Zizania latifolia plants infected with the basidiomycete fungus Ustilago esculenta develop an
edible stem gall, called makomotake in Japan. In our paddy fields, we often find the …

Zizania latifolia cultivars infected by the endophytic fungus Ustilago esculenta develop an
edible stem gall. Stem gall development varies among cultivars and individuals and may be …

“Kah-peh-sung," or “water shoot," widely used as a vegetable in the Orient, is a gallinduced
by Ustilago esculenta in the stem tissues of Zizania latifolia, Histological studies and tissue …

The smut Ustilago esculenta is an endophytic fungus that invades Zizania latifolia (Jiaobai)
and plays an important role in inducing the host stem to form a swollen gall. The aims of this …

The smut fungus Ustilago esculenta infects Zizania latifolia and induces stem expansion to
form a unique vegetable named Jiaobai. Although previous studies have demonstrated that …

Background Ustilago esculenta, a pathogenic basidiomycete fungus, infects Zizania latifolia
to form edible galls named Jiaobai in China. The distinct growth conditions of U. esculenta …

Key message We report a transcriptome assembly and expression profiles from RNA-Seq
data and identify genes responsible for culm gall formation in Zizania latifolia induced by …

Ustilago esculenta is a uniquely flavored biotrophic smut fungus that forms a smut gall on
the top internodal region of Zizania latifolia, a perennial wild rice found in the Indo-Burma …

Ustilago esculenta, a smut fungus, can induce the formation of culm galls in Zizania latifolia,
a vegetable consumed in many Asian countries. Specifically, the mycelia-teliospore (MT) …

Zizania latifolia is a perennial aquatic vegetable, whose symbiosis with the fungus Ustilago
esculenta (member of Basidiomycota, class Ustilaginaceae) results in the establishment of …