This study introduces genome–host association (GHA), leveraging natural epidemics to map the genetic landscape of host adaptation in the pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Applied to 832 wheat fungal stra...

Background Septoria tritici blotch, caused by Zymoseptoria tritici, is a major wheat disease worldwide. Demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides, which target the sterol 14α-demethylase enzyme encoded...

Sustainable food production requires the management of disease agents attacking crops. Application of antifungal compounds is among the key elements of pathogen containment; however, resistance can ri...

Fungal genome size variation is largely driven by transposable elements and shaped by lineage-specific genome defense mechanisms. This study shows that the presence or absence of repeat-induced point ...

Agricultural diseases are a major threat to sustainable food production. This study of wheat powdery mildew, a disease caused by the fungus Blumeria graminis, shows that the population structure can b...

Symposium on Repeat-induced Point Mutation research, 30.6 - 1.7, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Abstract. Recombination suppression can evolve in sex or mating-type chromosomes, or in autosomal supergenes, with different haplotypes being maintained by