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SUBMITTER: Spring O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5132302 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Spring Otmar O Zipper Reinhard R
PloS one 20161201 12
Genetically homogenous strains of Plasmopara halstedii differing in host specificity and fungicide tolerance were used to test the hypothesis that asexual genetic recombination occurs and may account for the high genotype diversity of this homothallic reproducing oomycete, which causes downy mildew in sunflower. Dual inoculation of sunflower seedlings with single zoospore strains of complementary infection characteristics caused sporulation under conditions where inoculation with each strain alo ...[more]