For healthy potatoes - Bayer CropScience
For healthy potatoes - Bayer CropScience
For healthy potatoes - Bayer CropScience
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Phytophthora infestans: a pa<br />
Dr. Hans Hausladen, TU München, Center of Life and Food Sciences, Weihenstephan, Germany<br />
The first migration phase of Phytophthora infestans<br />
occurred about 160 years ago. The late blight pathogen<br />
was imported into Europe from central Mexico,<br />
spreading to all areas of cultivation within only<br />
a few years.<br />
The „new“ population was detected<br />
in Europe for the first time at the<br />
end of the nineteen-seventies.<br />
Since then, both mating types A1<br />
and A2 have been prevalent in<br />
Europe. This allows sexual recombination,<br />
which makes the pathogen<br />
able to adapt more quickly. In other<br />
words, the “new” population shows<br />
increased “fitness”.<br />
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