title: Genetic diversity in natural populations: a fundamental component of plant-microbe interactions.
abstract: Genetic diversity for plant defense against microbial pathogens has been studied either by analyzing sequences of defense genes or by testing phenotypic responses to pathogens under experimental conditions. These two approaches give different but complementary information but, till date, only rare attempts at their integration have been made. Here we discuss the advances made, because of the two approaches, in understanding plant-pathogen coevolution and propose ways of integrating the two.
authors.affiliation: Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratoire Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, UMR 8079, Orsay Cedex F-91405, France.
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salvaudon
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Giraud
authors.forename: Jacqui A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shykoff
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D014644:Genetic Variation; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology*; D011157:Population Dynamics