Revisiting Alternaria-host interactions: New insights on its pathogenesis, defense mechanisms and control strategies

S Ali, A Tyagi, S Rajarammohan, ZA Mir, H Bae - Scientia Horticulturae, 2023 - Elsevier
Necrotrophic fungal pathogens of the genus Alternaria are globally recognized as one of the
most destructive plant pathogens in most of the industrially and agriculturally important crops …

Phylogenomic analyses of Alternaria section Alternaria: A high-resolution, genome-wide study of lineage sorting and gene tree discordance

JR Dettman, Q Eggertson - Mycologia, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The genus Alternaria contains a diversity of saprobic and pathogenic species that can be
found in a wide range of environments. Alternaria is currently divided into 26 subgeneric …

Phylogenomics of Plant-Associated Botryosphaeriaceae Species

JF Garcia, DP Lawrence, A Morales-Cruz… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Botryosphaeriaceae is a fungal family that includes many destructive vascular
pathogens of woody plants (eg, Botryosphaeria dieback of grape, Panicle blight of …

Cell-Wall-Degrading Enzymes Required for Virulence in the Host Selective Toxin-Producing Necrotroph Alternaria alternata of Citrus

H Ma, B Zhang, Y Gai, X Sun, KR Chung… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The necrotrophic fungal pathogen Alternaria alternata attacks many citrus species, causing
brown spot disease. Its pathogenic capability depends primarily on the production of host …

Genomics Evolutionary History and Diagnostics of the Alternaria alternata Species Group Including Apple and Asian Pear Pathotypes

AD Armitage, HM Cockerton… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Alternaria section alternaria (Alternaria alternata species group) represents a diverse
group of saprotroph, human allergens, and plant pathogens. Alternaria taxonomy has …

A major facilitator superfamily transporter-mediated resistance to oxidative stress and fungicides requires Yap1, Skn7, and MAP kinases in the citrus fungal pathogen …

LH Chen, HC Tsai, PL Yu, KR Chung - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) transporters play an important role in multidrug
resistance in fungi. We report an AaMFS19 gene encoding a MFS transporter required for …

[HTML][HTML] Accessory chromosome-acquired secondary metabolism in plant pathogenic fungi: the evolution of biotrophs into host-specific pathogens

TE Witte, N Villeneuve, CN Boddy… - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Accessory chromosomes are strain-or pathotype-specific chromosomes that exist in addition
to the core chromosomes of a species and are generally not considered essential to the …

Thioredoxin and glutaredoxin systems required for oxidative stress resistance, fungicide sensitivity, and virulence of Alternaria alternata

H Ma, M Wang, Y Gai, H Fu, B Zhang… - Applied and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
This study determined the function of thioredoxin and glutaredoxin systems in the
phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata via analyzing mutants obtained from the …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct and essential roles of bZIP transcription factors in the stress response and pathogenesis in Alternaria alternata

Y Gai, L Li, B Liu, H Ma, Y Chen, F Zheng, X Sun… - Microbiological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability to cope with environmental abiotic stress and biotic stress is crucial for the
survival of plants and microorganisms, which enable them to occupy multiple niches in the …

Adaptation to the host environment by plant-pathogenic fungi

HC van der Does, M Rep - Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Many fungi can live both saprophytically and as endophyte or pathogen inside a living plant.
In both environments, complex organic polymers are used as sources of nutrients …