Linde, CelesteZala, MarcelloCeccarelli, SaraMcDonald, Bruce A2015-12-081087-1845http://hdl.handle.net/1885/31302Rhynchosporium secalis, the causal agent of scald on barley, is thought to be exclusively asexual because no teleomorph has been found. Partial sequences of the HMG-box and α-domain of Rhynchosporium secalis isolates were identified and used to develop aKeywords: allele; amplicon; article; barley; cell cycle; fungal strain; fungus; gene amplification; gene frequency; gene sequence; geographic distribution; high mobility group box domain; mating type; molecular cloning; nonhuman; nucleotide sequence; polymerase cha a-Domain; HMG-domain; MAT locus; Mating type frequency; Mating-type gene; Rhynchosporium secalis; Sexual reproductionFurther evidence for sexual reproduction in Rhynchosporium secalis based on distribution and frequency of mating-type alleles200310.1016/S1087-1845(03)00110-52015-12-08