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 …

The filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae causes rice blast, the most serious disease of
cultivated rice. Cellular differentiation of M. oryzae forms an infection structure called the …

Colletotrichum species are fungal pathogens that devastate crop plants worldwide. Host
infection involves the differentiation of specialized cell types that are associated with …

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea are closely related necrotrophic plant
pathogenic fungi notable for their wide host ranges and environmental persistence. These …

Powdery mildews are phytopathogens whose growth and reproduction are entirely
dependent on living plant cells. The molecular basis of this life-style, obligate biotrophy …

Alternaria is a ubiquitous fungal genus in many ecosystems, consisting of species and
strains that can be saprophytic, endophytic, or pathogenic to plants or animals, including …

The sessile nature of plants forced them to evolve mechanisms to prioritize their responses
to simultaneous stresses, including colonization by microbes or nutrient starvation. Here, we …

Talaromycosis is an invasive mycosis endemic in tropical and subtropical Asia and is
caused by the pathogenic fungus Talaromyces marneffei. Approximately 17,300 cases of T …

Fungi are known to produce a wide range of secondary metabolites such as pigments,
antibiotics, vitamins, amino acids, and organic compounds that have several useful …

We sequenced and compared the genomes of the Dothideomycete fungal plant pathogens
Cladosporium fulvum (Cfu)(syn. Passalora fulva) and Dothistroma septosporum (Dse) that …