Fungal plant pathogens use proteinaceous effectors as well as newly identified secondary
metabolites (SMs) and small non-coding RNA (sRNA) effectors to manipulate the host …

The potato is a staple food crop worldwide and the need for this product has increased due
to the burgeoning population. However, potato production is highly constrained by biotic …

Fungal aromatic polyketides display a very diverse and widespread group of natural
products. Due to their excellent light absorption properties and widely studied biological …

Soon after the gene-for-gene hypothesis was formulated in the 1940s, the search for the
postulated gene products started. The hypothesis proposed that products of fungal …

The microbiomes living in the rhizosphere soil of the tomato plant contribute immensely to
the state of health of the tomato plant alongside improving sustainable agriculture. With the …

Chitin is a key component of fungal cell walls and a potent inducer of innate immune
responses. Consequently, fungi may secrete chitin-binding lectins, such as the Cf-Avr4 …

Fulvia fulva and Dothistroma septosporum are closely related apoplastic pathogens with
similar lifestyles but different hosts: F. fulva is a pathogen of tomato, whilst D. septosporum is …

Our environment is pervaded by a plethora of small exotic molecules, which are released
without intermission by almost all organisms, like plants, microbes, or even animals. Plants …

Temperature is the environmental factor that systematically changes for decades and, as in
plants and animals, can significantly affect the growth and development of fungi, including …

Covering: up to 2023Short-chain dehydrogenase/reductases (SDR) are known to catalyze
the regio-and stereoselective reduction of a variety of substrate types. Investigations of the …