Background Wheat stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), is an important
disease of barley and wheat. A diverse sexual Pgt population from the Pacific Northwest …

Plant pathogens adapt at speeds that challenge contemporary disease management
strategies like the deployment of disease resistance genes. The strong evolutionary …

Early blight of potato is caused by the fungal pathogen Alternaria solani and is an increasing
problem worldwide. The primary strategy to control the disease is applying fungicides such …

Identifying genuine polymorphic variants is a significant challenge in sequence data
analysis, although detecting low-frequency variants in sequence data is essential for …

Population genetics allow to address fundamental questions about the biology of plant
pathogens. By testing specific hypotheses, population genetics provide insights into the …

Population genetics has been a key discipline in phytopathology for many years. The recent
rise in cost-effective, high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies, allows sequencing of …

Plant pathogens can quickly evolve in response to the changing host and environment,
resulting in destructive epidemics. The fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), causing …

Recurring outbreaks caused by endemic pathogens continue to pose problems in managing
plant, wildlife, livestock and human health. Understanding how these outbreaks unfold and …

Objectives Accurate single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) calls are crucial for robust
evolutionary and population genetic inferences in genomic analyses. Such inferences can …

Early blight of potato is caused by the fungal pathogen Alternaria solani and is an increasing
problem worldwide. The primary strategy to control the disease is applying fungicides such …