Plants are constantly exposed to would-be pathogens and pests, and thus have a
sophisticated immune system to ward off these threats, which otherwise can have …

The rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, causes one of the most destructive diseases of
cultivated rice in the world. Infections caused by this recalcitrant pathogen lead to the annual …

The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae causes a devastating disease that threatens
global rice (Oryza sativa) production. Despite intense study, the biology of plant tissue …

Eukaryotic filamentous plant pathogens secrete effector proteins that modulate the host cell
to facilitate infection. Computational effector candidate identification and subsequent …

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 …

Colletotrichum fructicola causes a broad range of plant diseases worldwide and secretes
many candidate proteinous effectors during infection, but it remains largely unknown …

Pathogenesis in plant diseases is complex comprising diverse pathogen virulence and plant
immune mechanisms. These pathogens cause damaging plant diseases by deploying …

Structural biology has the potential to illuminate the evolution of pathogen effectors and their
commonalities that cannot be readily detected at the primary sequence level. Recent …

Transcriptional dynamic in response to environmental and developmental cues are
fundamental to biology, yet many mechanistic aspects are poorly understood. One such …

The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, is a pest that threatens rice (Oryza sativa)
production worldwide. While feeding on rice plants, planthoppers secrete saliva, which plays …