The evolutionary phylogeny of the oomycete “fungi”

GW Beakes, SL Glockling, S Sekimoto - Protoplasma, 2012 - Springer
Molecular sequencing has helped resolve the phylogenetic relationships amongst the
diverse groups of algal, fungal-like and protist organisms that constitute the Chromalveolate …

Oomycete interactions with plants: infection strategies and resistance principles

S Fawke, M Doumane, S Schornack - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Oomycota include many economically significant microbial pathogens of crop species.
Understanding the mechanisms by which oomycetes infect plants and identifying methods to …

Ancient class of translocated oomycete effectors targets the host nucleus

S Schornack, M van Damme… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Pathogens use specialized secretion systems and targeting signals to translocate effector
proteins inside host cells, a process that is essential for promoting disease and parasitism …

Genetics, genomics and breeding of late blight and early blight resistance in tomato

MR Foolad, HL Merk, H Ashrafi - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Late blight (LB), caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, and early blight (EB),
caused by the fungi Alternaria solani and A. tomatophila, are two common and destructive …

Phytophthora ramorum: a pathogen with a remarkably wide host range causing sudden oak death on oaks and ramorum blight on woody ornamentals

NJ Grünwald, EM Goss, CM Press - Molecular Plant Pathology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Phytophthora ramorum is an oomycete plant pathogen classified in the kingdom
Stramenopila. P. ramorum is the causal agent of sudden oak death on coast live oak and …

ROS and oxidative response systems in plants under biotic and abiotic stresses: revisiting the crucial role of phosphite triggered plants defense response

MA Mohammadi, Y Cheng, M Aslam… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Phosphite (Phi) is a chemical analog of orthophosphate [HPO43−]. It is a systemic pesticide
generally known to control the prevalence of oomycetes and soil-borne diseases such as …

3 systematics of the Straminipila: Labyrinthulomycota, Hyphochytriomycota, and Oomycota

GW Beakes, D Honda, M Thines - Systematics and evolution: part A, 2014 - Springer
This is an account of the molecular systematics and phylogeny of the osmotrophic
stramenopile lineages traditionally studied by mycologists, which include the …

The impact of the water moulds Saprolegnia diclina and Saprolegnia parasitica on natural ecosystems and the aquaculture industry

AH Van Den Berg, D McLaggan… - Fungal Biology …, 2013 - Elsevier
A very large number of diseases in agriculture and aquaculture are caused by fungal-like
micro-organisms, classified as Oomycetes or water moulds. Collectively, oomycetes …

A Phytophthora palmivora Extracellular Cystatin-Like Protease Inhibitor Targets Papain to Contribute to Virulence on Papaya

R Gumtow, D Wu, J Uchida… - Molecular Plant-Microbe …, 2018 - Am Phytopath Society
Papaya fruits, stems, and leaves are rich in papain, a cysteine protease that has been
shown to mediate plant defense against pathogens and insects. Yet the oomycete …

Ten things to know about oomycete effectors

S Schornack, E Huitema, LM Cano… - Molecular plant …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Long considered intractable organisms by fungal genetic research standards, the
oomycetes have recently moved to the centre stage of research on plant–microbe …