Morphological changes in response to environmental stresses in the fungal plant pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

CS Francisco, X Ma, MM Zwyssig, BA McDonald… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
During their life cycles, pathogens have to adapt to many biotic and abiotic environmental
stresses to maximize their overall fitness. Morphological transitions are one of the least …

Comparative Transcriptome Analyses in Zymoseptoria tritici Reveal Significant Differences in Gene Expression Among Strains During Plant Infection

J Palma-Guerrero, X Ma, SFF Torriani… - Molecular Plant …, 2017 - Am Phytopath Society
Zymoseptoria tritici is an ascomycete fungus that causes Septoria tritici blotch, a globally
distributed foliar disease on wheat. Z. tritici populations are highly polymorphic and exhibit …

[HTML][HTML] Cell biology of Zymoseptoria tritici: Pathogen cell organization and wheat infection

G Steinberg - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Cell biological research in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici (formerly Mycosphaerella
graminicola) has led to a good understanding of the histology of the infection process …

Comparative transcriptomic analyses of Zymoseptoria tritici strains show complex lifestyle transitions and intraspecific variability in transcription profiles

J Palma‐Guerrero, SFF Torriani, M Zala… - Molecular plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria tritici blotch (STB) on wheat. The disease interaction is
characterized by clearly defined temporal phases of infection, ultimately resulting in the …

[HTML][HTML] A role for random, humidity-dependent epiphytic growth prior to invasion of wheat by Zymoseptoria tritici

HN Fones, CJ Eyles, W Kay, J Cowper… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria leaf blotch of wheat. The prevailing paradigm of the Z.
tritici-wheat interaction assumes fungal ingress through stomata within 24–48 h, followed by …

Highly flexible infection programs in a specialized wheat pathogen

J Haueisen, M Möller, CJ Eschenbrenner… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many filamentous plant pathogens exhibit high levels of genomic variability, yet the impact of
this variation on host–pathogen interactions is largely unknown. We have addressed host …

Transcriptome and Metabolite Profiling of the Infection Cycle of Zymoseptoria tritici on Wheat Reveals a Biphasic Interaction with Plant Immunity Involving Differential …

JJ Rudd, K Kanyuka, K Hassani-Pak… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The hemibiotrophic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria tritici blotch disease of wheat
(Triticum aestivum). Pathogen reproduction on wheat occurs without cell penetration …

RNA-seq-Based Gene Annotation and Comparative Genomics of Four Fungal Grass Pathogens in the Genus Zymoseptoria Identify Novel Orphan Genes and …

J Grandaubert, A Bhattacharyya… - G3: Genes, Genomes …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici (synonym Mycosphaerella graminicola) is a
prominent pathogen of wheat. The reference genome of the isolate IPO323 is one of the best …

Rapidly Evolving Genes Are Key Players in Host Specialization and Virulence of the Fungal Wheat Pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici (Mycosphaerella graminicola)

S Poppe, L Dorsheimer, P Happel… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The speciation of pathogens can be driven by divergent host specialization. Specialization
to a new host is possible via the acquisition of advantageous mutations fixed by positive …

Quantitative trait locus mapping reveals complex genetic architecture of quantitative virulence in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

EL Stewart, D Croll, MH Lendenmann… - Molecular plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a comprehensive analysis of virulence in the fungal wheat pathogen
Zymoseptoria tritici using quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping. High‐throughput …