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 …

Biotrophic pathogens, such as the related maize pathogenic fungi Ustilago maydis and
Sporisorium reilianum, establish an intimate relationship with their hosts by secreting protein …

Here we review how evolving species concepts have been applied to understand yeast
diversity. Initially, a phenotypic species concept was utilized taking into consideration …

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

Smut fungi are well-suited to investigate the ecology and evolution of plant pathogens, as
they are strictly biotrophic, yet cultivable on media. Here we report the genome sequence of …

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

We summarize current knowledge on the structure of mating type loci in different species of
basidiomycetes, giving special consideration to bipolar and tetrapolar heterothallic species …