The evolutionary and molecular features of the broad‐host‐range plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

MC Derbyshire, TE Newman, Y Khentry… - Molecular Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a pathogenic fungus that infects hundreds of plant species,
including many of the world's most important crops. Key features of S. sclerotiorum include …

Why Do We Need Alternative Methods for Fungal Disease Management in Plants?

MS McLaughlin, M Roy, PA Abbasi, O Carisse… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fungal pathogens pose a major threat to food production worldwide. Traditionally, chemical
fungicides have been the primary means of controlling these pathogens, but many of these …

Control of white mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) through plant-mediated RNA interference

PL Walker, DJ Ziegler, S Giesbrecht, A McLoughlin… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The causative agent of white mold, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is capable of infecting over 600
plant species and is responsible for significant crop losses across the globe. Control is …

RAS signalling genes can be used as host‐induced gene silencing targets to control fungal diseases caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea

Y Xu, J Tan, J Lu, Y Zhang, X Li - Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causes white mold (also called stem rot, Sclerotinia blight, etc.) in
many economically important plants. It is a notorious soilborne fungal pathogen due to its …

A MAP kinase cascade broadly regulates the lifestyle of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and can be targeted by HIGS for disease control

L Tian, J Li, Y Xu, Y Qiu, Y Zhang, X Li - The Plant Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causes white mold or stem rot in a wide range of economically
important plants, bringing significant yield losses worldwide. Control of this pathogen is …

[HTML][HTML] Host-induced gene silencing reveals the role of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase gene in fungal oxalic acid accumulation and virulence

K Rana, J Yuan, H Liao, SS Banga, R Kumar… - Microbiological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, the causal agent of Sclerotinia stem rot, is a devastating
necrotrophic pathogen which causes severe yield losses to oilseed production worldwide …

Host-Induced Gene Silencing of a Multifunction Gene Sscnd1 Enhances Plant Resistance Against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Y Ding, Y Chen, B Yan, H Liao, M Dong… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a devastating necrotrophic fungal pathogen and has a substantial
economic impact on crop production worldwide. Magnaporthe appressoria-specific (MAS) …

Spray-Induced Gene Silencing of SsOah1 and SsCyp51 confers protection to Nicotiana benthamiana and Brassica juncea against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

P Pant, J Kaur - Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 2023 - Elsevier
Brassica juncea is a major oilseed, vegetable and condiment crop in the Indian
subcontinent. Its yields are compromised by the aggressive broad host range Ascomycete …

Foxtail mosaic virus: A tool for gene function analysis in maize and other monocots

BM Beernink, SA Whitham - Molecular Plant Pathology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many plant viruses have been engineered into vectors for use in functional genomics
studies, expression of heterologous proteins, and, most recently, gene editing applications …

Effective Control of Sclerotinia Stem Rot in Canola Plants Through Application of Exogenous Hairpin RNA of Multiple Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Genes

A Azizi, LE del Río Mendoza - Phytopathology®, 2024 - Am Phytopath Society
Sclerotinia stem rot is a globally destructive plant disease caused by Sclerotinia
sclerotiorum. Current management of Sclerotinia stem rot primarily relies on chemical …