The internet-based fungal pathogen database: a proposed model

Kang, S. and Ayers, J.E. and DeWolf, E.D. and Geiser, D.M. and et al, . (2002) The internet-based fungal pathogen database: a proposed model. Phytopathology, 92 (3). 232-236 .

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Abstract

A better understanding of the phenotypic and genetic diversity of significant agricultural pathogens and how their populations change in the field is critical for designing successful, long-term disease management strategies. Although efforts to determine the genetic diversity of plant pathogens have substantially increased in recent years, mainly due to the availability of various molecular tools, complementary efforts to archive and integrate the resulting data have been very limited. As a consequence, it is often difficult to compare the available data from various laboratories because the data have been generated by diverse tools, often preventing any direct comparisons, and are saved in a format that is unsuitable for comparative studies. The establishment of an internet-based database that cross-links the digitized genotypic and phenotypic information of individual pathogens at both the species and population levels may allow us to effectively address these problems by coordinating the generation of data and its subsequent archiving. We discuss the needs, benefits, and potential structure of such a database

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Subjects: Plant Protection > Pests
Crop Improvement
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Syamala
Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2011 05:30
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2011 05:30
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO.2002.92.3.232
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/2232

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