Genetic variability

Virulence and genetic diversity among isolates of Mycosphaerella fijiensis in two regions of Brazil

G. F. Silva, Santos, V. S., Sousa, N. R., Hanada, R. E., Gasparotto, L., Silva, G. F., Santos, V. S., Sousa, N. R., Hanada, R. E., Gasparotto, L., Silva, G. F., Santos, V. S., Sousa, N. R., Hanada, R. E., and Gasparotto, L., Virulence and genetic diversity among isolates of Mycosphaerella fijiensis in two regions of Brazil, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

Black sigatoka, caused by the fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis (anamorphic stage: Paracercospora fijiensis), was first detected in Brazil in early 1998 in the Benjamin Constant and Tabatinga municipalities in the State of Amazonas, near to where the borders of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru converge. Understanding how cultivars react to the pathogen, and characterizing the genetic variability of isolates from two distant and distinct banana-producing regions, are important for determining the virulence of M. fijiensis.

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