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Development of a rapid multiplex SSR genotyping method to study populations of the fungal plant pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici.
BMC research notes - 18 Jun 2014
Gautier Angélique, Marcel Thierry C, Confais Johann, Crane Charles, Kema Gert, Suffert Frédéric, Walker Anne-Sophie
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Zymoseptoria tritici is a hemibiotrophic ascomycete fungus causing leaf blotch of wheat that often decreases yield severely. Populations of the fungus are known to be highly diverse and poorly differentiated from each other. However, a genotyping tool is needed to address further questions in large collections of isolates, regarding regional population structure, adaptation to anthropogenic selective...
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