The rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, causes one of the most destructive diseases of
cultivated rice in the world. Infections caused by this recalcitrant pathogen lead to the annual …

Like in other eukaryotic organisms, mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase cascades play
important roles in response to host and environmental signals in fungal pathogens. In …

Fungal interactions with plants can involve specific morphogenetic developments to access
host cells, the suppression of plant defenses, and the establishment of a feeding lifestyle that …

Highlights•Hydrophobins play key roles in mediating appressorium development in rice
blast disease.•Ras GTPase signalling acts upstream of cAMP and MAP kinase pathways for …

Like other eukaryotes, fungi use MAP kinase (MAPK) pathways to mediate cellular changes
responding to external stimuli. In the past two decades, three well-conserved MAP kinase …

Magnaporthe oryzae is a hemibiotrophic fungus that also needs host nutrients for
propagation during infection. During its interaction with rice, reactive oxygen species (ROS) …

Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most devastating pathogenic fungi that affects a wide
range of cereal plants, especially rice. Rice blast disease causes substantial economic …

Fungal phytopathogens pose a serious threat to global crop production. Only a handful of
strategies are available to combat these fungal infections, and the increasing incidence of …

In the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, the cAMP-PKA pathway regulates surface
recognition, appressorium turgor generation, and invasive growth. However, deletion of …

The hemibiotrophic pathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is the causal agent of poplar
anthracnose and causes considerable economic losses. This fungus infects its host through …