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Elevated Genetic Diversity in the Emerging Blueberry Pathogen Exobasidium maculosum.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Stewart Jane E, Brooks Kyle, Brannen Phillip M, Cline William O, Brewer Marin T
Abstract excerpt
Emerging diseases caused by fungi are increasing at an alarming rate. Exobasidium leaf and fruit spot of blueberry, caused by the fungus Exobasidium maculosum, is an emerging disease that has rapidly increased in prevalence throughout the southeastern USA, severely reducing fruit quality in some plantings. The objectives of this study were to determine the genetic diversity of E. maculosum in the southeastern USA...
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