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

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 …

Stem rust caused by the fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) is a devastating disease
of the global staple crop wheat. Although this disease was largely controlled in the latter half …

Phytophthora infestans is the most destructive pathogen of potato and a model organism for
the oomycetes, a distinct lineage of fungus-like eukaryotes that are related to organisms …

One of most important challenges in plant breeding is improving resistance to the plethora of
pathogens that threaten our crops. The ever-growing world population, changing pathogen …

Plant diseases can drastically abate the crop yields as the degree of disease outbreak is
getting severe around the world. Therefore, plant disease management has always been …

Pathogenic fungi have diverse growth lifestyles that support fungal colonization on plants.
Successful colonization and infection for all lifestyles depends upon the ability to modify …

The genome of the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae contains nearly 400 genes
encoding candidate effector proteins carrying the host cell entry motif RXLR-dEER. Here, we …

Some of the most devastating oomycete pathogens deploy effector proteins, with the
signature amino acid motif RXLR, that enter plant cells to promote virulence. Research on …

Background Powdery mildew, caused by the obligate biotrophic fungus Erysiphe necator, is
an economically important disease of grapevines worldwide. Large quantities of fungicides …