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Rust disease of eucalypts, caused by Puccinia psidii, did not originate via host jump from guava in Brazil.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2013
Graça Rodrigo N, Ross-Davis Amy L, Klopfenstein Ned B, Kim Mee-Sook, Peever Tobin L, Cannon Phil G, Aun Cristina P, Mizubuti Eduardo S G, Alfenas Acelino C
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The rust fungus, Puccinia psidii, is a devastating pathogen of introduced eucalypts (Eucalyptus spp.) in Brazil where it was first observed in 1912. This pathogen is hypothesized to be endemic to South and Central America and to have first infected eucalypts via a host jump from native guava (Psi...
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