The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology

R Dean, JAL Van Kan, ZA Pretorius… - Molecular plant …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this review was to survey all fungal pathologists with an association with the
journal Molecular Plant Pathology and ask them to nominate which fungal pathogens they …

The two-speed genomes of filamentous pathogens: waltz with plants

S Dong, S Raffaele, S Kamoun - Current opinion in genetics & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Fungi and oomycetes include deep and diverse lineages of eukaryotic plant pathogens. The
last 10 years have seen the sequencing of the genomes of a multitude of species of these so …

Improved prediction of fungal effector proteins from secretomes with EffectorP 2.0

J Sperschneider, PN Dodds… - Molecular plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Plant‐pathogenic fungi secrete effector proteins to facilitate infection. We describe extensive
improvements to EffectorP, the first machine learning classifier for fungal effector prediction …

Wheat stripe (yellow) rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici

W Chen, C Wellings, X Chen, Z Kang… - Molecular plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Stripe (yellow) rust, caused by P uccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (P st), is a serious disease of
wheat occurring in most wheat areas with cool and moist weather conditions during the …

Genome evolution in filamentous plant pathogens: why bigger can be better

S Raffaele, S Kamoun - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2012 - nature.com
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 …

ApoplastP: prediction of effectors and plant proteins in the apoplast using machine learning

J Sperschneider, PN Dodds, KB Singh… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The plant apoplast is integral to intercellular signalling, transport and plant–pathogen
interactions. Plant pathogens deliver effectors both into the apoplast and inside host cells …

[HTML][HTML] Field pathogenomics reveals the emergence of a diverse wheat yellow rust population

A Hubbard, CM Lewis, K Yoshida… - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
Background Emerging and re-emerging pathogens imperil public health and global food
security. Responding to these threats requires improved surveillance and diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] High genome heterozygosity and endemic genetic recombination in the wheat stripe rust fungus

W Zheng, L Huang, J Huang, X Wang, X Chen… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is one of the most destructive
diseases of wheat. Here we report a 110-Mb draft sequence of Pst isolate CY32, obtained …

Host-induced gene silencing of wheat leaf rust fungus Puccinia triticina pathogenicity genes mediated by the Barley stripe mosaic virus

V Panwar, B McCallum, G Bakkeren - Plant molecular biology, 2013 - Springer
Rust fungi are devastating plant pathogens and several Puccinia species have a large
economic impact on wheat production worldwide. Disease protection, mostly offered by …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and evolution of barley powdery mildew effector candidates

C Pedersen, EVL van Themaat, LJ McGuffin, JC Abbott… - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Background Protein effectors of pathogenicity are instrumental in modulating host immunity
and disease resistance. The powdery mildew pathogen of grasses Blumeria graminis …