• Global genomic analyses of wheat powdery mildew reveal association of pathogen spread with historical human migration and trade 

      Sotiropoulos, Alexandros G.; Arango-Isaza, Epifanía; Ban, Tomohiro; Barbieri, Chiara; Bourras, Salim; Cowger, Christina; Czembor, Paweł C.; Ben-David, Roi; Dinoor, Amos; Ellwood, Simon R.; Graf, Johannes; Hatta, Koichi; Helguera, Marcelo; Wicker, Thomas (Nature Research, 2022-07-26)
      The fungus Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici causes wheat powdery mildew disease. Here, we study its spread and evolution by analyzing a global sample of 172 mildew genomes. Our analyses show that B.g. tritici emerged in ...