The complexity of the Sclerotinia sclerotiorum pathosystem in soybean: virulence factors, resistance mechanisms, and their exploitation to control Sclerotinia stem rot

M McCaghey, J Willbur, DL Smith, M Kabbage - Tropical Plant Pathology, 2019 - Springer
Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR), caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is a globally important, yield
limiting disease of soybean. Progress has been made in our understanding of this …

Potential application of genomic technologies in breeding for fungal and oomycete disease resistance in pea

AB Jha, KK Gali, Z Alam, VBR Lachagari, TD Warkentin - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Growth and yield of pea crops are severely affected by various fungal diseases, including
root rot, Ascochyta blight, powdery mildew, and rust, in different parts of the world …

Colonization compatibility with Bacillus altitudinis confers soybean seed rot resistance

PH Wu, HX Chang - The ISME Journal, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The plant microbiome and plant-associated bacteria are known to support plant health, but
there are limited studies on seed and seedling microbiome to reveal how seed-associated …

A high-throughput phenotyping tool to identify field-relevant anthracnose resistance in white lupin

JA Alkemade, MM Messmer, C Arncken… - Plant …, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
The seed-and air-borne pathogen Colletotrichum lupini, the causal agent of lupin
anthracnose, is the most important disease in white lupin (Lupinus albus) worldwide and …

Host induced gene silencing of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum effector genes for the control of white mold

MR Maximiano, LS Santos, C Santos… - Biocatalysis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.), the causal agent of white mold, is a necrotrophic
fungus with worldwide distribution. This fungus can infect more than 600 agricultural crops …

Characterization of SsHog1 and Shk1 Using Efficient Gene Knockout Systems through Repeated Protoplasting and CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein Approaches in …

J Ma, SW Park, G Kim, CS Kim, HX Chang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is the causal agent of sclerotinia stem rot in over 400 plant species.
In a previous study, the group III histidine kinase gene of S. sclerotiorum (Shk1) revealed its …

Application of bulk segregant RNA-Seq (BSR-Seq) and allele-specific primers to study soybean powdery mildew resistance

CC Huang, CH Lin, YC Lin, HX Chang - BMC Plant Biology, 2024 - Springer
Background Powdery mildew (PM) is one of the important soybean diseases, and host
resistance could practically contribute to soybean PM management. To date, only the Rmd …

Key Genes and Genetic Interactions of Plant-Pathogen Functional Modules in Poplar Infected by Marssonina brunnea

S Chen, Y Zhang, Y Zhao, W Xu, Y Li… - Molecular Plant …, 2020 - Am Phytopath Society
Marssonina brunnea, the causative pathogen of Marssonina leaf spot of poplars (MLSP),
devastates poplar plantations by forming black spots on leaves and defoliating trees …

Analysis and Identification of QTL for Resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Pea (Pisum sativum L.)

R Ashtari Mahini, A Kumar, EM Elias, JD Fiedler… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
White mold caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is an important constraint to field pea (Pisum
sativum L.) production worldwide. To transfer white mold resistance into an adapted …

A Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Transcription Factor Involved in Sclerotial Development and Virulence on Pea

H Sang, HX Chang, MI Chilvers - MSphere, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a plant-pathogenic ascomycete fungus and infects over 400 host
plants, including pea (Pisum sativum L.). The fungus causes white mold on pea, and …