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First Reported Sexual Recombination Between _Pyrenophora teres_ Isolates from Barley and Barley Grass
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Barley grass _(Hordeum leporinum_), which often occurs in proximity to commercial barley (_H. vulgare_) cultivars, is an alternative host to _Pyrenophora teres_, an economically important pathogen causing net blotch in barley. This study is the first to report the sexual recombination of _P. teres_ isolates collected from barley with those collected from barley grass.
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