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Sexual structures and recombination of the wheat rust fungus Puccinia striiformis on Berberis vulgaris.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B - 1 Sept 2014
Rodriguez-Algaba Julian, Walter Stephanie, Sørensen Chris K, Hovmøller Mogens S, Justesen Annemarie F
Abstract excerpt
An isolate of the basidiomycete Puccinia striiformis, which causes yellow (stripe) rust on wheat, was selfed on the newly discovered alternate host, Berberis vulgaris. This allowed a study of the segregation of molecular markers and virulence in the progeny isolates, and of the development of fungal sexual structures and spore forms. Pycnia and aecia were obtained after inoculation of B. vulgaris with...
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