During the infection and colonization process, the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
faces various challenges from hostile environment, such as nutrient limitation and carbon …

Rice blast is a serious threat to the safe production of grain crops such as rice and wheat.
Sporulation, appressorium formation, and invasive growth of Magnaporthe oryzae are the …

Rice fungal pathogens, responsible for severe rice yield loss and biotoxin contamination,
cause increasing concerns on environmental safety and public health. In the paddy …

Histone acetylation/deacetylation represent a general and efficient epigenetic mechanism
through which fungal cells control gene expression. Here we report developmental …

Asexual spore serves as essential inoculum of rice blast during the disease cycle, and
differentiation of young conidium from conidiophore is intimately regulated by cell cycle …

Diseases caused by dimorphic phytopathogenic and systemic dimorphic fungi have
markedly increased in prevalence in the last decades, and understanding the morphogenic …

Abstract Clonostachys chloroleuca 67-1 (formerly C. rosea 67-1) is a potential biocontrol
fungus active against various fungal plant pathogens. From transcriptome sequencing of 67 …

The multifunctional carbon catabolite repression negative on TATA-box-less complex
(CCR4-NOT) is a multi-subunit complex present in all eukaryotes, including fungi. This …

Members of the Yippee-like (YPEL) gene family are highly conserved in eukaryotes and are
homologous to the Drosophila yippee gene. In this study, we functionally characterized two …

Bayberry twig blight caused by the ascomycete fungus Pestalotiopsis versicolor is a
devastating disease threatening worldwide bayberry production. However, the molecular …