Doctoral Dissertations

Date of Award

8-2014

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Major

Life Sciences

Major Professor

Kurt H. Lamour

Committee Members

Albrecht Von Arnim, Todd Reynolds, Juan Luis Jurat Fuentes

Abstract

The plant pathogen Phytophthora capsici is a genetically diverse organism that is a global problem. It effects many crops across the Solanacea, Cucurbitacea, andLeguminosea. As a result of the large diversity between individuals (and by extension populations) it has been previously near impossible to make meaningful comparisons between individuals of geographically distinct locations. Here we present the results of applying Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies to a representative panel of isolates. This information and data is further used to demonstrate how this diversity has a functionally relevent effect on a class of proteins responsible for the infectious process. We also demonstrate the application of these technologies and techniques to even lesser studied plant pathogen systems and how they can be used to make intelligent decisions about isolate selection for future studies.

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