Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis, is an important disease of wheat worldwide. The
disease is old, but often appears as a re-emerging problem and also expands to new areas …

First described in Europe in 1777, stripe rust (SR) caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. f.
sp. tritici Erikss (Pst) is one of the most important and destructive diseases of wheat …

Biotrophic plant pathogenic fungi are widely distributed and are among the most damaging
pathogenic organisms of agriculturally important crops responsible for significant losses in …

The interaction of pathogens with their hosts creates strong reciprocal selection pressures.
Pathogens often deploy an arsenal of small proteins called effectors that manipulate the …

Highlights•Plant pathogens can show extensive variation in gene content within
species.•Pathogen pangenomes comprise accessory genes often encoding key virulence …

Stripe rust of wheat, caused by the obligate biotrophic fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici,
is a major threat to wheat production worldwide with an estimated yearly loss of US $1 …

Identifying sources of phytopathogen inoculum and determining their contributions to
disease outbreaks are essential for predicting disease development and establishing control …

Main conclusion Identification and functional characterization of plant pathogen effectors
promise to ameliorate future research and develop effective and sustainable strategies for …

Background Sarocladium brachiariae is a newly identified endophytic fungus isolated from
Brachiaria brizantha. A previous study indicated that S. brachiariae had antifungal activity; …

The folding and dynamics of three-dimensional (3D) genome organization are fundamental
for eukaryotes executing genome functions but have been largely unexplored in nonmodel …