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Press Release 06-125
Genome Info from "Plant Destroyers" Could Save Trees, Beans and Chocolate
Rapidly evolving genes encode substances that may debilitate plants
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Scientists have sequenced the genomes from two species of Phytophthora, a group of plant pathogens that attacks a broad range of plants including soybeans and oak trees.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation |
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When the environmental conditions are right, highly infectious spores of Phytophthora are released into the environment to be dispersed by rain and wind.
Credit: Matteo Garbelotto Lab, University of California, Berkeley |
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A Phytophthora ramorum-infected coast live oak in Marin County, Calif. displays a canker that is characteristic of sudden oak death syndrome. The black line is the edge of the infection and marks the zone between living and dead woody tissue.
Credit: Matteo Garbelotto Lab, University of California, Berkeley |
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