Multiple infections by the anther smut pathogen are frequent and involve related strains

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1710-1715

  López Villavicencio, Manuela ^a,b   Jonot, Odile ^a,b   Coantic, Amélie ^a,b   Hood, Michael E ^c   Enjalbert, Jérôme ^d   Giraud, Tatiana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INOCULATION; KIN SELECTION; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL POPULATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; SILENE; SUPERINFECTION; BASIDIOMYCETES; MYCOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MYCOSES; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILENE; USTILAGINALES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 37349021695     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030176     Document Type: Article

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