Hyperparasites influence population structure of the chestnut blight pathogen, cryphonectria parasitica

Phytopathology

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1280-1286

  Springer, Joshua C ^a   Baines, Anita L Davelos ^b   Fulbright, Dennis W ^a   Chansler, Matthew T ^a   Jarosz, Andrew M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Frequency dependent selection; Mating type alleles; Vegetative incompatibility

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGAL MATING TYPE GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POPULATION GENETICS; TREE; VIROLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT DISEASES; TREES;

EID: 84890938577     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-10-12-0273-R     Document Type: Article

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