The interaction of fungal pathogens with their host requires a novel invading mechanism
and the presence of various virulence-associated components responsible for promoting the …

Nuclear effector proteins released by bacteria, oomycete, nematode, and fungi burden the
global environment and crop yield. Microbial effectors are key weapons in the evolutionary …

Alternative splicing (AS) is a crucial post‐transcriptional regulatory mechanism in plant
resistance. However, whether and how plant pathogens target splicing in their host remains …

The mutualistic ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal genus Pisolithus comprises 19 species
defined to date which colonize the roots of> 50 hosts worldwide suggesting that substantial …

Plants are colonized by various fungi with both pathogenic and beneficial lifestyles. One
type of colonization strategy is through the secretion of effector proteins that alter the plant's …

Fusarium graminearum, the main causal agent of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), is one of the
most damaging pathogens in wheat. Because of the complex organization of wheat …

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), which provides about 20% of daily calorie intake, is the
most widely cultivated crop in the world, in terms of total area devoted to its cultivation …

Fungal effectors play critical roles in manipulating plant immune responses and promoting
colonization. Sphaerulina musiva is a heterothallic ascomycete fungus that causes Septoria …

Plant pathogenic fungi encode and secrete effector proteins to promote pathogenesis. In
recent years, the important role of effector proteins in fungi and plant host interactions has …

Fungal effectors play a pivotal role in suppressing the host defence system, and their
evolution is highly dynamic. By comparative sequence analysis of plant‐pathogenic fungi …