Multiple scenarios for sexual crosses in the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici on wheat residues: potential consequences for virulence gene transmission
C. Orellana-Torrejon, T. Vidal, G. Gazeau, A.-L. Boixel, S. Gelisse, J. Lageyre, S. Saint-Jean, F. Suffert
This study investigates sexual reproduction in Zymoseptoria tritici on wheat, finding that avirulent strains can reproduce sexually without causing symptoms and that crosses involving avirulent strains are common.
bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2022Microbiology