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Fashionably late partners have more fruitful encounters: Impact of the timing of co-infection and pathogenicity on sexual reproduction in Zymoseptoria tritici.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B - 1 Jul 2016
Suffert Frédéric, Delestre Ghislain, Carpentier Florence, Gazeau Gwilherm, Walker Anne-Sophie, Gélisse Sandrine, Duplaix Clémentine
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The wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici is a relevant fungal model organism for investigations of the epidemiological determinants of sexual reproduction. The objective of this experimental study was to determine which intrinsic factors, including parental fitness and timing conditions of infection, affect the numbers of ascospores produced. We first performed 28 crosses on adult wheat plants in semi-controlled...
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