Allopatric Plant Pathogen Population Divergence following Disease Emergence
Andreína I. Castillo, Isabel Bojanini, Hongyu Chen, Prem P. Kandel, Leonardo De La Fuente, Rodrigo P. P. Almeida
Abstract
Compared to natural environments, the reduced diversity of monoculture agricultural landscapes can lead bacterial plant pathogens to quickly adapt to local biological and ecological conditions. Because of this, accidental introductions of microbial pathogens into naive regions represents a significant economic and environmental threat. Xylella fastidiosa is a plant pathogen with an expanding host and geographic range due to multiple intra- and intercontinental introductions. X. fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa infects and causes disease in grapevines (Pierce’s disease of grapevines, PD).
Topics & Concepts
Allopatric speciationBiologyPathogenPopulationDivergence (linguistics)VirologyEvolutionary biologyEcologyGeneticsMedicineEnvironmental healthLinguisticsPhilosophyPlant Pathogens and ResistancePlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesPlant Disease Resistance and Genetics