Plant diseases can be classified according to pathogenic organisms, and 70–80% of them
are fungal diseases. Fungal diseases cause a significant reduction in crop yield and quality …

Recent advances in sequencing technologies have led to a remarkable increase in the
number of sequenced fungal genomes. Several important plant pathogenic fungi are among …

Biologists face an overwhelming richness of nucleotide and protein sequence data. As of the
end of 2003, there were over 100 complete or almost complete nonviral genomes in publicly …

Last March fungal biologists gathered at the Center for Continuing Education of the
University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia for a 2-day International Symposium on Fungal …

The turn of the century not only ushered in a new millennium, but the age of microbial
genomics with the genome sequence of the first plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa, the …

▪ Abstract The fungi are the most economically important plant pathogens and continue to be
the focus of extensive research with a wide variety of methodologies. Enhancements in …

Fungi have relatively small genomes, and many species are amendable to experimental
and molecular manipulation making them excellent models to unravel the genetic, molecular …

Genome sequences and postgenomic tools have had a major impact on fungal research.
When the first fungal genome sequences became available it became clear how much more …

The fungal kingdom comprises some of the most devastating plant pathogens. Sequencing
the genomes of fungal pathogens has shown a remarkable variability in genome size and …

The availability of complete fungal genomes is expanding rapidly and is offering an
extensive and accurate view of this “kingdom.” The scientific milestone of free access to …