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In Vitro Culture and Draft Genome Assembly of Monographella maydis Predict a Molecular Driver of Its Sexual Fitness in Maize Tar Spot Disease
2026-05-15
Abstract excerpt
<title>Abstract</title> <p> Tar Spot Complex (TSC) is a devastating foliar disease of maize that threatens global food security, causing yield losses of up to 50%. While the disease is initiated by <italic>Phyllachora maydis</italic> , the "fisheye" necrosis that intensifies disease severity is attributed to <italic>Monographella maydis</italic> . Historically, the precise role of <italic>M. maydis</italic>...
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- 36ac72d3-7099-5739-9523-5fc9e4a76386
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9543400/v1
