Ecological genetics of the Bromus tectorum (Poaceae)-Ustilago bullata (Ustilaginaceae) pathosystem: A role for frequency-dependent selection

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1304-1312

  Meyer, Susan E ^a   Nelson, David L ^a   Clement, Suzette ^a   Ramakrishnan, Alisa ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced polymorphism; Bromus tectorum; Cheatgrass; Frequency dependent selection; Gene for gene model; Head smut disease; Poaceae; Resistance; Ustilaginaceae; Ustilago bullata; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GRASS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLYMORPHISM; SELECTION; VIRULENCE;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE; USTILAGINACEAE; USTILAGO; USTILAGO BULLATA;

EID: 77956001598     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900261     Document Type: Article

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