The fungal kingdom comprises some of the most devastating plant pathogens. Sequencing
the genomes of fungal pathogens has shown a remarkable variability in genome size and …

Plants can be colonized by fungi that have adopted highly diverse lifestyles, ranging from
symbiotic to necrotrophic. Colonization is governed in all systems by hundreds of secreted …

Plants intimately associate with diverse bacteria. Plant-associated bacteria have ostensibly
evolved genes that enable them to adapt to plant environments. However, the identities of …

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 …

Contents Summary 1031 I. Introduction 1031 II. Interkingdom communication enabling
symbiosis 1032 III. Nutritional and regulatory roles for key metabolites in the AM symbiosis …

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea are closely related necrotrophic plant
pathogenic fungi notable for their wide host ranges and environmental persistence. These …

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 …

Live-cell imaging assisted by fluorescent markers has been fundamental to understanding
the focused secretory'warfare'that occurs between plants and biotrophic pathogens that feed …

Head smut is a systemic disease in maize caused by the soil-borne fungus Sporisorium
reilianum that poses a grave threat to maize production worldwide. A major head smut …

Rust fungi are some of the most devastating pathogens of crop plants. They are obligate
biotrophs, which extract nutrients only from living plant tissues and cannot grow apart from …