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“Horizontal Gene Transfers” between fungi led to Outbreaks of “Coffee Wilt Disease”
Fusarium xylarioides, a soil-borne fungus causes “Coffee wilt disease” that has a history of causing significant damages to coffee crops............
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Umesh Prasad -
Two outbreaks of #CoffeeWiltDisease have devastated African #coffee production. @leptograph explores a #PLOSBiology study shows that HGT via Starship #transposons between two fungal strains played a key role in this. Primer: https://plos.io/49vlAEN Paper: https://plos.io/4gnYTVk