Colletotrichum: species complexes, lifestyle, and peculiarities of some sources of genetic variability

LL da Silva, HLA Moreno, HLN Correia… - Applied microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
The genus Colletotrichum comprises species with different lifestyles but is mainly known for
phytopathogenic species that infect crops of agronomic relevance causing considerable …

Graph-based pan-genomes: increased opportunities in plant genomics

S Wang, YQ Qian, RP Zhao, LL Chen… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Due to the development of sequencing technology and the great reduction in sequencing
costs, an increasing number of plant genomes have been assembled, and numerous …

[HTML][HTML] A thousand-genome panel retraces the global spread and adaptation of a major fungal crop pathogen

A Feurtey, C Lorrain, MC McDonald, A Milgate… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Human activity impacts the evolutionary trajectories of many species worldwide. Global
trade of agricultural goods contributes to the dispersal of pathogens reshaping their genetic …

[HTML][HTML] A 19-isolate reference-quality global pangenome for the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

T Badet, U Oggenfuss, L Abraham, BA McDonald… - BMC biology, 2020 - Springer
Background The gene content of a species largely governs its ecological interactions and
adaptive potential. A species is therefore defined by both core genes shared between all …

Transcription factor control of virulence in phytopathogenic fungi

E John, KB Singh, RP Oliver… - Molecular Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plant‐pathogenic fungi are a significant threat to economic and food security worldwide.
Novel protection strategies are required and therefore it is critical we understand the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent transposable element bursts are associated with the proximity to genes in a fungal plant pathogen

U Oggenfuss, D Croll - PLoS Pathogens, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The activity of transposable elements (TEs) contributes significantly to pathogen genome
evolution. TEs often destabilize genome integrity but may also confer adaptive variation in …

[HTML][HTML] Transposable elements: major players in shaping genomic and evolutionary patterns

N Colonna Romano, L Fanti - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous genetic elements, able to jump from one
location of the genome to another, in all organisms. For this reason, on the one hand, TEs …

Stress-driven transposable element de-repression dynamics and virulence evolution in a fungal pathogen

S Fouché, T Badet, U Oggenfuss… - Molecular biology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are drivers of genome evolution and affect the expression
landscape of the host genome. Stress is a major factor inducing TE activity; however, the …

[HTML][HTML] Transposable elements contribute to fungal genes and impact fungal lifestyle

A Muszewska, K Steczkiewicz… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The last decade brought a still growing experimental evidence of mobilome impact on host's
gene expression. We systematically analysed genomic location of transposable elements …

[HTML][HTML] A dispensable paralog of succinate dehydrogenase subunit C mediates standing resistance towards a subclass of SDHI fungicides in Zymoseptoria tritici

D Steinhauer, M Salat, R Frey, A Mosbach… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicides are widely used for the control of a
broad range of fungal diseases. This has been the most rapidly expanding fungicide group …