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The Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris/Cicer arietinum pathosystem: a case study of the evolution of plant-pathogenic fungi into races and pathotypes.
International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology - 1 Jun 2004
Jiménez-Gasco M Mar, Navas-Cortés Juan A, Jiménez-Díaz Rafael M
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The use of resistant cultivars is one of the most practical and cost-efficient strategies for managing plant diseases. However, the efficiency of resistant cultivars in disease management is limited by pathogenic variability in pathogen populations. Knowledge of the evolutionary history and potential of the pathogen population may help to optimize the management of disease-resistance genes, irrespective of the...
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