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Combating a Global Threat to a Clonal Crop: Banana Black Sigatoka Pathogen Pseudocercospora fijiensis (Synonym Mycosphaerella fijiensis) Genomes Reveal Clues for Disease Control.
PLoS genetics - 1 Aug 2016
Arango Isaza Rafael E, Diaz-Trujillo Caucasella, Dhillon Braham, Aerts Andrea, Carlier Jean, Crane Charles F, V de Jong Tristan, de Vries Ineke, Dietrich Robert, Farmer Andrew D, Fortes Fereira Claudia, Garcia Suzana, Guzman Mauricio, Hamelin Richard C, Lindquist Erika A, Mehrabi Rahim, Quiros Olman, Schmutz Jeremy, Shapiro Harris, Reynolds Elizabeth, Scalliet Gabriel, Souza Manoel, Stergiopoulos Ioannis, Van der Lee Theo A J, De Wit Pierre J G M, Zapater Marie-Françoise, Zwiers Lute-Harm, Grigoriev Igor V, Goodwin Stephen B, Kema Gert H J
Abstract excerpt
Black Sigatoka or black leaf streak disease, caused by the Dothideomycete fungus Pseudocercospora fijiensis (previously: Mycosphaerella fijiensis), is the most significant foliar disease of banana worldwide. Due to the lack of effective host resistance, management of this disease requires frequent fungicide applications, which greatly increase the economic and environmental costs to produce banana. Weekly...
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