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dc.contributor.authorOliver, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:12:01Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:12:01Z
dc.date.created2015-03-03T20:17:01Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationOliver, R. 2012. Genomic tillage and the harvest of fungal phytopathogens. New Phytologist. 196 (4): pp. 1015-1023.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44084
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04330.x
dc.description.abstract

Genome sequencing has been carried out on a small selection of major fungal ascomycete pathogens. These studies show that simple models whereby pathogens evolved from phylogenetically related saprobes by the acquisition or modification of a small number of key genes cannot be sustained.The genomes show that pathogens cannot be divided into three clearly delineated classes (biotrophs, hemibiotrophs and necrotrophs) but rather into a complex matrix of categories each with subtly different properties. It is clear that the evolution of pathogenicity is ancient, rapid and ongoing. Fungal pathogens have undergone substantial genomic rearrangements that can be appropriately described as ‘genomic tillage’. Genomic tillage underpins the evolution and expression of large families of genes – known as effectors – that manipulate and exploit metabolic and defence processes of plants so as to allow the proliferation of pathogens.

dc.publisherBlackwell Science Limited
dc.titleGenomic tillage and the harvest of fungal phytopathogens
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume196
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage1015
dcterms.source.endPage1023
dcterms.source.issn0028646X
dcterms.source.titleNew Phytologist
curtin.departmentDepartment of Environment and Agriculture
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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