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The early days of late blight

Large-scale DNA sequencing of samples of foliage collected in the 19th century from plants infected with late blight has shown that the potato famines of the 1840s were triggered by a single clonal lineage of Phytophthora infestans, called HERB-1, which persisted for at least 50 years.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Birch, Paul RJ, Cooke, David EL
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3687336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23795302
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00954