期刊介绍
The papers in this online supplement ofPlant Pathologystemmed from a conference on ‘Fitness Costs and Trade-offs in Plant Disease’ in Norwich, UK in December 2012, organized by the British Society for Plant Pathology.
This supplementary issue forPlant Pathologyon ‘Fitness Costs and Trade-offs in Plant Disease’ brings together fundamental biology with applications to disease control. Some of the costs and trade-offs described here have a long history in the plant pathology literature while others are newly discovered ways in which disease and defence are integrated with other biological processes. The papers span the range from molecular evolution of hosts and parasites to the large-scale evolution of populations. Clickhereto read the Special Issue for free!