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Directional Selection from Host Plants Is a Major Force Driving Host Specificity in Magnaporthe Species.
Scientific reports - 6 May 2016
Zhong Zhenhui, Norvienyeku Justice, Chen Meilian, Bao Jiandong, Lin Lianyu, Chen Liqiong, Lin Yahong, Wu Xiaoxian, Cai Zena, Zhang Qi, Lin Xiaoye, Hong Yonghe, Huang Jun, Xu Linghong, Zhang Honghong, Chen Long, Tang Wei, Zheng Huakun, Chen Xiaofeng, Wang Yanli, Lian Bi, Zhang Liangsheng, Tang Haibao, Lu Guodong, Ebbole Daniel J, Wang Baohua, Wang Zonghua
Abstract excerpt
One major threat to global food security that requires immediate attention, is the increasing incidence of host shift and host expansion in growing number of pathogenic fungi and emergence of new pathogens. The threat is more alarming because, yield quality and quantity improvement efforts are encouraging the cultivation of uniform plants with low genetic diversity that are increasingly susceptible to emerging...
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