Spatial eco-evolutionary feedback in plant-pathogen interactions

Running title : Spatial eco - evolutionary feedback Title : Spatial eco - evolutionary feedback in plant - pathogen interactions

Eco-Evolutionary Feedback in Host--Pathogen Spatial Dynamics

Spatial extent—the possibility that what happens at point A cannot immediately affect what happens at point B—is a complicating factor in mathematical biology, as it creates the opportunity for spatial non-uniformity. This non-uniformity must change our understanding of evolutionary dynamics, as the same organism in different places can have different expected evolutionary outcomes. Since organ...

The Evolutionary Ecology of Novel Plant-pathogen Interactions

! Abstract Novel plant-pathogen combinations occur whenever pathogen or plant species are introduced to regions outside their native range. Whether a pathogen is able to acquire a new host depends on the genetic compatibility between the two, through either preadaptation of the pathogen or subsequent evolutionary change. The ecological outcome of the novel interaction—for example, a spreading d...

Eco-evolutionary Biology: Feeding and Feedback Loops

A dogma in ecology and evolution holds that the environment is an extrinsic force that is not, in turn, shaped by the adaptive evolution of species. Recent work on stickleback life history, community ecology and speciation challenges this dogma.

Trichoderma–plant–pathogen interactions

Biological control involves the use of beneficial organisms, their genes, and/or products, such as metabolites, that reduce the negative effects of plant pathogens and promote positive responses by the plant. Disease suppression, as mediated by biocontrol agents, is the consequence of the interactions between the plant, pathogens, and the microbial community. Antagonists belonging to the genus ...