Xanthomonas spp. encompass a wide range of plant pathogens that use numerous
virulence factors for pathogenicity and fitness in plant hosts. In this Review, we examine …

Rice feeds more than half of the world's population. Rice blast, caused by the fungal
pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, and bacterial blight, caused by the bacterial pathogen …

Xanthomonas spp. are phytopathogenic bacteria that can cause disease on a wide variety of
plant species resulting in significant impacts on crop yields. Limited genetic resistance is …

How pathogens coevolve with and adapt to their hosts are critical to understanding how host
jumps and/or acquisition of novel traits can lead to new disease emergences. The …

Phytopathogenic bacteria possess an arsenal of effector proteins that enable them to
subvert host recognition and manipulate the host to promote pathogen fitness. The type III …

Bacteria of the Xanthomonas genus are mainly phytopathogens of a large variety of crops of
economic importance worldwide. Xanthomonas spp. rely on an arsenal of protein effectors …

Pathogen effector proteins are delivered to host cells to suppress plant immunity. However,
the mechanisms by which effector proteins function are largely unknown. Here we show that …

Despite causing considerable damage to host tissue during the onset of parasitism,
nematodes establish remarkably persistent infections in both animals and plants. It is …

Bacterial blight (BB) and bacterial leaf streak (BLS), caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv.
oryzae and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, respectively, are two devastating diseases in …

The plant immune system is constituted of two functionally interdependent branches that
provide the plant with an effective defense against microbial pathogens. They can be …