Background Potato late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is the most devastating
disease on potato. Dissecting critical immune components in potato will be supportive for …

Phytophthora sojae, the agent responsible for stem and root rot, is one of the most damaging
plant pathogens of soybean. To establish a compatible-interaction, P. sojae secretes a wide …

Phytophthora comprises a group of filamentous plant pathogens that cause serious crop
diseases worldwide. It is widely known that a complex effector repertoire was secreted by …

Phytopathogens can continuously cause serious losses worldwide to crop, fruit, and
vegetable yields. The excessive use of conventional fungicides in pathogen management …

Biotic factors such as fungal exudation can significantly influence the establishment of plant-
fungal symbioses. Mutualistic ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi play numerous ecological roles …

Plant epidermis contains atypical small chloroplasts. However, the physiological role of this
organelle is unclear compared to that of large mesophyll chloroplasts, the well-known …

Potato is the most widely grown non-grain crop and ranks as the third most significant global
food crop following rice and wheat. Despite its long history of cultivation over vast areas …

There is an urgent need for novel protection strategies to sustainably secure crop production
under changing climates. Studying microbial effectors, defined as microbe‐derived proteins …

The devastating soybean rust (SBR) pathogen, Phakopsora pachyrhizi, encodes many
secreted proteins, but only two have been functionally characterized for their roles in rust …

Golgi reassembly stacking proteins (GRASPs) play important roles in Golgi structure
formation, ER stress response, and unconventional secretion in eukaryotic cells. However …