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Rhizoctonia Species: Taxonomy, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pathology and Disease Control pp 65–71Cite as

Biochemical Methods

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In spite of the economic importance of Rhizoctonia species, very little is known about the genetic variation and systematic relationships within and among this species complex. Identification of fungal species using conventional taxonomic criteria is difficult to apply within the Rhizoctonia complex. The lack of a useful fossil record, general absence of the teleomorphic stage, high phenotypic variation and their pathological diversity have been major impediments to progress in the field of systematics. The present system of identification of Rhizoctonia isolates belonging to the genera Thanatephorus and Ceratobasidium is based on morphology, pathology and the ability of their hyphae to anastomose when grown on solid media (Ogoshi et al., 1979; Ogoshi, 1987; Burpee et al., 1980). On the basis of different anastomosis reactions (Carling and Kuninaga, 1990), most investigators have resorted to classifying their isolates into distinct anastomosis groups (AGs) and subgroups. To date, 12 recognized AGs (designated as AG 1 through AG 11 and AG BI) and 12 subgroups (designated as AGs 1-IA; 1-IB; 1-IC; 2-1, 2-2IIB, 2-2IV, 4HG-1, 4HG-II, 6HG-1, 6GV, 9TP and 9TX) in R. solani, and 22 AGs have been identified in binucleate Rhizoctonia species (Sneh et al., 1991; Ogoshi et al., 1991). Although the AG and subgroup concepts represent the most successful method to date for classification, they provide little insight into the genetic diversity of these fungi.

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  1. Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

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  2. McDonald Campus, McGill University, Quebec, Canada

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  3. CSIRO, Division of Soils, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Stephen Neate

  4. Research Institute for Plant Protection (IPO-DLO), Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Gerda Dijst

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Jabaji-Hare, S. (1996). Biochemical Methods. In: Sneh, B., Jabaji-Hare, S., Neate, S., Dijst, G. (eds) Rhizoctonia Species: Taxonomy, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pathology and Disease Control. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2901-7_5

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