Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most devastating pathogenic fungi that affects a wide
range of cereal plants, especially rice. Rice blast disease causes substantial economic …

Plant-pathogenic fungi are responsible for many of the most severe crop diseases in the
world and remain very challenging to control. Improving current protection strategies or …

Primary inoculum that survives overwintering is one of the key factors that determine the
outbreak of plant disease. Pathogenic resting structures, such as chlamydospores, are an …

Blast disease caused by the hemibiotrophic ascomycete fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae is a
significant threat to sustainable rice production worldwide. Studies have shown that the blast …

Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways are evolutionarily conserved in
eukaryotes and modulate responses to both internal and external stimuli. Pmk1 and Mps …

Antrodia cinnamomea is a precious edible and medicinal mushroom with various biological
activities, such as hepatoprotection, antitumor, antivirus, immunoregulation, and intestinal …

Verticillium dahliae is a soil-borne pathogenic fungus that causes Verticillium wilt in host
plants, a particularly serious problem in potato cultivation. Several pathogenicity-related …

Metarhizium robertsii, a vital entomopathogenic fungus for pest management, relies on
various virulence-related proteins for infection. Identifying these proteins, especially those …

Fungal growth is closely related to virulence. Finding the key genes and pathways that
regulate growth can help elucidate the regulatory mechanisms of fungal growth and …

The cytoplasmic dynein 1, a minus end-directed motor protein, is an essential microtubule-
based molecular motor that mediates the movement of molecules to intracellular …