All plants are inhabited internally by diverse microbial communities comprising bacterial,
archaeal, fungal, and protistic taxa. These microorganisms showing endophytic lifestyles …

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is a broad host-range fungus that infects an inclusive
array of plant species and afflicts significant yield losses globally. Despite being a notorious …

Plant‐pathogenic fungi secrete effector proteins to facilitate infection. We describe extensive
improvements to EffectorP, the first machine learning classifier for fungal effector prediction …

Eukaryotic filamentous plant pathogens secrete effector proteins that modulate the host cell
to facilitate infection. Computational effector candidate identification and subsequent …

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea are closely related necrotrophic plant
pathogenic fungi notable for their wide host ranges and environmental persistence. These …

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 …

The class Dothideomycetes is one of the largest groups of fungi with a high level of
ecological diversity including many plant pathogens infecting a broad range of hosts. Here …

One of most important challenges in plant breeding is improving resistance to the plethora of
pathogens that threaten our crops. The ever-growing world population, changing pathogen …

Metarhizium spp. are being used as environmentally friendly alternatives to chemical
insecticides, as model systems for studying insect-fungus interactions, and as a resource of …

The plant-pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola (asexual stage: Septoria tritici)
causes septoria tritici blotch, a disease that greatly reduces the yield and quality of wheat …