, YL22S3, YL22H1, YL22H2, YL22H3, YL22H5, YL22H7, YL22H9, JD22S1, JD22S2, LC22C3, LC22H1, LC22H2, LC22H3, LX22S1, and LX22S2) were over 70%. Five isolates (LC22C1, LC22C2, LX22H1, LX22H2, and LX22H3) with high pathogenicity were from Lancang and Linxiang. The two grass isolates (YL22M1 and YL22M2) showed no pathogenicity. These results showed that most test isolates with high pathogenicity were isolated from the four areas.
We compared the pathogenicity frequencies of the collected isolates from different planting fields and areas (Figure 1). However, there were no significant differences among the isolates from different planting fields, and the pathogenicity of isolates from Linxiang was significantly lower than that of isolates from Yiliang.

3.2. Resistance Assessment of Different Rice Varieties

We used the monogenetic lines and elite varieties to evaluate their resistant type in response to the 24 isolates. For the monogenetic lines, the disease resistance frequencies ranged from 8.33% to 70.83%, and the variety IRBL9-W with resistant gene Pi9 showed an incompatible reaction against 17 isolates (Table 3). The disease resistance frequencies of the other monogenetic varieties were less than 50%. Our results indicated that almost major R-gene-controlling varieties might be easily conquered by blast isolates from Dianheyou 615.
We also used 11 local varieties and commercial upland varieties for resistance identification. The disease-resistance frequencies ranged from 8.33% to 83.33%, and Diantun 506 showed the highest disease-resistance frequency (Table 4). The resistance frequencies of Lvhan 1, Linhan 1, Ridao 1, and Danzaodao were over 50%, while those of the other six varieties were less than 50%. These results suggested that some commercial varieties have better resistance to these blast isolates.

3.3. Inhibitory Tests of Osmotic Stress and Fungicide in 24 Isolates

We tested the mycelial growth of the 24 isolates under excess sorbitol, KCl, and NaCl treatment. For the sorbitol treatment, the inhibitory rates were 40.45 ± 0.50% to 61.50 ± 2.40%, and the isolate YL22S2 from paddy rice was inhibited the most (Figure 2a). The inhibitory rates of KCl were 40.29 ± 0.72% to 52.19 ± 0.37%, and the isolate YL22M2 from D. sanguinalis was inhibited the most (Figure 2b). The inhibitory rates of NaCl were 49.00 ± 0.65% to 63.18 ± 0.54%, and the isolate LC22H3 from upland rice was inhibited the most (Figure 2c). However, there were no significant differences between the isolates from paddy and upland rice (Figure 2d–f).
There were three fungicides, including ketoconazole, azoxystrobin, and tebuconazole, used for treatment, whose inhibitory rates were 34.49 ± 0.46% to 70.22 ± 1.92%, 36.96 ± 0.42% to 58.22 ± 1.21%, and 73.76 ± 0.68% to 100 ± 0.00% (Figure 3a–c). Similarly, the inhibitory rates of the three fungicides were not significantly different from the isolates from paddy and upland rice (Figure 3d–f).

3.4. Genome Sequencing and SNP Calling of 15 Representative Isolates

We selected 15 isolates from different hosts, planting fields, and locations for genome sequencing, including two Digitaria-infecting isolates (Table 5). For 13 rice-infecting isolates, the mean sequencing depth ranged from 29.16× to 49.56×, and the mapping rate ranged from 88.58% to 90.85%. There were 36,996 to 40,654 SNPs identified, the number of synonymous substitutions was 3306 to 3952, and that of non-synonymous substitutions was 4247 to 4518. For two Digitaria-infecting isolates, the mapping rates were 83.84% and 84.02%, and mean sequencing depths were 46.96× and 36.52×. Moreover, the SNPs of the two Digitaria-infecting isolates were much higher than those of rice-infecting isolates, which were 371,524 and 370,017.

3.5. Polygenetic Analyses of 13 Sequenced Isolates

In order to characterize the genetic differences in the sequenced isolates from upland and paddy fields, we constructed a polygenetic tree based on the SNPs of 13 sequenced isolates and chose SV9610, a relative Setaria-infecting isolate, as the outgroup (Figure 4a). The two isolates collected from paddy fields in Jingdong were clustered together with geographic characteristics. Moreover, we found that some isolates from upland fields have closer relationships, most of which were from Lancang County, although one isolate was from Yiliang County. As for the other 6 isolates, they were collected in paddy and upland fields from Yiliang and Linxiang counties. We also evaluated the genetic structure of our samples according to the number of clusters (K) from 2 to 5 (Figure 4b). Jingdong-collected isolates from Dianheyou 615 in paddy fields were clustered together at K = 2, and the isolates from conventional upland varieties in Lincang were subdivided at K = 3. The isolates collected from Dianheyou 615 in upland fields from Lancang were separated at K = 5. Our results showed that there was no significant genetic difference between the isolates from paddy and upland fields, which might be caused by the short planting time of Dianheyou 615 in upland fields.

3.6. Functional Analyses of Planting-Filed Specific Genes Based on SNPs

We integrated all exonic SNPs with non-synonymous substitution based on the genomes from paddy and upland isolates. There were 1738 genes with the same SNPs in both paddy and upland populations. A total of 596 and 87 genes were specifically found in paddy and upland populations (Figure 5a), respectively. We divided these genes into 7 functional groups, including transporter, kinase, transcription factor, mitochondria, nucleic acid, hypothetical protein, and others based on gene annotation. The number of paddy-specific genes was much greater than that of upland-population-specific genes in each functional group. Transporter- and kinase-related genes were the most found hypothetical protein among all the related groups (Figure 5b). Our results implied that the exchange of substance and signal transduction plays a major role in the division of paddy and upland populations.

4. Discussion

Water-saving and drought-resistant varieties are promising for rice breeding and cultivation [2]. Dianheyou 615, as an elite variety, can be planted in upland and paddy fields. High humidity in paddy fields aggravates disease occurrences, and many mechanisms were underlying. The Pseudomonas syringae effector HopM1 could improve the water content of apoplast under high humidity and favors the non-pathogenic P. syringae strain infection [11]. The transcription-activator-like effector (TALE) AvrHah1 in Xanthomonas gardneri activates a pectate lyase and promotes water uptake to enhance the tissue damage of tomato [12]. For rice blast disease, high ambient humidity promotes the development of infectious structures to enhance the virulence of blast fungus and reduces the activation of ethylene biosynthesis and signaling in rice [13,14,15]. In our results, we tested the pathogenicity of blast fungi from paddy and upland rice (Table 2). However, there were no significant differences in pathogenicity between the two groups (Figure 1a). In Yiliang County, the pathogenicity frequencies of paddy isolates were similar to those of upland isolates. However, the pathogenicity frequencies of paddy isolates seemed higher than those of upland isolates in Linxiang County, implying the possibility of pathogenicity changing according to the planting environment. The pathogenicity frequencies of upland isolates from Dianheyou 615 were also over 80%. Although high humidity influences disease occurrence, the pathogenicity frequencies of paddy and upland isolates were determined by comprehensive factors, including planting environment and local pathogen population.
In upland fields, the existence of weeds limits the growth of main crops. Many weeds can be infected by M. oryzae, and the different infecting lineages of M. oryzae have their own specific host plants [16]. Wheat-infecting lineage not only infects wheat but also infects other weed species [17]. Previous research showed that the long history of stable adaption between rice and rice-infecting lineage might decrease fungal genome diversity and gene number to develop host specificity [18]. However, recent results indicated that the Oryzae pathotype could infect wheat, implying the potential risk of host jump among various lineages [19]. We collected two Digitaria-infecting isolates from upland fields, and these two isolates could not infect monogenetic rice lines (Table 2), which is consistent with previous results [20]. Moreover, the genetic differentiation of Digitaria and rice-infecting isolates was significant. Our results indicated that the M. oryzae on Digitaria grass was not the source of infecting upland rice.
Many researchers have paid more attention to the population subdivisions of Oryzae pathotype isolates. Most results have indicated that there are three clonal lineages and one recombining lineage of rice blast fungus in the world, and Southeast Asia is the center of the origin, diversity, and dispersion of this fungus [8]. A recent result showed that partial specialization in rice subgroups and differences in the repertoires of putative virulence effectors caused the niche separation of these lineages and the loss of sex. Genetic incompatibilities limited the genetic flow between clonal lineages, maintaining the population subdivision [7]. In addition, the ecotypes of rice, such as indica and japonica rice, can change the blast occurrence in specific agrosystems [21]. The structure of multiple rice landraces also reshapes the pathogen population [22]. In our experiment, we wanted to explore the genetic variation between the isolates from one rice variety planted in paddy and upland fields. However, there were no significant differences between these two populations (Figure 4). We thought the area of paddy rice was much greater than that of upland rice in Yunnan and that most of the environment’s inoculums originated from paddy rice. The isolates of Dianheyou 615 in paddy and upland fields might be the offspring of paddy isolates. Although different planting environments could influence the physiology and metabolism of plants, which might develop specific defense responses, the short time of upland planting of Dianheyou 615 might not reshape the blast population and develop adapted interaction between upland rice and pathogens. Thus, genetic differentiation is not associated with the planting environment. Moreover, the lower number of sequenced isolates might also limit the analysis results. We also seem to have found some clues regarding SNP comparison between the two populations, and the upland-specific SNPs might accelerate the genetic subdivision of the upland population (Figure 5).

5. Conclusions

We found no significant differences in pathogenicity and stress response between the isolates from the rice variety Dianheyou 615 planted in paddy and upland fields. Genetic variations also indicated an indistinguishable relationship among these isolates from the two different planting environments examined in this study. Thus, the long-time collection of isolates from paddy and upland fields and the increased number of sequenced isolates would favor the exploitation of variation patterns of the two populations.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, Y.W.; methodology, Z.W. and Y.S.; software, Q.W.; validation, C.W.; formal analysis, Y.G.; investigation, Z.W.; resources, L.G.; data curation, Q.W.; writing—original draft, Y.W.; visualization, X.P.; project administration, C.L. and Y.W.; funding acquisition, Y.W. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32202254, 32260711), Major Science and Technology Project of Yunnan and Kunming (202202AE090036), Basic Research Special Project in Yunnan (202101AU070101, 202201AT070255), Open Project of State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan (gzkf2021010).

Data Availability Statement

The sequencing data were deposited at Sequence Read Archive with PRJNA948861.

Acknowledgments

We thank Fukuta and Dandan Li for providing rice materials.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Pathogenicity frequencies of collected isolates from different planting fields and areas. (a) The pathogenicity frequency of whole isolates from paddy and upland fields. (b) The pathogenicity frequency of whole isolates from four locations. Statistically significant differences were calculated by ANOVA Duncan’s test. Error bars represent the means ± SD. The different letters above each bar graph indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among various treatments.
Figure 1. Pathogenicity frequencies of collected isolates from different planting fields and areas. (a) The pathogenicity frequency of whole isolates from paddy and upland fields. (b) The pathogenicity frequency of whole isolates from four locations. Statistically significant differences were calculated by ANOVA Duncan’s test. Error bars represent the means ± SD. The different letters above each bar graph indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among various treatments.
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Figure 2. The inhibitory rates of collected isolates under sorbitol, KCl, and NaCl treatment. (ac) The inhibitory rates of different isolates under treatment. (df) The inhibitory rates of paddy and upland populations under treatment. Statistically significant differences were calculated by ANOVA and Duncan’s test. Error bars represent the means ± SD. The different letters above each bar graph indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among various treatments. N.S. means: no significant difference.
Figure 2. The inhibitory rates of collected isolates under sorbitol, KCl, and NaCl treatment. (ac) The inhibitory rates of different isolates under treatment. (df) The inhibitory rates of paddy and upland populations under treatment. Statistically significant differences were calculated by ANOVA and Duncan’s test. Error bars represent the means ± SD. The different letters above each bar graph indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among various treatments. N.S. means: no significant difference.
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Figure 3. The inhibitory rates of collected isolates under fungicide treatment. (ac) The inhibitory rates of different isolates under treatment. (df) The inhibitory rates of paddy and upland populations under treatment. Statistically significant differences were calculated by ANOVA and Duncan’s test. Error bars represent the means ± SD. The different letters above each bar graph indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among various treatments. N.S. means: no significant difference.
Figure 3. The inhibitory rates of collected isolates under fungicide treatment. (ac) The inhibitory rates of different isolates under treatment. (df) The inhibitory rates of paddy and upland populations under treatment. Statistically significant differences were calculated by ANOVA and Duncan’s test. Error bars represent the means ± SD. The different letters above each bar graph indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among various treatments. N.S. means: no significant difference.
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Figure 4. The genetic differentiation of sequenced isolates from paddy and upland fields based on SNP analysis. (a). Ploygenetic tree of sequenced isolates. (b). Structure analysis of sequenced isolates. Different colors mean a closer genetic structure at various K values.
Figure 4. The genetic differentiation of sequenced isolates from paddy and upland fields based on SNP analysis. (a). Ploygenetic tree of sequenced isolates. (b). Structure analysis of sequenced isolates. Different colors mean a closer genetic structure at various K values.
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Figure 5. The SNP comparison of paddy and upland populations. (a) Venn plot showed the genes with exonic non-synonymous substitution SNPs among two populations. (b). The functional groups of SNP genes in paddy and upland populations.
Figure 5. The SNP comparison of paddy and upland populations. (a) Venn plot showed the genes with exonic non-synonymous substitution SNPs among two populations. (b). The functional groups of SNP genes in paddy and upland populations.
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Table 1. The information for collected M. oryzae isolates.
Table 1. The information for collected M. oryzae isolates.
IsolatesHostsCollected AreaField Types
YL22H1Dianheyou 615YiliangUpland field
YL22H2Dianheyou 615YiliangUpland field
YL22H3Dianheyou 615YiliangUpland field
YL22H5Dianheyou 615YiliangUpland field
YL22H7Dianheyou 615YiliangUpland field
YL22H9Dianheyou 615YiliangUpland field
YL22S1Dianheyou 615YiliangPaddy field
YL22S2Dianheyou 615YiliangPaddy field
YL22S3Dianheyou 615YiliangPaddy field
YL22M1D. sanguinalisYiliangUpland field
YL22M2D. sanguinalisYiliangUpland field
JD22S1Dianheyou 615JingdongPaddy field
JD22S2Dianheyou 615JingdongPaddy field
LC22H1Dianheyou 615LancangUpland field
LC22H2Dianheyou 615LancangUpland field
LC22H3Dianheyou 615LancangUpland field
LC22C1Conventional riceLancangUpland field
LC22C2Conventional riceLancangUpland field
LC22C3Conventional riceLancangUpland field
LX22H1Dianheyou 615LinxiangUpland field
LX22H2Dianheyou 615LinxiangUpland field
LX22H3Dianheyou 615LinxiangUpland field
LX22S1Dianheyou 615LinxiangPaddy field
LX22S2Dianheyou 615LinxiangPaddy field
Table 2. Pathogenicity frequency of M. oryzae.
Table 2. Pathogenicity frequency of M. oryzae.
IsolatesNo. of Susceptible RicesPathogenicity FrequencyPathogenicity Type
YL22S13288.89%Highest pathogenicity
YL22S236100.00%Highest pathogenicity
YL22S336100.00%Highest pathogenicity
YL22H136100.00%Highest pathogenicity
YL22H23494.44%Highest pathogenicity
YL22H33288.89%Highest pathogenicity
YL22H53391.67%Highest pathogenicity
YL22H73597.22%Highest pathogenicity
YL22H93494.44%Highest pathogenicity
JD22S13391.67%Highest pathogenicity
JD22S22672.22%Highest pathogenicity
LC22C12569.44%High pathogenicity
LC22C22569.44%High pathogenicity
LC22C32775.00%Highest pathogenicity
LC22H12980.56%Highest pathogenicity
LC22H23083.33%Highest pathogenicity
LC22H33186.11%Highest pathogenicity
LX22H12261.11%High pathogenicity
LX22H22466.67%High pathogenicity
LX22H32158.33%High pathogenicity
LX22S12980.56%Highest pathogenicity
LX22S23083.33%Highest pathogenicity
YL22M100.00%No pathogenicity
YL22M200.00%No pathogenicity
Table 3. Resistance frequency of monogenetic lines in response to M. oryzae.
Table 3. Resistance frequency of monogenetic lines in response to M. oryzae.
Rice VarietyResistance GeneNo. of Test IsolatesNo. of Incompatible IsolatesDisease Resistance Frequency (%)
IRBL9-WPi9241770.83%
IRBL1-CLPi1241145.83%
IRBLzt-TPiz-t241041.67%
IRBLkh-K3Pik-h24937.50%
IRBLsh-BPish24625.00%
IRBLkm-TsPik-m24416.67%
IRBLta2-PiPita-224416.67%
IRBLta2-RePita-224416.67%
IRBL12-MPi1224416.67%
IRBLi-F5Pii24312.50%
IRBL3-CP4Pi324312.50%
IRBLks-F5Pik-s24312.50%
IRBLk-KaPik24312.50%
IRBLkp-K60Pik-p24312.50%
IRBL19-APi1924312.50%
IRBLta-CP1Pita24312.50%
IRBLb-BPib2428.33%
IRBLa-APia2428.33%
IRBL5-MPi52428.33%
IRBL7-MPi72428.33%
IRBLz-FuPiz2428.33%
IRBLz5-CAPiz-52428.33%
IRBLta-K1Pita2428.33%
IRBL20-IR24Pi202428.33%
LTH 2428.33%
Table 4. Resistance frequency of commercial rice varieties in response to M. oryzae.
Table 4. Resistance frequency of commercial rice varieties in response to M. oryzae.
Rice VarietyNo. of Test IsolatesNo. of Incompatible IsolatesDisease Resistance Frequency (%)
Diantun 506242083.33%
Lvhan 1241979.17%
Linhan 1241354.17%
Ridao 1241354.17%
Danhandao 53241250.00%
Diantun 502241145.83%
Luodao 99824520.83%
Baohan 124520.83%
Zhenghan 1024416.67%
Yuanhandao 324416.67%
Dianheyou 6152428.33%
Table 5. The genomic variations in 15 sequenced isolates.
Table 5. The genomic variations in 15 sequenced isolates.
SampleMapped ReadsTotal ReadsMapping Rate (%)Average Depth(X)SynonymousNon-SynonymousTotal
JD22S112,939,42914,315,18290.3930.283306429737,298
JD22S212,052,00013,326,44890.4429.163353435937,199
LC22C113,377,15314,922,27889.6536.633883450639,763
LC22C217,908,63719,781,08690.5347.993952451839,958
LC22H113,176,83514,711,11689.5735.743629425339,119
LC22H212,888,57514,262,89690.3635.473664427438,373
LX22H314,434,25815,887,60390.8538.53680433439,039
LX22S118,875,33120,993,82689.9149.563764435440,654
LX22S212,716,95814,011,11090.7633.683667429336,996
YL22H213,658,09315,124,98290.332.773595424739,413
YL22H518,546,79520,533,89490.3244.163761437740,056
YL22S118,303,71520,538,43189.1247.693779441940,273
YL22S211,975,78813,519,77788.5832.873733438638,566
YL22M117,429,24720,788,74283.8446.9661,33743,549371,524
YL22M213,657,28816,254,57984.0236.5261,33343,380370,017
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