Plant pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi and oomycetes cause destructive diseases in
natural habitats and agricultural settings, thereby threatening plant biodiversity and global …

Plant pathogens are a significant challenge in agriculture despite our best efforts to combat
them. One of the most effective and sustainable ways to manage plant pathogens is to use …

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) has developed into an indispensable approach to
gene function analysis in a wide array of species, many of which are not amenable to stable …

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

Wheat crops are frequently devastated by pandemic stripe rust caused by Puccinia
striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst). Here, we identify and characterize a wheat receptor-like …

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 …

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 …

Alternative splicing (AS) of pre-mRNAs increases transcriptome and proteome diversity,
regulates gene expression through multiple mechanisms, and plays important roles in plant …