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 …

Oomycetes are responsible for multi-billion dollar damages in aquaculture, agriculture and
forestry. One common strategy they share with most cellular disease agents is the secretion …

Oomycetes in the class Saprolegniomycetidae of the Eukaryotic kingdom Stramenopila have
evolved as severe pathogens of amphibians, crustaceans, fish and insects, resulting in …

Plants have evolved pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity
(PTI) and effector-triggered immunity (ETI) to protect themselves from infection by diverse …

The genus P hytophthora consists of many notorious pathogens of crops and forestry trees.
At present, battling P hytophthora diseases is challenging due to a lack of understanding of …

With the improper application of fungicides, Phytophthora sojae begins to develop
resistance to fungicides, and biological control is one of the potential ways to control it. We …

Background Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused mainly by Fusarium graminearum (Fg)
Schwabe (teleomorph: Gibberellazeae Schwble), brings serious damage to wheat …

Necrosis-and ethylene-inducing-like proteins (NLP) are widely distributed in eukaryotic and
prokaryotic plant pathogens and are considered to be important virulence factors. We …

Plant cell-surface leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs) and receptor-like
proteins (LRR-RLPs) form dynamic complexes to receive a variety of extracellular signals …

The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens, BPH), white‐backed planthopper (Sogatella
furcifera, WBPH) and small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus, SBPH) are important …