Schwessinger, Benjamin2021-05-132021-05-130028-646Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/233001In the 21st century, the wheat stripe rust fungus has evolved to be the largest biotic limitation to global wheat production. New pathogen genotypes are more aggressive and able to infect previously resistant wheat varieties, leading to rapid pathogen migration across and between continents. We now know the full life cycle, microevolutionary relationships and past migration routes on a global scale. Current sequencing technologies have provided the first fungal draft genomes and simplified plant resistance gene cloning. Yet, we know nothing about the molecular and microevolutionary mechanisms that facilitate the infection process and cause new devastating pathogen races. These are the questions that need to be addressed by exploiting the synergies between novel 21st century biology tools and decades of dedicated pathology workI am supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (DE150101897).application/pdfen-AU© 2016 The Author and New Phytologist Trustfungal evolutiongenomicsplant pathogenPuccinia striformisf. sp.tritici(Pst)wheatwheat stripe rust2016-08-3010.1111/nph.141592020-11-23