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    Characterization of Cytochrome B from European Field Isolates of Cercospora Beticola with Quinone Outside Inhibitor Resistance
    (North Dakota State University, 2012) Birla, Keshav
    Cercospora leaf spot (CLS), caused by the fungal pathogen Cercospora beticola, is the most important foliar disease of sugar beet worldwide. Control strategies for CLS rely heavily on fungicides including quinone outside inhibitor (QOI) fungicides. We collected 866 C. beticola isolates from sugar beet growing regions in France and Italy and assessed their sensitivity to the QOI fungicide pyraclostrobin. To gain an understanding of the molecular basis of QOI resistance, we cloned the full-length coding region of Cbcytb. All tested QOI-resistant isolates harbored a point mutation in Cbcytb at nucleotide position 428 that conferred an exchange from glycine to alanine at amino acid position 143 (G143A). A PCR assay was developed to discriminate QOI-sensitive and QOI-resistant isolates based on the G143A mutation. Our results indicate that QOI resistance has developed in some European C. beticola populations in Italy and monitoring the G143A mutation is an essential fungicide resistance management strategy.