Colletotrichum species and complexes: geographic distribution, host range and conservation status

P Talhinhas, R Baroncelli - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
The taxonomy of the genus Colletotrichum has undergone tremendous changes over the
last decade, with over 200 species being currently recognised and species complexes being …

Chromosome-level analysis of the Colletotrichum graminicola genome reveals the unique characteristics of core and minichromosomes

S Becerra, R Baroncelli, TR Boufleur… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The fungal pathogen Colletotrichum graminicola causes the anthracnose of maize (Zea
mays) and is responsible for significant yield losses worldwide. The genome of C …

Pathological, morphological, cytogenomic, biochemical and molecular data support the distinction between Colletotrichum cigarro comb. et stat. nov. and …

A Cabral, HG Azinheira, P Talhinhas, D Batista… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
The genus Colletotrichum has witnessed tremendous variations over the years in the
number of species recognized, ranging from 11 to several hundreds. Host-specific fungal …

Improving coffee species for pathogen resistance

F Maghuly, J Jankowicz-Cieslak, S Bado - CABI Reviews, 2020 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Pathogens are the major limiting factors in coffee productions. Approximately 26% of the
global annual coffee production is lost due to diseases, threatening the income of nearly 125 …

Legitimacy and Implications of Reducing Colletotrichum kahawae to Subspecies in Plant Pathology

D Batista, DN Silva, A Vieira, A Cabral… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Colletotrichum kahawae Waller and Bridge is a highly aggressive and specialized fungal
pathogen of coffee, causing the devastating Coffee Berry Disease (CBD), particularly at high …

The Many Questions about Mini Chromosomes in Colletotrichum spp.

PL Plaumann, C Koch - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many fungal pathogens carry accessory regions in their genome, which are not required for
vegetative fitness. Often, although not always, these regions occur as relatively small …

Aggressiveness profiling of the coffee pathogen Colletotrichum kahawae

A Vieira, I Diniz, A Loureiro, AP Pereira… - Plant …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Colletotrichum kahawae is a specialized plant pathogen of arabica coffee in Africa, able to
infect green berries. The economic impact of this pathogen means there is an urgent need to …

Genome-Wide Signatures of Selection in Colletotrichum kahawae Reveal Candidate Genes Potentially Involved in Pathogenicity and Aggressiveness

A Vieira, DN Silva, V Várzea, OS Paulo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Plants and their pathogens are engaged in continuous evolutionary battles, with pathogens
evolving to circumvent plant defense mechanisms and plants responding through enhanced …

Diversification of Aeonium Species Across Macaronesian Archipelagos: Correlations Between Genome-Size Variation and Their Conservation Status

M Brilhante, G Roxo, S Catarino… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The rich endemic flora of the Macaronesian Islands places these oceanic archipelagos
among the top biodiversity hotspots worldwide. The radiations that have determined the …

Deep anomaly generation: An image translation approach of synthesizing abnormal banded chromosome images

L Uzolas, J Rico, P Coupé, JC SanMiguel… - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advances in deep-learning-based pipelines have led to breakthroughs in a variety of
microscopy image diagnostics. However, a sufficiently big training data set is usually difficult …