Mutations to LmIFRD affect cell wall integrity, development and pathogenicity of the ascomycete Leptosphaeria maculans

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This work was supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation, Australia and the Australian Research Council. We thank Thierry Rouxel and Marie-Helene Balesdent, INRA and Patrick Wincker, Genoscope, and Joelle Anselem, URGI, France for access to the L. maculans sequence. We also thank Dr. Sarah Wilson, University of Melbourne, for help with iodine staining of germinating spores.