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MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
Volume 4, Issue 5, Pages 393-406Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/J.1364-3703.2003.00177.X
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/E/C/00004206] Funding Source: Medline
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/E/C/00004206] Funding Source: researchfish
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Polymyxa graminis is a eukaryotic obligate biotrophic parasite of plant roots that belongs to a poorly studied discrete taxonomic unit informally called the 'plasmodiophorids'. P. graminis is nonpathogenic, but has the ability to acquire and transmit a range of plant viruses which cause serious diseases in cereal crop species and result in significant yield reductions. The viruses are protected from the environment within A graminis resting spores ('cysts') that may remain dormant but viable for decades (probably until a suitable host plant is encountered). The persistent, soilborne nature of these diseases makes the use of virus-resistant crop varieties currently the only practical and environmentally friendly means of control.
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