The fungus that causes coffee wilt disease repeatedly took up segments of DNA from a related fungal pathogen, which contributed to successive outbreaks of the disease, according to a new report.
The Northern Illinois Huskies (7-5, 4-4 MAC) have received their bowl assignment, traveling to idyllic Boise, Idaho to take on the Fresno State Bulldogs in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Monday, ...
Previous studies have shown that similar horizontal gene transfer events contributed to new outbreaks of other pathogens, including potato blight, certain wheat fungal pathogens and Aspergillus ...