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A single, plastic population of Mycosphaerella pinodes causes ascochyta blight on winter and spring peas (Pisum sativum) in France.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2012
Le May Christophe, Guibert Michèle, Leclerc Aurélie, Andrivon Didier, Tivoli Bernard
Abstract excerpt
Plant diseases are caused by pathogen populations continuously subjected to evolutionary forces (genetic flow, selection, and recombination). Ascochyta blight, caused by Mycosphaerella pinodes, is one of the most damaging necrotrophic pathogens of field peas worldwide. In France, both winter and spring peas are cultivated. Although these crops overlap by about 4 months (March to June), primary Ascochyta blight...
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