Chitin is the second abundant polysaccharide in the world after cellulose. It is a vital
structural component of the fungal cell wall but not for plants. In plants, fungi are recognised …

Filamentous pathogens, including fungi and oomycetes, pose major threats to global food
security. Crop pathogens cause damage by secreting effectors that manipulate the host to …

Plant‐pathogenic fungi are a significant threat to economic and food security worldwide.
Novel protection strategies are required and therefore it is critical we understand the …

Anthraquinones are a large family of secondary metabolites (SMs) that are extensively
studied for their diverse biological activities. These activities are determined by functional …

The fungus Parastagonospora nodorum is the causal agent of Septoria nodorum blotch of
wheat (Triticum aestivum). The interaction is mediated by multiple fungal necrotrophic …

The biotrophic basidiomycete fungus Ustilago maydis causes smut disease in maize.
Hallmarks of the disease are large tumors that develop on all aerial parts of the host in which …

In this review, I recount my personal history. My drive to study host-pathogen interactions
was to find alternatives for agrochemicals, which was triggered after reading the book “Silent …

Meiotic recombination is an important driver of evolution. Variability in the intensity of
recombination across chromosomes can affect sequence composition, nucleotide variation …

Fulvia fulva and Dothistroma septosporum are closely related apoplastic pathogens with
similar lifestyles but different hosts: F. fulva is a pathogen of tomato, whilst D. septosporum is …

Among the genes involved in the biosynthesis of trichothecene (Tri genes), Tri6 and Tri10
encode a transcription factor with unique Cys2His2 zinc finger domains and a regulatory …