Notes for genera: Ascomycota

NN Wijayawardene, KD Hyde, KC Rajeshkumar… - Fungal diversity, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge of the relationships and thus the classification of fungi, has developed
rapidly with increasingly widespread use of molecular techniques, over the past 10–15 …

Secondary metabolites in fungus-plant interactions

T Pusztahelyi, IJ Holb, I Pócsi - Frontiers in plant science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Fungi and plants are rich sources of thousands of secondary metabolites. The genetically
coded possibilities for secondary metabolite production, the stimuli of the production, and …

[HTML][HTML] Fusarium: more than a node or a foot-shaped basal cell

PW Crous, L Lombard, M Sandoval-Denis, KA Seifert… - Studies in mycology, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent publications have argued that there are potentially serious consequences for
researchers in recognising distinct genera in the terminal fusarioid clade of the family …

Alternaria alternata as endophyte and pathogen

M DeMers - Microbiology, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Alternaria alternata is a common species of fungus frequently isolated from plants as both an
endophyte and a pathogen. Although the current definition of A. alternata rests on a …

Alternaria Toxins: Potential Virulence Factors and Genes Related to Pathogenesis

M Meena, SK Gupta, P Swapnil, A Zehra… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Alternaria is an important fungus to study due to their different life style from saprophytes to
endophytes and a very successful fungal pathogen that causes diseases to a number of …

Alternaria section Alternaria: Species, formae speciales or pathotypes?

JHC Woudenberg, MF Seidl, JZ Groenewald… - Studies in …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
The cosmopolitan fungal genus Alternaria consists of multiple saprophytic and pathogenic
species. Based on phylogenetic and morphological studies, the genus is currently divided …

Biodiversity and taxonomy of the pleomorphic genus Alternaria

DP Lawrence, F Rotondo, PB Gannibal - Mycological progress, 2016 - Springer
The genus Alternaria, alternarioid hyphomycetes, comprise a biologically, ecologically, and
morphologically rich group of fungi that has suffered from taxonomic flux for many years. The …

Revisiting Alternaria-host interactions: New insights on its pathogenesis, defense mechanisms and control strategies

S Ali, A Tyagi, S Rajarammohan, ZA Mir, H Bae - Scientia Horticulturae, 2023 - Elsevier
Necrotrophic fungal pathogens of the genus Alternaria are globally recognized as one of the
most destructive plant pathogens in most of the industrially and agriculturally important crops …

The dispensable chromosome of Leptosphaeria maculans shelters an effector gene conferring avirulence towards Brassica rapa

MH Balesdent, I Fudal, B Ollivier, P Bally… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Phytopathogenic fungi frequently contain dispensable chromosomes, some of which
contribute to host range or pathogenicity. In L eptosphaeria maculans, the stem canker …

[HTML][HTML] Host-specificity factors in plant pathogenic fungi

J Li, B Cornelissen, M Rep - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Fortunately, no fungus can cause disease on all plant species, and although some plant-
pathogenic fungi have quite a broad host range, most are highly limited in the range of plant …