Mitochondrial control of fungal hybrid virulence

Åke Olson () and Jan Stenlid
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Åke Olson: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jan Stenlid: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Nature, 2001, vol. 411, issue 6836, 438-438

Abstract: Abstract Hybrid species of fungal pathogens that infect wild and cultivated plants are emerging with new virulence and host ranges, posing a threat to agriculture and forestry1. Here we show that the virulence of hybrid species of the basidiomycete fungus Heterobasidion annosum (Fr) Bref, a causal agent of root and butt rot in conifers and one of the most economically important forest pathogens, is controlled by their mitochondrial genome. Our results indicate that cooperation between organelles that contain genetic information may influence the phenotype of hybrid phytopathogens.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1038/35078147

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