The caterpillar fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis (best known as Cordyceps sinensis)
mummifies ghost moth larvae exclusively in Tibetan Plateau alpine ecosystems. Touted as …

Rust fungi are devastating plant pathogens and cause a large economic impact on wheat
production worldwide. To overcome this rapid loss of resistance in varieties, we generated …

Pyrenophora tritici-repentis is a necrotrophic fungus causal to the disease tan spot of wheat,
whose contribution to crop loss has increased significantly during the last few decades …

Biotrophic plant pathogenic fungi are widely distributed and are among the most damaging
pathogenic organisms of agriculturally important crops responsible for significant losses in …

Epidemics caused by fungal plant pathogens pose a major threat to agro-ecosystems and
impact global food security. High-throughput sequencing enabled major advances in …

Barley powdery mildew, Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei (Bgh), is an obligate biotrophic
ascomycete fungal pathogen that can grow and reproduce only on living cells of wild or …

The interaction of fungal pathogens with their host requires a novel invading mechanism
and the presence of various virulence-associated components responsible for promoting the …

Ustilago hordei is a biotrophic parasite of barley (Hordeum vulgare). After seedling infection,
the fungus persists in the plant until head emergence when fungal spores develop and are …

Transposable elements (TEs) spread in genomes through self-copying mechanisms and are
a major cause of genome expansions. Plant pathogens have finely tuned the expression of …

The complicated interplay of plant–pathogen interactions occurs on multiple levels as
pathogens evolve to constantly evade the immune responses of their hosts. Many …