Plants and fungi have had many years of friendly and not-so friendly competition for
resources and quality of life. As a result, diverse pathosystems evolved numerous strategies …

Upon host penetration, fungal pathogens secrete a plethora of effectors to promote disease,
including proteases that degrade plant antimicrobial proteins, and protease inhibitors (PIs) …

A group of aggressive pathogens have evolved to colonize the plant xylem. In this vascular
tissue, where water and nutrients are transported from the roots to the rest of the plant …

Botcinic acid is a phytotoxic polyketide involved in the virulence of the gray mold fungus
Botrytis cinerea. Here, we aimed to investigate the specific regulation of the cluster of Bcboa …

Background How pathogen genomes evolve to support distinct lifestyles is not well-
understood. The oomycete Phytophthora infestans, the potato blight agent, is a largely …

Soon after the gene-for-gene hypothesis was formulated in the 1940s, the search for the
postulated gene products started. The hypothesis proposed that products of fungal …

Fulvia fulva and Dothistroma septosporum are closely related apoplastic pathogens with
similar lifestyles but different hosts: F. fulva is a pathogen of tomato, whilst D. septosporum is …

Aster spathulifolius, a common ornamental and medicinal plant, is widely distributed in
Korea and Japan, and is genetically classified into mainland and island types. Here, we …

Proteases are key components of the hydrolytic enzyme arsenal employed by fungal
pathogens to invade their host plants. The recent advances in-omics era have facilitated …

Variation in mitochondrial genome composition across intraspecific, interspecific, and higher
taxonomic scales has been little studied in lichen obligate symbioses. Cladonia is one of the …