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Differential loss of effector genes in three recently expanded pandemic clonal lineages of the rice blast fungus.
BMC biology - 16 Jul 2020
Latorre Sergio M, Reyes-Avila C Sarai, Malmgren Angus, Win Joe, Kamoun Sophien, Burbano Hernán A
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BACKGROUND: Understanding the mechanisms and timescales of plant pathogen outbreaks requires a detailed genome-scale analysis of their population history. The fungus Magnaporthe (Syn. Pyricularia) oryzae-the causal agent of blast disease of cereals- is among the most destructive plant pathogens to world agriculture and a major threat to the production of rice, wheat, and other cereals. Although M. oryzae is a...
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