Genomic surveillance uncovers a pandemic clonal lineage of the wheat blast fungus.
Wheat, one of the most important food crops, is threatened by a blast disease pandemic. Here, we show that a clonal lineage of the wheat blast fungus recently spread to Asia and Africa following two independent introductions from South America. Through a combination of genome analyses and laboratory...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002052 |