Many plant pathogenic fungi have the capacity to infect their plant hosts using specialised
cells called appressoria. These structures act as a gateway between the fungus and host …

Septins are conserved guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that polymerize into filaments at
the cell cortex or in association with other cytoskeletal proteins, such as actin or …

The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae uses a pressurized infection cell called an
appressorium to drive a rigid penetration peg through the leaf cuticle. The vast internal …

The genus Colletotrichum harbors many plant pathogenic species, several of which cause
significant yield losses in the field and post harvest. Typically, in order to infect their host …

Fungal pathogens undergo specific morphogenetic transitions in order to breach the outer
surfaces of plants and invade the underlying host tissue. The ability to change cell shape …

The fungus Magnaporthe oryzae uses a specialized pressure-generating infection cell
called an appressorium to break into rice leaves and initiate disease. Appressorium …

The devastating pathogen Botrytis cinerea infects a broad spectrum of host plants, causing
great socio‐economic losses. The necrotrophic fungus rapidly kills plant cells, nourishing …

Plant-pathogenic fungi are responsible for many of the most severe crop diseases in the
world and remain very challenging to control. Improving current protection strategies or …

Many of the world's most devastating crop diseases are caused by fungal pathogens that
elaborate specialized infection structures to invade plant tissue. Here, we present a …

Cytoplasmic microtubule arrays play important and diverse roles within fungal cells,
including serving as molecular highways for motor-driven organelle motility. While the …