Abstract

In this review, we give a summary of recent examples of hybridisation in fungi. Reports on hybridisation between pathogenic fungi infecting plants have increased during the last decade. Hybrids of plant pathogens may create devastating new diseases on both cultivated and wild plants; at the same time, hybridisation is one of the natural processes in the course of evolution of new taxa. (C) 2002 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

Keywords

fungi; hybrid; phytopathogen; polyploid; species hybrids

Published in

Microbes and Infection
2002, Volume: 4, number: 13, pages: 1353-1359
Publisher: EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER

SLU Authors

• Olson, Åke

  • Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Stenlid, Jan

  • Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Microbiology
Forest Science
Genetics


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1286-4579(02)00005-9

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/42939