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Population structure of Venturia inaequalis, a causal agent of apple scab, in response to heterogeneous apple tree cultivation.
BMC evolutionary biology - 19 Jan 2018
Michalecka Monika, Masny Sylwester, Leroy Thibault, Puławska Joanna
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BACKGROUND: Tracking newly emergent virulent populations in agroecosystems provides an opportunity to increase our understanding of the co-evolution dynamics of pathogens and their hosts. On the one hand host plants exert selective pressure on pathogen populations, thus dividing them into subpopulations of different virulence, while on the other hand they create an opportunity for secondary contact between the...
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