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18680424

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-8-5
pubmed:abstractText
Plant pathogens can emerge in agricultural ecosystems through several mechanisms, including host-tracking, host jumps, hybridization and horizontal gene transfer. High-throughput DNA sequencing coupled with new analytical approaches make it possible to differentiate among these mechanisms and to infer the time and place where pathogens first emerged. We present several examples to illustrate the different mechanisms and timescales associated with the origins of important plant pathogens. In some cases pathogens were domesticated along with their hosts during the invention of agriculture approximately 10,000 years ago. In other cases pathogens appear to have emerged very recently and almost instantaneously following horizontal gene transfer or hybridization. The predominant unifying feature in these examples is the environmental and genetic uniformity of the agricultural ecosystem in which the pathogens emerged. We conclude that agro-ecosystems will continue to select for new pathogens unless they are re-engineered to make them less conducive to pathogen emergence.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0066-4286
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
75-100
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The origins of plant pathogens in agro-ecosystems.
pubmed:affiliation
Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland. eva.stukenbrock@agrl.ethz.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't