Rapid Evolution of Introduced Plant Pathogens via Interspecific Hybridization

Hybridization is leading to rapid evolution of Dutch Elm disease and other fungal plant pathogens. Dutch elm disease was unknown in Europe and North America before 1900, but there have been two enormously destructive pandemics of disease across the northern hemisphere in this century.

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Published in:Bioscience 2001-02, Vol.51 (2), p.123-133
Main Author: Brasier, Clive M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression
Disease
Dutch elm disease
Environment
Epidemics
Evolution
Fungal diseases of plants
Genetic aspects
Genetics
Hybridization
Pathogens
Plant diseases
Plant fungal diseases
Trees
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Summary:Hybridization is leading to rapid evolution of Dutch Elm disease and other fungal plant pathogens. Dutch elm disease was unknown in Europe and North America before 1900, but there have been two enormously destructive pandemics of disease across the northern hemisphere in this century.
ISSN:0006-3568
1525-3244
DOI:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0123:REOIPP]2.0.CO;2