Evolution and genome architecture in fungal plant pathogens

M Möller, EH Stukenbrock - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2017 - nature.com
The fungal kingdom comprises some of the most devastating plant pathogens. Sequencing
the genomes of fungal pathogens has shown a remarkable variability in genome size and …

Host–parasite co-evolution and its genomic signature

D Ebert, PD Fields - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Studies in diverse biological systems have indicated that host–parasite co-evolution is
responsible for the extraordinary genetic diversity seen in some genomic regions, such as …

Fungal effectors and plant susceptibility

L Lo Presti, D Lanver, G Schweizer… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Plants can be colonized by fungi that have adopted highly diverse lifestyles, ranging from
symbiotic to necrotrophic. Colonization is governed in all systems by hundreds of secreted …

The evolution of fungicide resistance

JA Lucas, NJ Hawkins, BA Fraaije - Advances in applied microbiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Fungicides are widely used in developed agricultural systems to control disease and
safeguard crop yield and quality. Over time, however, resistance to many of the most …

[HTML][HTML] What are the 100 most cited fungal genera?

CS Bhunjun, YJ Chen, C Phukhamsakda… - Studies in …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Origin and evolution of the plant immune system

GZ Han - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 70 I. Introduction 70 II. Ancient associations between plants and
microbes 72 III. Evolutionary dynamics of plant–pathogen interactions 74 IV. Evolutionary …

Cospeciation vs host‐shift speciation: Methods for testing, evidence from natural associations and relation to coevolution

DM De Vienne, G Refrégier… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Hosts and their symbionts are involved in intimate physiological and ecological interactions.
The impact of these interactions on the evolution of each partner depends on the time‐scale …

European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) dieback–A conservation biology challenge

M Pautasso, G Aas, V Queloz, O Holdenrieder - Biological conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is a keystone tree species throughout temperate Europe
whose future existence is threatened by an emerging invasive fungal disease. Ash dieback …

[HTML][HTML] Genetics of resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici and applications to wheat breeding

JKM Brown, L Chartrain, P Lasserre-Zuber… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper reviews current knowledge about genes for resistance to Septoria tritici blotch
(STB) of wheat, caused by Zymoseptoria tritici (formerly Mycosphaerella graminicola). These …

Durable resistance of crops to disease: a Darwinian perspective

JKM Brown - Annual review of phytopathology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
This review takes an evolutionary view of breeding crops for durable resistance to disease.
An understanding of coevolution between hosts and parasites leads to predictors of …