Historical genomics reveals the evolutionary mechanisms behind multiple outbreaks of the host-specific coffee wilt pathogen Fusarium xylarioides

Abstract Background Nearly 50% of crop yields are lost to pests and disease, with plants and pathogens locked in an amplified co-evolutionary process of disease outbreaks. Coffee wilt disease, caused by Fusarium xylarioides, decimated coffee production in west and central Africa following its initia...

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Main Authors: Lily D. Peck, Reuben W. Nowell, Julie Flood, Matthew R. Ryan, Timothy G. Barraclough
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07700-4