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Identification of eighteen Berberis species as alternate hosts of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici and virulence variation in the pathogen isolates from natural infection of barberry plants in China.
Phytopathology - 1 Sept 2013
Zhao Jie, Wang Long, Wang Zhiyan, Chen Xianming, Zhang Hongchang, Yao Juanni, Zhan Gangming, Chen Wen, Huang Lili, Kang Zhensheng
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ABSTRACT The wheat stripe rust pathogen (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) population in China has been reported to be a distinct genetic group with higher diversity than those in many other countries. Genetic recombination in the P. striiformis f. sp. tritici population has been identified with molecular markers but whether sexual reproduction occurs in China is unknown. In this study, we surveyed barberry...
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