Fungi are a highly diverse group of heterotrophic eukaryotes characterized by the absence
of phagotrophy and the presence of a chitinous cell wall. While unicellular fungi are far from …

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is one of the most important fruit crop worldwide. Commercial
cultivars are greatly affected by a large number of pathogenic microorganisms that cause …

Erysiphe necator is the causal agent of powdery mildew (PM), one of the most destructive
diseases of grapevine. PM is controlled by sulfur-based and synthetic fungicides, which …

Abstract The order Chaetothyriales (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycetes) harbours obligatorily
melanised fungi and includes numerous etiologic agents of chromoblastomycosis …

Background Previous phylogenetic analyses of species within the genus Golovinomyces
(Ascomycota, Erysiphales), based on ITS and 28S rDNA sequence data, revealed a co …

Aligning short-read sequences is the foundational step to most genomic and transcriptomic
analyses, but not all tools perform equally, and choosing among the growing body of …

Background Powdery mildews are biotrophic pathogenic fungi infecting a number of
economically important plants. The grass powdery mildew, Blumeria graminis, has become …

Aspergillus species are ubiquitous fungal saprophytes found in diverse ecological niches
worldwide. Among them, Aspergillus fumigatus is the most prevalent and is largely …

The powdery mildew fungi (Erysiphaceae) are globally distributed plant pathogens with a
range of more than 10,000 plant hosts. In this review, we discuss the long‐and short‐term …

Highlights•Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi are likely fatty acid auxotrophs.•Plants maintain an
arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM)-specific lipid biosynthesis pathway.•Independent experimental …