[HTML][HTML] The impact of Septoria tritici Blotch disease on wheat: An EU perspective

H Fones, S Gurr - Fungal genetics and biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Zymoseptoria tritici is the causal agent of one of the European Union's most devastating
foliar diseases of wheat: Septoria tritici Blotch (STB). It is also a notable pathogen of wheat …

Life on a leaf: the epiphyte to pathogen continuum and interplay in the phyllosphere

G Thomas, WT Kay, HN Fones - BMC biology, 2024 - Springer
Epiphytic microbes are those that live for some or all of their life cycle on the surface of plant
leaves. Leaf surfaces are a topologically complex, physicochemically heterogeneous habitat …

Multi-site fungicides suppress banana Panama disease, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4

S Cannon, W Kay, S Kilaru, M Schuster, SJ Gurr… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Global banana production is currently challenged by Panama disease, caused by Fusarium
oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (FocTR4). There are no effective fungicide-based …

Transposable element insertions shape gene regulation and melanin production in a fungal pathogen of wheat

P Krishnan, L Meile, C Plissonneau, X Ma… - BMC biology, 2018 - Springer
Background Fungal plant pathogens pose major threats to crop yield and sustainable food
production if they are highly adapted to their host and the local environment. Variation in …

[HTML][HTML] A role for random, humidity-dependent epiphytic growth prior to invasion of wheat by Zymoseptoria tritici

HN Fones, CJ Eyles, W Kay, J Cowper… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria leaf blotch of wheat. The prevailing paradigm of the Z.
tritici-wheat interaction assumes fungal ingress through stomata within 24–48 h, followed by …

Zymoseptoria tritici white-collar complex integrates light, temperature and plant cues to initiate dimorphism and pathogenesis

S Kilaru, E Fantozzi, S Cannon, M Schuster… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Transitioning from spores to hyphae is pivotal to host invasion by the plant pathogenic
fungus Zymoseptoria tritici. This dimorphic switch can be initiated by high temperature in …

Emerging fungal threats to plants and animals challenge agriculture and ecosystem resilience

HN Fones, MC Fisher, SJ Gurr - The fungal kingdom, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
While fungi can make positive contributions to ecosystems and agro‐ecosystems, for
example, in mycorrhizal associations, they can also have devastating impacts as pathogens …

Chromatin dynamics contribute to the spatiotemporal expression pattern of virulence genes in a fungal plant pathogen

L Meile, J Peter, G Puccetti, J Alassimone… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Dynamic changes in transcription profiles are key for the success of pathogens in colonizing
their hosts. In many pathogens, genes associated with virulence, such as effector genes, are …

A lipophilic cation protects crops against fungal pathogens by multiple modes of action

G Steinberg, M Schuster, SJ Gurr, TA Schrader… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The emerging resistance of crop pathogens to fungicides poses a challenge to food security
and compels discovery of new antifungal compounds. Here, we show that mono-alkyl …

[HTML][HTML] Asynchronous development of Zymoseptoria tritici infection in wheat

E Fantozzi, S Kilaru, SJ Gurr, G Steinberg - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The fungus Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria tritici blotch of wheat. Pathogenicity begins
with spore germination, followed by stomata invasion by hyphae, mesophyll colonization …