Date of Award

2021

Publisher

North Dakota State University

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Awarded

Master of Science (MS)

Program

Genomics and Bioinformatics

College

Interdisciplinary Studies

Faculty Advisor

McClean, Phillip

Description

Pyrenophora teres is a fungal pathogen of barley and other closely related grass species. Two forms of the pathogen, P. teres f. teres and P. teres f. maculata, are the causative agents of net form net blotch and spot form net blotch of barley, respectively. Genetic and bioinformatic approaches were used to identify eight candidate effectors in the P. teres f. teres PttBee1 region. Genes were validated using CRISPR-Cas9 mediated gene disruptions. As no transformants displayed alterations in virulence, additional markers were implemented into a P. teres f. teres genetic map to refine the locus. As P. teres f. maculata has recently emerged as a pathogen of wheat, a quantitative trait loci analysis and genome wide association study were performed with this pathogen using a durum wheat biparental mapping population and a subset of the Global Durum Wheat Panel, respectively, both showing an association with resistance/susceptibility on chromosome 2A.

Rights

NDSU policy 190.6.2

Rights Link

https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf

Handle Identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/10365/32573

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