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The adaptive dynamics of fungal plant pathogen divergence

Reference0014834
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Bruce Fitt
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Dr Frank van den Bosch
Institution Rothamsted Research
DepartmentPlant Pathology and Microbiology
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 95,956
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/11/2001
End date 01/11/2003
Duration24 months

Abstract

The within-morphospecies diversity of fungal plant pathogens is striking. The epidemiological and ecological causes for the divergence of subgroups from a common fungal ancestor are largely unknown. This project aims at developing a novel strategy to study evolutionary branching of fungal plant pathogens using adaptive dynamics methodology. The project aims at finding key ecological and evolutionary mechanisms operating in fungal plant pathogen populations that can explain the high degree of within- morphospecies divergence.

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Committee Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative ROPA 2000 (ROPA2000) [2000]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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