RAPD markers were used to survey genetic variability among 140 isolates of Claviceps africana collected from Southern Africa, India, Thailand, Australia and the Americas in 1992-2002. Amplified fragment length polymorphisms were determined for a subset of the isolates. Both markers gave similar results in phenetic analysis of genetic distances between haplotypes of different geographical origin. In the Americas, a single RAPD haplotype was found throughout the various countries. The Eastern lineage consisted of two close haplotypes (one from India, the other from Thailand and Australia). Among five specialized isolates of C. africana from the alternative hosts ( Hyparrhenia spp.), three haplotypes were found. Eleven private alleles distinguished the Hyparrhenia population from that on sorghum. rDNA sequences of sorghum and Hyparrhenia isolates differed in three positions. The African sorghum population of C. africana consisted of 10, mostly closely related haplotypes. Low genotypic diversity ( H E = 0·0337) and the fact that most of the variation originated from between populations ( G ST = 0·866) suggested founder effects following recent invasion. In Southern Africa, no significant differentiation was found among six populations. Therefore the data were pooled and tested for prevalence of clonal or sexual reproduction. The presence of the over-represented, widespread RAPD haplotype A; gametic disequilibrium (37% loci detected by exact tests); index of association ( I A ) significantly >0; and the high proportion of compatible loci (in the clone-corrected and total data sets found to be 94 and 99%, respectively) support the hypothesis of clonality as the predominant means of reproduction.
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