Oomycetes form a deep lineage of eukaryotic organisms that includes a large number of
plant pathogens which threaten natural and managed ecosystems. We undertook a survey …

Many species of fungi and oomycetes are plant pathogens of great economic importance.
Over the past 7 years, the genomes of more than 30 of these filamentous plant pathogens …

Potato is produced on all continents except Antarctica and is the world's third most important
food crop. Potato production has increased dramatically in developing countries in the past …

The growing human population will require a significant increase in agricultural production.
This challenge is made more difficult by the fact that changes in the climatic and …

Aphids are amongst the most devastating sap-feeding insects of plants. Like most plant
parasites, aphids require intimate associations with their host plants to gain access to …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the world's third-largest food crop. It severely suffers from
late blight, a devastating disease caused by Phytophthora infestans. This oomycete …

Fungi and oomycetes are filamentous microorganisms that include a diversity of highly
developed pathogens of plants. These are sophisticated modulators of plant processes that …

Pathogens use specialized secretion systems and targeting signals to translocate effector
proteins inside host cells, a process that is essential for promoting disease and parasitism …

In response to pathogen attack, plant cells secrete antimicrobial molecules at the site of
infection. However, how plant pathogens interfere with defense-related focal secretion …

Plants contain a sophisticated innate immune network to prevent pathogenic microbes from
gaining access to nutrients and from colonizing internal structures. The first layer of inducible …