Notorious tree-killing fungus unravelled
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University of Pretoria
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Tukkie 16(3), December 2010, University of Pretoria
Abstract
The first multicellular genome to be sequenced in Africa was produced by scientists at the University of Pretoria. They produced the full genome sequence of the tree-killing fungus, Fusarium circinatum, renewing hope that the global destruction that it wreaks in commercial pine plantations may be stemmed in years to come.
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Article published in The Tukkie 16(3), December 2010.
Keywords
Fusarium circinatum, Pitch canker fungus, Genome sequence, Multicellular genome