Fungi have developed a plethora of strategies to colonize plants, and these interactions
result in a broad spectrum of outcomes ranging from beneficial interactions to death of the …

To successfully infect plants, pathogens secrete effector proteins to the plant apoplast or
inside plant cells, where they suppress plant immunity or interfere with other cellular …

The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae causes a devastating disease that threatens
global rice (Oryza sativa) production. Despite intense study, the biology of plant tissue …

Stimuli-responsive carriers as delivery systems of agrochemicals into plants can increase
the utilization efficiency of pesticides against target pests and reduce hazards on nontarget …

Fusarium head blight (FHB), mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum, is one of the most
devastating diseases in wheat and barley worldwide. In addition to causing severe yield …

Fungal plant pathogens are persistent and global food security threats. To invade their hosts
they often form highly specialized infection structures, known as appressoria. The …

Understanding how microorganisms manipulate plant innate immunity and colonize host
cells is a major goal of plant pathology. Here, we report that the fungal nitrooxidative stress …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), belonging to the fungal phylum Glomeromycota, form
mutualistic symbioses with roots of almost 80% of land plants. The release of genomic data …

Fusarium graminearum is a devasting mycotoxin-producing pathogen of grain crops. F.
graminearum has been extensively studied to understand its pathogenicity and virulence …

The fungus Verticillium dahliae causes vascular wilt disease on hundreds of plant species.
Homologs of the bZIP transcription factor Atf1 are required for virulence in most pathogenic …