Population structure and reproductive mode of Dothistroma septosporum in the …

Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) is regarded as one of the most significant foliar diseases of pine and has caused significant damage to pine plantations in France since the late 1990s. The genetic diversity, reproductive strategy and population structure of D. septosporum, one of the causal agents of DNB, was investigated at six sites across Brittany, France, using species-specific mating type …