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Gene Flow between Divergent Cereal- and Grass-Specific Lineages of the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae.
mBio - 27 Feb 2018
Gladieux Pierre, Condon Bradford, Ravel Sebastien, Soanes Darren, Maciel Joao Leodato Nunes, Nhani Antonio, Chen Li, Terauchi Ryohei, Lebrun Marc-Henri, Tharreau Didier, Mitchell Thomas, Pedley Kerry F, Valent Barbara, Talbot Nicholas J, Farman Mark, Fournier Elisabeth
Abstract excerpt
Delineating species and epidemic lineages in fungal plant pathogens is critical to our understanding of disease emergence and the structure of fungal biodiversity and also informs international regulatory decisions. Pyricularia oryzae (syn. Magnaporthe oryzae) is a multihost pathogen that infects multiple grasses and cereals, is responsible for the most damaging rice disease (rice blast), and is of growing...
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