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Patterns of Genetic Diversification in the Invasive Hybrid Plant Pathogen Phytophthora × alni and Its Parental Species P. uniformis.
Phytopathology - 1 Dec 2020
Mizeriene Goda, Cerny Karel, Zyka Vladimir, Bakonyi József, Nagy Zoltán Árpád, Oliva Jonas, Redondo Miguel Angel, Corcobado Tamara, Martín-García Jorge, Prospero Simone
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In pathogenic fungi and oomycetes, interspecific hybridization may lead to the formation of new species having a greater impact on natural ecosystems than the parental species. From the early 1990s, a severe alder (Alnus spp.) decline due to an unknown Phytophthora species was observed in several European countries. Genetic analyses revealed that the disease was caused by the triploid hybrid P. × alni, which...
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