Finished genome of the fungal wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola reveals dispensome structure, chromosome plasticity, and stealth pathogenesis.

The plant-pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola (asexual stage: Septoria tritici) causes septoria tritici blotch, a disease that greatly reduces the yield and quality of wheat. This disease is economically important in most wheat-growing areas worldwide and threatens global food production. C...

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Main Authors: Stephen B Goodwin, Sarrah Ben M'barek, Braham Dhillon, Alexander H J Wittenberg, Charles F Crane, James K Hane, Andrew J Foster, Theo A J Van der Lee, Jane Grimwood, Andrea Aerts, John Antoniw, Andy Bailey, Burt Bluhm, Judith Bowler, Jim Bristow, Ate van der Burgt, Blondy Canto-Canché, Alice C L Churchill, Laura Conde-Ferràez, Hans J Cools, Pedro M Coutinho, Michael Csukai, Paramvir Dehal, Pierre De Wit, Bruno Donzelli, Henri C van de Geest, Roeland C H J van Ham, Kim E Hammond-Kosack, Bernard Henrissat, Andrzej Kilian, Adilson K Kobayashi, Edda Koopmann, Yiannis Kourmpetis, Arnold Kuzniar, Erika Lindquist, Vincent Lombard, Chris Maliepaard, Natalia Martins, Rahim Mehrabi, Jan P H Nap, Alisa Ponomarenko, Jason J Rudd, Asaf Salamov, Jeremy Schmutz, Henk J Schouten, Harris Shapiro, Ioannis Stergiopoulos, Stefano F F Torriani, Hank Tu, Ronald P de Vries, Cees Waalwijk, Sarah B Ware, Ad Wiebenga, Lute-Harm Zwiers, Richard P Oliver, Igor V Grigoriev, Gert H J Kema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3111534?pdf=render