Next-generation sequencing provides important insights into the biology and evolution of the Botryosphaeriaceae

JH Nagel, MJ Wingfield, B Slippers - Fungal Biology Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized research on fungi including
Botryosphaeriaceae, a family of important plant and particularly tree pathogens. This review …

Diversity in the Botryosphaeriales: Looking back, looking forward

B Slippers, PW Crous, F Jami, JZ Groenewald… - Fungal biology, 2017 - Elsevier
The Botryosphaeriales are amongst the most widespread, common and important fungal
pathogens of woody plants. Many are also known to exist as endophytes in healthy plant …

[HTML][HTML] Lifestyle changes in Botryosphaeriaceae as evidenced by ancestral genome expansion and horizontal gene transfer

X Wang, W Zhang, J Peng, IS Manawasinghe, L Wu… - Fungal Diversity, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Botryosphaeriaceae (Botryosphaeriales, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota)
encompasses commonly encountered opportunistic pathogens that cause stem cankers on …

Abundant secreted hydrolytic enzymes and secondary metabolite gene clusters in genomes of the Botryosphaeriaceae reflect their role as important plant pathogens

JH Nagel, MJ Wingfield, B Slippers - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
The Botryosphaeriaceae are important plant pathogens, but unique in their ability to
establish asymptomatic infections that persist for extended periods in a latent state. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Increased abundance of secreted hydrolytic enzymes and secondary metabolite gene clusters define the genomes of latent plant pathogens in the …

JH Nagel, MJ Wingfield, B Slippers - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The Botryosphaeriaceae are important plant pathogens, but also have
the ability to establish asymptomatic infections that persist for extended periods in a latent …

Botryosphaeriaceae gene machinery: Correlation between diversity and virulence

M Belair, JD Restrepo-Leal, C Praz, F Fontaine… - Fungal Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The Botryosphaeriaceae family comprises numerous fungal pathogens capable of causing
economically meaningful diseases in a wide range of crops. Many of its members can live as …

Trail of decryption of molecular research on Botryosphaeriaceae in woody plants

KWT Chethana, X Li, W Zhang, KD Hyde… - Phytopathologia …, 2016 - JSTOR
The family Botryosphaeriaceae is species rich and includes pathogens, saprobes and
endophytes of economically important agricultural crops and plants. As pathogens …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative Genomics Reveals Evolutionary Traits, Mating Strategies, and Pathogenicity-Related Genes Variation of Botryosphaeriaceae

C Yu, Y Diao, Q Lu, J Zhao, S Cui, X Xiong… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Botryosphaeriaceae, as a major family of the largest class of kingdom fungi
Dothideomycetes, encompasses phytopathogens, saprobes, and endophytes. Many …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenomics of Plant-Associated Botryosphaeriaceae Species

JF Garcia, DP Lawrence, A Morales-Cruz… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Botryosphaeriaceae is a fungal family that includes many destructive vascular
pathogens of woody plants (eg, Botryosphaeria dieback of grape, Panicle blight of …

[HTML][HTML] The completed genome sequence of Pestalotiopsis versicolor, a pathogenic ascomycete fungus with implications for bayberry production

J Guo, H Ren, M Ijaz, X Qi, T Ahmed, Y You, G Li, Z Yu… - Genomics, 2023 - Elsevier
The pathogenic fungus Pestalotiopsis versicolor is a major etiological agent of fungal twig
blight disease affecting bayberry trees. However, the lack of complete genome sequence …