Plant pathogens pose a significant threat to agricultural productivity and food security
worldwide. The use of traditional chemical pesticides for plant disease management raises …

Interactions between various microbial pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi,
oomycetes, and their plant hosts have traditionally been the focus of phytopathology. In …

Plant-parasitic nematodes constrain global food security. During parasitism, they secrete
effectors into the host plant from two types of pharyngeal gland cells. These effectors elicit …

C2H2 zinc effectors are a class of pathogen proteins that play a dual role in plant–pathogen
interactions, promoting pathogenicity and enhancing plant defense. In our previous …

Xanthomonads, including Xanthomonas and Xylella species, constitute a large and
significant group of economically and ecologically important plant pathogens. Up-to-date …

An unprecedented plant health emergency in olives has been registered over the last
decade in Italy, arguably more severe than what occurred repeatedly in grapes in the United …

Filamentous plant pathogens deliver effector proteins into host cells to suppress host
defence responses and manipulate metabolic processes to support colonization …

'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus'(Las) is a gram-negative bacterial pathogen associated
with citrus huanglongbing (HLB) or greening disease. Las is transmitted by the Asian citrus …

When compared with other phylogroups (PGs) of the Pseudomonas syringae species
complex, P. syringae pv. s yringae (Pss) strains within PG2 have a reduced repertoire of type …

Effector secretion by different routes mediates the molecular interplay between host plant
and pathogen, but mechanistic details in eukaryotes are sparse. This may limit the discovery …