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Download PDF The discovery of a new variant of phoma pathogen in the UK, previously unidentified in Europe, is a reminder that diseases aren’t static, they can change. CPM discovers what we know about them and whether oilseed rape could be at risk. There’s emerging evidence that targeting L. maculans has led to selection for L. biglobosa in the field. By Lucy de la Pasture If there are two things the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted, then it’s possibly the ability of pathogens to mutate and the importance of surveillance to monitor populations for these changes so it can be established whether they are of significance. Whereas COVID-19 has had eye watering amounts of money made available to do this, funding is a perpetual struggle in plant pathology. That means it’s possible any changes in pathogen populations may not be picked up early enough to contain the spread of new pathotypes. And this is something that concerns Rothamsted Research plant pathologists, Dr Kevin King and Professor Jon West, who have recently discovered a variant of the fungus that causes phoma stem canker on oilseed rape for the first time in Europe. “Phoma leaf spot/stem canker is caused by two closely related…
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Download PDF The discovery of a new variant of phoma pathogen in the UK, previously unidentified in Europe, is a reminder that diseases aren’t static, they can change. CPM discovers what we know about them and whether oilseed rape could be at risk. There’s emerging evidence that targeting L. maculans has led to selection for L. biglobosa in the field. By Lucy de la Pasture If there are two things the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted, then it’s possibly the ability of pathogens to mutate and the importance of surveillance to monitor populations for these changes so it can be established whether they are of significance. Whereas COVID-19 has had eye watering amounts of money made available to do this, funding is a perpetual struggle in plant pathology. That means it’s possible any changes in pathogen populations may not be picked up early enough to contain the spread of new pathotypes. And this is something that concerns Rothamsted Research plant pathologists, Dr Kevin King and Professor Jon West, who have recently discovered a variant of the fungus that causes phoma stem canker on oilseed rape for the first time in Europe. “Phoma leaf spot/stem canker is caused by two closely related…
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