Population Genomics Provide Insights into the Global Genetic Structure of <i>Colletotrichum graminicola</i> , the Causal Agent of Maize Anthracnose
Flávia Rogério, Riccardo Baroncelli, Francisco Borja Cuevas-Fernández, Sioly Becerra, Jo Anne Crouch, W. Bettiol, M. Andrea Azcárate-Peril, Martha Malapi‐Wight, Véronique Ortéga, Javier Betran, Albert Tenuta, José S. Dambolena, Paul D. Esker, Pedro Revilla, Tamra A. Jackson‐Ziems, Jürg Hiltbrunner, Gary P. Munkvold, Ivica Buhiniček, José Luis Vicente Villardón, Serenella A. Sukno, Michael R. Thon
Abstract
Plant pathogens cause significant reductions in yield and crop quality and cause enormous economic losses worldwide. Reducing these losses provides an obvious strategy to increase food production without further degrading natural ecosystems; however, this requires knowledge of the biology and evolution of the pathogens in agroecosystems.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyGenomicsPopulationPopulation genomicsMycosphaerella graminicolaBiotechnologyEvolutionary biologyComputational biologyGeneticsGenomePathogenGeneMedicineEnvironmental healthPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesMycotoxins in Agriculture and FoodGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals