Whip smut of sugarcane is the most serious and widely spread disease of sugarcane and
causes a significant reduction in cane quantity and quality. The severity of this disease often …

In this paper, we review historical and contemporary species concepts and species
recognition criteria for plant pathogenic fungi. Previous incongruent and unstable …

Many fungi are pathogenic on plants and cause significant damage in agriculture and
forestry. They are also part of the natural ecosystem and may play a role in regulating plant …

The subphylum Ustilaginomycotina (Basidiomycota, Fungi) comprises mainly plant
pathogenic fungi (smuts). Some of the lineages possess cultivable unicellular stages that …

As more original molecular protocols and subsequent modifications are described in the
literature, it has become difficult for those not directly involved in the development of these …

The genus Wallemia comprises xerophilic species. Based on parenthesome ultrastructure it
has been linked to the Filobasidiales (basidiomycetes). Species show a unique type of …

The subphylum Ustilaginomycotina comprises about 1500 species of basidiomycetous plant
parasites. They are usually dimorphic, producing a saprobic haploid yeast phase and a …

Sporisorium scitamineum is a biotrophic fungus responsible for the sugarcane smut, a
worldwide spread disease. This study provides the complete sequence of individual …

Our study evaluated in silico the potential of 14 mitochondrial genes encoding the subunits
of the respiratory chain complexes, including cytochrome c oxidase I (CO1), as …

Sporisorium reilianum and Ustilago maydis are two closely related smut fungi, which both
infect maize but differ fundamentally in their mode of plant invasion and site of symptom …