Local adaptation of both plant and pathogen: an arms-race compromise in switchgrass rust
A. VanWallendael, C. Wijewardana, J. Bonnette, L. Vormwald, F. B. Fritschi, A. Boe, S. Chambers, R. Mitchell, F. M. Rouquette, Y. Wu, P. A. Fay, J. D. Jastrow, J. Lovell, T. Juenger, D. B. Lowry
The paper examines local adaptation between switchgrass and its rust pathogen across North America, finding that both host and parasite can be locally adapted despite varying genetic loci associated with rust severity.
bioRxiv · Jun 11, 2024Evolutionary Biology