Rice false smut fungus (teleomorph: Villosiclava virens; anamorph: Ustilaginoidea virens)
can generate chlamydospores and survive winter under field conditions. The …

Ustilaginoidea virens is an economically important biotrophic fungal pathogen that causes
rice false smut worldwide. However, the regulatory mechanisms of smut ball formation under …

Ustilaginoidea virens, causing rice false smut (RFS) is an economically important
ascomycetous fungal pathogen distributed in rice-growing regions worldwide. Here, we …

False smut of rice, caused by Ustilaginoidea virens (Cooke) Takahashi (teleomorph:
Villosiclava virens), is one of the most important diseases affecting rice worldwide …

False smut is a destructive grain disease of rice worldwide, characterized by false smut balls
formed in rice flowers. Here we identified a small secreted protein UV_1261 contributing to …

Rice false smut caused by Ustilaginoidea virens is a serious disease of rice (Oryza sativa),
severely reducing plant mass and yields worldwide. We performed genome-wide analysis of …

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (ATMT) is becoming a popular effective
system as an insertional mutagenesis tool in filamentous fungi. To gain more insight into the …

Rice false smut, caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, is one of the most destructive diseases in
major world rice-producing regions. Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) proteins, which belong to an …

Sexual reproduction of heterothallic clavicipitaceous fungus Villosiclava virens (anamorph:
Ustilaginoidea virens) generates ascospores, which is considered as primary infection …

Ustilaginoidea virens, the causal agent of rice false smut (RFS), has become one of the most
devastating rice pathogens worldwide. As a group of essential virulence factors, the effectors …