Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks

dc.contributor.authorWingfield, Brenda D.
dc.contributor.authorWingfield, Michael J.
dc.contributor.emailbrenda.wingfield@fabi.up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-30T11:58:49Z
dc.date.available2025-04-30T11:58:49Z
dc.date.issued2024-12-06
dc.description.abstractTwo outbreaks of coffee wilt disease have devastated African coffee production. A PLOS Biology study suggests that horizontal gene transfer via large Starship transposons between 2 fungal species played a key role in the repeated emergence of the disease.en_US
dc.description.departmentBiochemistryen_US
dc.description.departmentForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)en_US
dc.description.departmentGeneticsen_US
dc.description.departmentMicrobiology and Plant Pathologyen_US
dc.description.librarianam2025en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-02:Zero Hungeren_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-12:Responsible consumption and productionen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe South African Dept of Science and Innovation.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/en_US
dc.identifier.citationWingfield, B.D. & Wingfield, M.J. (2024) Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks. PLoS Biology 22(12): e3002901. https://DOI.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002901.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1544-9173 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1545-7885 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1371/journal.pbio.3002901
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/102279
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.rights© 2024 Wingfield, Wingfield. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectOutbreaksen_US
dc.subjectDiseaseen_US
dc.subjectAfrican coffee productionen_US
dc.subjectGene transferen_US
dc.subjectCoffee wilt diseaseen_US
dc.subjectSDG-02: Zero hungeren_US
dc.subjectSDG-12: Responsible consumption and productionen_US
dc.titleGene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaksen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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