The Blast Fungus Decoded: Genomes in Flux
Plant disease outbreaks caused by fungi are a chronic threat to global food security. A prime case is blast disease, which is caused by the ascomycete fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (syn. Pyricularia oryzae), which is infamous as the most destructive disease of the staple crop rice. However, despite its...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-04-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/9/2/e00571-18 |