Fungi and plants are rich sources of thousands of secondary metabolites. The genetically
coded possibilities for secondary metabolite production, the stimuli of the production, and …

The global environment is dominated by various small exotic substances, known as
secondary metabolites, produced by plants and microorganisms. Plants and fungi are …

Fungal pathogens derive nutrition from the plants they invade. Some fungi can subvert plant
defence responses such as programmed cell death to provide nutrition for their growth and …

Fungi have the capability to produce a tremendous number of so-called secondary
metabolites, which possess a multitude of functions, eg, communication signals during …

Pathogenic fungi constitute one of the main infectious agents in plants, causing alterations
during developmental stages including post-harvest. Phytopathogenic fungi are controlled …

Many plants produce antifungal secondary metabolites. These may be preformed
compounds which are found in healthy plants and which may represent in-built chemical …

Highlights•Effectors enable robust interkingdom communication at the fungus–plant
interface.•Fungi produce novel metabolites and/or phytohormone mimics during host …

This review examines the symbiotic, evolutionary, proteomic and genetic basis for a group of
fungi that occupy a specialized niche as insect pathogens as well as endophytes. We focus …

Fungi interact with plants in various ways, with each interaction giving rise to different
alterations in both partners. While fungal pathogens have detrimental effects on plant …

Covering: 2007 to 2015 Fungal phytotoxins are secondary metabolites playing an important
role in the induction of disease symptoms interfering with host plant physiological processes …