Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is one of the widely grown vegetables worldwide.
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) is the significant contributory pathogen of …

Fungi have developed a plethora of strategies to colonize plants, and these interactions
result in a broad spectrum of outcomes ranging from beneficial interactions to death of the …

Adapted plant pathogens from various microbial kingdoms produce hundreds of unrelated
small secreted proteins (SSPs) with elusive roles. Here, we used AlphaFold-Multimer (AFM) …

Fusarium is a genus of filamentous fungi that contains many agronomically important plant
pathogens, mycotoxin producers, and opportunistic human pathogens. Comparative …

Vascular wilts are among the most destructive plant diseases that occur in annual crops as
well as in woody perennials. These diseases are generally caused by soil-borne bacteria …

Fusarium species are among the most important phytopathogenic and toxigenic fungi. To
understand the molecular underpinnings of pathogenicity in the genus Fusarium, we …

Fusarium wilt (FW) and Fusarium crown and root rot (FCRR) of tomato (Solanum
lycopersicum) caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici and F. oxysporum f. sp …

SUMMARY Taxonomy: Kingdom Fungi; Phylum Ascomycota; Class Sordariomycetes; Order
Hypocreales; Family Nectriaceae; genus Fusarium. Host range: Very broad at the species …

It is accepted that most fungal avirulence genes encode virulence factors that are called
effectors. Most fungal effectors are secreted, cysteine-rich proteins, and a role in virulence …

The basidiomycete Ustilago maydis causes smut disease in maize, with large plant tumors
being formed as the most prominent disease symptoms. During all steps of infection, U …