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Switchgrass Steroidal Saponins Reduce Fungal Disease but Decrease Yeast Fermentation Yield

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By Acer VanWallendael, Xingxing Li, Dan Xie, Kallysa Taylor
| Wiley Online Library Verified
1 Introduction Over millions of years of coevolution, plants have accumulated a wide array of responses to microbial pathogens, including physical changes, immunological defense, and protective chemical compounds (Bednarek and Osbourn 2009; Jones and Dangl 2006). Each species' allocation to a particular type of defense is determined by a combination of factors: plant genetics, the particulars of each pathogen, and the environment.
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Local adaptation of both plant and pathogen: an arms‐race compromise in switchgrass rust

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By Acer VanWallendael, Chathurika Wijewardana, Jason Bonnette, Lisa Vormwald
| New Phytologist
Introduction Local adaptation, the process by which populations within a species adapt to narrow ranges of environmental conditions, is an important force maintaining intraspecific genetic and phenotypic diversity, especially in plant species (Kawecki & Ebert, 2004).
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Local adaptation of both plant and pathogen: an arms-race compromise in switchgrass rust

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By Acer VanWallendael, Chathurika Wijewardana, Jason Bonnette, Lisa Vormwald
| BioRxiv
Abstract · In widespread species, parasites can locally adapt to host populations, or hosts can locally adapt to resist parasites. Parasites with rapid life cycles locally adapt more quickly, but host diversity, selective pressure, and climatic factors impact coevolution. · To better understand local adaptation in co-evolved host-parasite systems, we examined switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), and its leaf rust pathogen (Puccinia novopanici) across a latitudinal range in North America.
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Host genotype controls ecological change in the leaf fungal microbiome

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By Acer VanWallendael, East Lansing, Linnea Fraser, Avinash Sreedasyam
| PLOS Biology Verified
Yeasts, pathogens, and mycoparasites are core phyllosphere microbiome members Given the large differences in leaf pathogen susceptibility across switchgrass subpopulations, we sought to determine the influence of pathogenic fungi on other members of the fungal microbiome. We examined the taxonomic relationships of the 7392 OTUs in our dataset through a hybrid method that compares matches across fungal databases and BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) hits [37].
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