For decades, the biological roles of plant lectins remained obscure and subject to
speculation. With the advent of technological and scientific progress, researchers have …

Leaf spot disease caused by Cercospora beticola Sacc. is the most damaging foliar disease
threatening sugar beet production worldwide. The wide spread of disease incurs a reduction …

Background Scab, caused by the biotrophic fungus Venturia inaequalis, is the most
economically important disease of apples worldwide. During infection, V. inaequalis …

Fungal pathogens cause devastating disease in crops. Understanding the evolutionary
origin of pathogens is essential to the prediction of future disease emergence and the …

Fungal effectors play critical roles in manipulating plant immune responses and promoting
colonization. Sphaerulina musiva is a heterothallic ascomycete fungus that causes Septoria …

Plant pathogenic fungi encode and secrete effector proteins to promote pathogenesis. In
recent years, the important role of effector proteins in fungi and plant host interactions has …

Cercospora leaf blight (CLB) and purple seed stain (PSS) are major diseases of soybean
responsible for significant yield loss. These diseases are caused by Cercospora species …

The Cercospora species of fungi are responsible for leaf spot disease affecting many key
economic crops. Most of these fungi secrete a toxic photodynamic molecule, cercosporin …

Fungal effectors play crucial roles in plant infection. Despite low sequence identity, their
classification into families is feasible using structural homology. In this study, we have …

Ramularia crupinae is a novel host-specific fungal pathogen of the invasive rangeland weed
common crupina (Crupina vulgaris). The foliar and stem blighting pathogen was originally …