Approximately a tenth of all described fungal species can cause diseases in plants. A
common feature of this process is the necessity to pass through the plant cell wall, an …

Aspergillus flavus is saprophytic soil fungus that infects and contaminates preharvest and
postharvest seed crops with the carcinogenic secondary metabolite aflatoxin. The fungus is …

SUMMARY Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen causing
disease in a wide range of plants. This review summarizes current knowledge of …

Plants perceive microbial invaders using pattern recognition receptors that recognize
microbe-associated molecular patterns. In this study, we identified RESPONSIVENESS TO …

Botrytis cinerea, a fungus that causes diseases in over 200 plant species, secretes a number
of endopolygalacturonases that have been suggested to be involved in pathogenesis …

Environmental occurrence of Aspergillus and other fungal spores are hazardous to humans
and animals. They cause a broad spectrum of clinical complications. Contamination of …

Fusarium graminearum is the causal agent of the Fusarium head blight (FHB) and a
destructive pathogen of cereals accounting for high grain yield losses especially on wheat …

Plant‐pathogenic fungi produce an array of extracellular hydrolytic enzymes that enable
them to penetrate and infect the host tissue; these enzymes are collectively called cell wall …

Five Botrytis cinerea endopolygalacturonase enzymes (BcPGs) were individually expressed
in Pichia pastoris, purified to homogeneity and biochemically characterized. While the pH …

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum acidifies its ambient environment by producing oxalic acid. This
production of oxalic acid during plant infection has been implicated as a primary determinant …