Short Rotations in Forest Plantations Accelerate Virulence Evolution in Root-Rot Pathogenic Fungi

Short Rotations in Forest Plantations Accelerate Virulence Evolution in Root-Rot Pathogenic Fungi

As disease outbreaks in forest plantations are causing concern worldwide, a clear understanding of the influence of silvicultural practices on the development of epidemics is still lacking. Importantly, silvicultural practices are likely to simultaneously affect epidemiological and evolutionary dyna...

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Main Authors: Jean-Paul Soularue, Cécile Robin, Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau, Cyril Dutech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
forestry
tree fungal pathogen
root-rot disease
Heterobasidion annosum
Ganoderma boninense
evolutionary epidemiology
quantitative host–pathogen interaction
asexuality
clonality
saprotrophism
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/8/6/205

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