Fungi have the capacity to cause devastating diseases of both plants and animals, causing
significant harvest losses that threaten food security and human mycoses with high mortality …

Canker caused by ascomycetous Valsa species are among the most destructive diseases of
woody plants worldwide. These pathogens are distinct from other pathogens because they …

Purpureocillium lilacinum of Ophiocordycipitaceae is one of the most promising and
commercialized agents for controlling plant parasitic nematodes, as well as other insects …

Upon invasion of a host, fungal pathogens are exposed to a variety of stresses. Plants
release reactive oxygen species, and mount a variety of preformed and induced chemical …

Scientific names are crucial in communicating knowledge about fungi. In plant pathology,
they link information regarding the biology, host range, distribution, and potential risk. Our …

Hyphae represent a hallmark structure of multicellular fungi. The evolutionary origins of
hyphae and of the underlying genes are, however, hardly known. By systematically …

Background Many plant-pathogenic fungi have a tendency towards genome size expansion,
mostly driven by increasing content of transposable elements (TEs). Through comparative …

Pectins, major components of dicot cell walls, are synthesized in a heavily methylesterified
form in the Golgi and are partially deesterified by pectin methylesterases (PME s) upon …

Molecular studies of salt tolerance of eukaryotic microorganisms have until recently been
limited to the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and a few other moderately …

The relationship between total and metabolically active soil microbial communities can
provide insight into how these communities are impacted by environmental change, which …