Gene cluster conservation provides insight into cercosporin biosynthesis and extends production to the genus Colletotrichum

R De Jonge, MK Ebert… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Species in the genus Cercospora cause economically devastating diseases in sugar beet,
maize, rice, soy bean, and other major food crops. Here, we sequenced the genome of the …

Genome‐wide transcriptomic analyses provide insights into the lifestyle transition and effector repertoire of Leptosphaeria maculans during the colonization of …

P Haddadi, L Ma, H Wang… - Molecular plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular interaction between the causal agent of blackleg disease, Leptosphaeria
maculans (Lm), and its host, Brassica napus, is largely unknown. We applied a deep RNA …

[HTML][HTML] A chromosome-scale genome assembly of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum reveals a compartmentalized genome architecture and the presence of …

AZ Zaccaron, LH Chen, A Samaras… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Cladosporium fulvum is a fungal pathogen that causes leaf mould of tomato. The reference
genome of this pathogen was released in 2012 but its high repetitive DNA content prevented …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative genome analyses of four rice-infecting Rhizoctonia solani isolates reveal extensive enrichment of homogalacturonan modification genes

DY Lee, J Jeon, KT Kim, K Cheong, H Song, G Choi… - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background Plant pathogenic isolates of Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group 1-
intraspecific group IA (AG1-IA) infect a wide range of crops causing diseases such as rice …

Identification of Multiple Phytotoxins Produced by Fusarium virguliforme Including a Phytotoxic Effector (FvNIS1) Associated With Sudden Death Syndrome Foliar …

HX Chang, LL Domier, O Radwan… - Molecular plant …, 2016 - Am Phytopath Society
Sudden death syndrome (SDS) of soybean is caused by a soilborne pathogen, Fusarium
virguliforme. Phytotoxins produced by F. virguliforme are translocated from infected roots to …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative genomics of the Sigatoka disease complex on banana suggests a link between parallel evolutionary changes in Pseudocercospora fijiensis and …

TC Chang, A Salvucci, PW Crous… - PLoS Genetics, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The Sigatoka disease complex, caused by the closely-related Dothideomycete fungi
Pseudocercospora musae (yellow sigatoka), Pseudocercospora eumusae (eumusae leaf …

Cladosporium fulvum Effectors: Weapons in the Arms Race with Tomato

PJGM de Wit - Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
In this review, I recount my personal history. My drive to study host-pathogen interactions
was to find alternatives for agrochemicals, which was triggered after reading the book “Silent …

Investigation of citrinin and monacolin K gene clusters variation among pigment producer Monascus species

A Liu, AJ Chen, B Liu, Q Wei, J Bai, Y Hu - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
The filamentous fungi Monascus spp. have been widely used in the production of food
colorants. However, the presence of mycotoxin citrinin and the antihypercholestrolemia …

The past, present and future of secondary metabolite research in the D othideomycetes

MJ Muria‐Gonzalez, YH Chooi, S Breen… - Molecular plant …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The D othideomycetes represents a large and diverse array of fungi in which prominent
plant pathogens are over‐represented. Species within the C ochliobolus, A lternaria, P …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse host-associated fungal systems as a dynamic source of novel bioactive anthraquinones in drug discovery: Current status and future perspectives

ZT Shakour, MA Farag - Journal of Advanced Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Despite, a large number of bioactive anthraquinones (AQs) isolated from host-
living fungi, only plant-derived AQs were introduced in the global consumer markets. Host …