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Genotype and spatial structure shape pathogen dispersal and disease dynamics at small spatial scales.
Ecology - 1 Mar 2014
Tack Avco J M, Hakala Jani, Petäjä Tuukka, Kulmala Markku, Laine Anna-Liisa
Abstract excerpt
Many devastating pathogens are passively dispersed, and their epidemics are characterized by variation that is typically attributed to environmental factors. Here, by combining laboratory inoculations with wind tunnel and field trials using the wind-dispersed pathogen Podosphaera plantaginis, we demonstrated striking genetic variation affecting the unexplored microscale (< 2 m) of epidemics. Recipient and source...
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