Fungi and oomycetes are the causal agents of many of the world's most serious plant
diseases and are unique among the microbial pathogens in being able to breach the intact …

The oomycete Phytophthora fragariae is a highly destructive pathogen of cultivated
strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa), causing the root rotting disease,“red core”. The host …

Diaporthe ilicicola is a newly described fungal species that is associated with latent fruit rot
in deciduous holly. This announcement provides a whole-genome assembly and annotation …

Date palm (Phoenixdactylifera) is the most significant crop across North Africa and the
Middle East. However, the crop faces a severe threat from Bayoud disease caused by the …

Dioscorea opposita cv.'Tiegun'is an economically important crop with high nutritional and
medicinal value. Plants can activate complex and diverse defense mechanisms after …

Colletotrichum chlorophyti is a fungal pathogen that infects various herbaceous plants,
including crops such as legumes, tomato, and soybean. Here, we present the genome of C …

Pathogenicity-associated genes are highly host-specific and contribute to host-specific
virulence. We tailored the traditional Koch's postulates with integrative omics by …

Interactions between plants and the root-colonizing fungus Fusarium oxysporum (Fo) can be
neutral, beneficial, or detrimental for the host. Fo is infamous for its ability to cause wilt, root …

Sooty blotch and flyspeck (SBFS) fungi are unconventional plant pathogens that cause
economic losses by blemishing the surface appearance of infected fruit. Here, we introduce …

Fusarium oxysporum (Fo) is a notorious pathogen that significantly contributes to yield
losses in crops of high economic status. It is responsible for vascular wilt characterized by …