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Worldwide population structure of the wheat rust fungus Puccinia striiformis in the past.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B - 1 Feb 2016
Thach T, Ali S, de Vallavieille-Pope C, Justesen A F, Hovmøller M S
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Puccinia striiformis is a basidiomycete causing yellow rust on wheat. The availability of historic samples of this pathogen from the 'Stubbs collection' enabled us to investigate past population structure and temporal dynamics on a global scale. A set of 212 single genotype urediniospore isolates, representing samples collected from five continents between 1958 and 1991, were genotyped using 19 polymorphic...
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