Wheat archive links long-term fungal pathogen population dynamics to air pollution

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Bearchell, S. J., Fraaije, B. A., Shaw, M. W. and Fitt, B. D. L. 2005. Wheat archive links long-term fungal pathogen population dynamics to air pollution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102 (15), pp. 5438-5442. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0501596102

AuthorsBearchell, S. J., Fraaije, B. A., Shaw, M. W. and Fitt, B. D. L.
Abstract

We used the PCR to study the presence of two plant pathogens in archived wheat samples from a long-term experiment started in 1843. The data were used to construct a unique 160-yr time-series of the abundance of Phaeosphaeria nodorum and Mycosphaerella graminicola, two important pathogens of wheat. During the period since 1970, the relative abundance of DNA of these two pathogens in the samples has reflected the relative importance of the two wheat diseases they cause in U.K. disease surveys. Unexpectedly, changes in the ratio of the pathogens over the 160-yr period were very strongly correlated with changes in atmospheric pollution, as measured by SO2 emissions. This finding suggests that long-term, economically important, changes in pathogen populations can be influenced by anthropogenically induced environmental changes. 

KeywordsRRES175; 175_Fungi; 175_Climatology; 175_Long-term experiments; 175_Plant sciences
Year of Publication2005
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal citation102 (15), pp. 5438-5442
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0501596102
Open accessPublished as bronze (free) open access
Funder project or code507
Ascospores, fungicides and epidemiology of Septoria diseases on winter wheat
Quantitative comparative plant disease epidemiology
Understanding the evolution and dynamics of fungicide resistance development in cereal pathogens
Publisher's version
Publication dates
Online12 Apr 2005
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Copyright licenseCC BY
ISSN0027-8424

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