Phytophthora species are notorious pathogens of several economically important crop
plants. Several general elicitors, commonly referred to as Pathogen-Associated Molecular …

Age‐associated B cells (ABCs) have emerged as critical components of immune responses.
Their inappropriate expansion and differentiation have increasingly been linked to the …

Plant-pathogenic oomycetes include numerous species that are ongoing threats to
agriculture and natural ecosystems. Understanding the molecular dialogs between …

Alternatives to protect crops against diseases are desperately needed to secure world food
production and make agriculture more sustainable. Genetic resistance to pathogens utilized …

Over 170 years after the infamous Irish Potato Famine, potato late blight (PLB) caused by
Phytophthora infestans remains the single most devastating disease of global potato …

The ability to secrete effector proteins that can enter plant cells and manipulate host
processes is a key determinant of what makes a successful plant pathogen. Here, we review …

Pathogens secret a plethora of effectors into the host cell to modulate plant immunity.
Analysing the role of effectors in altering the function of their host target proteins will reveal …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a vital role in plant immune response, but the genes
involved in the regulation of ROS are scantily reported. Phytophthora pathogens produce a …

An understanding of the cell biology underlying the burgeoning molecular genetic and
genomic knowledge of oomycete pathogenicity is essential to gain the full context of how …

Elicitins are a large family of secreted proteins in Phytophthora. Clade 1 elicitins were
identified decades ago as potent elicitors of immune responses in Nicotiana species, but the …