Steven Franks

Research within the last 40 years has substantially deepened our understanding of contemporary evolution in natural populations (Endler, 1986; Grant and Grant, 2002; Thompson, 2013; Kingsolver and Buckley, 2017).

Abstract Background Pathogens are key components in natural and agricultural plant systems. There is evidence of evolutionary changes in disease susceptibility as a consequence of climate change, but we know little about the underlying genetic basis of this evolution. To address this, we took advantage of a historical seed collection of a Brassica rapa population, which we previously demonstrated evolved an increase in disease susceptibility to a necrotrophic fungal pathogen following a drought.

Abstract PDF (320 K) PDF-Plus (386 K) Figures Tables References Suppl. data Beth H. Ansaldi,a Jennifer J. Weber,b Carol Goodwillie,c Steven J. Franksa aDepartment of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA. bSoutheast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701, USA. cDepartment of Biology, East Carolina University, Mail Stop 551, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. Corresponding author: Steven J. Franks (email: franks@fordham.edu).