Emerging fungal and oomycete pathogens infect staple calorie crops and economically
important commodity crops, thereby posing a significant risk to global food security. Our …

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 …

Zymoseptoria tritici is the causal agent of one of the European Union's most devastating
foliar diseases of wheat: Septoria tritici Blotch (STB). It is also a notable pathogen of wheat …

Agricultural ecosystems are composed of genetically depauperate populations of crop
plants grown at a high density and over large spatial scales, with the regional composition of …

Many species of fungi and oomycetes are plant pathogens of great economic importance.
Over the past 7 years, the genomes of more than 30 of these filamentous plant pathogens …

Sexual recombination drives genetic diversity in eukaryotic genomes and fosters adaptation
to novel environmental challenges. Although strictly asexual microorganisms are often …

Filamentous pathogens, including fungi and oomycetes, pose major threats to global food
security. Crop pathogens cause damage by secreting effectors that manipulate the host to …

Many species of fungal plant pathogens coexist as multiple lineages on the same host, but
the factors underlying the origin and maintenance of population structure remain largely …

The origins of crop diseases are linked to domestication of plants. Most crops were
domesticated centuries–even millennia–ago, thus limiting opportunity to understand the …

Wheat powdery mildew, Blumeria graminis forma specialis tritici, is a devastating fungal
pathogen with a poorly understood evolutionary history. Here we report the draft genome …