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Kinship networks of seed exchange shape spatial patterns of plant virus diversity.
Nature communications - 23 Jul 2021
Delêtre Marc, Lett Jean-Michel, Sulpice Ronan, Spillane Charles
Abstract excerpt
By structuring farmers' informal networks of seed exchange, kinship systems play a key role in the dynamics of crop genetic diversity in smallholder farming systems. However, because many crop diseases are propagated through infected germplasm, local seed systems can also facilitate the dissemination of seedborne pathogens. Here, we investigate how the interplay of kinship systems and local networks of germplasm...
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