The quick and the deadly: Growth vs virulence in a seed bank pathogen

New Phytologist

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 209-216

  Meyer, Susan ^a   Stewart, Thomas ^b   Clement, Suzette ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass); Drechslera campanulata; Necrotrophic pathogenesis; Pyrenophora semeniperda (black fingers of death); Seed bank pathogen; Virulence evolution

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; SEED BANK; TOXIN; TRADE-OFF; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BROMUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCELIUM; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT SEED; VIRULENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BROMUS; MYCELIUM; SEEDS; VIRULENCE;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; DRECHSLERA CAMPANULATA; PYRENOPHORA SEMENIPERDA;

EID: 77954587232     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03255.x     Document Type: Article

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