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High frequency of fungicide resistance-associated mutations in the wheat yellow rust pathogen Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici.
Pest management science - 1 Jul 2021
Cook Nicola M, Chng Soonie, Woodman Tamsin L, Warren Rachael, Oliver Richard P, Saunders Diane Go
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BACKGROUND: Reliance on fungicides to manage disease creates selection pressure for the evolution of resistance in fungal and oomycete pathogens. Rust fungi (Pucciniales) are major pathogens of cereals and other crops and have been classified as low-risk for developing resistance to fungicides; no case of field failure of fungicides in a cereal rust disease has yet been recorded. Recently, the Asian soybean rust...
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