Fungi are a highly diverse group of heterotrophic eukaryotes characterized by the absence
of phagotrophy and the presence of a chitinous cell wall. While unicellular fungi are far from …

The fungal kingdom comprises some of the most devastating plant pathogens. Sequencing
the genomes of fungal pathogens has shown a remarkable variability in genome size and …

The escalating demand for secondary metabolites in international markets poses a severe
threat to many plant species. An unscrupulous collection is also the immediate challenge to …

Plant infections caused by fungi are often associated with an increase in the pH of the
surrounding host tissue 1. Extracellular alkalinization is thought to contribute to fungal …

Fungal plant pathogens secrete effector molecules to establish disease on their hosts, and
plants in turn use immune receptors to try to intercept these effectors. The tomato immune …

Background The availability of increasing numbers of sequenced genomes has
necessitated a re-evaluation of the evolution of the WRKY transcription factor family. Modern …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is frequently observed in prokaryotes and until recently was
assumed to be of limited importance to eukaryotes. However, there is an increasing body of …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), an important evolutionary mechanism observed in
prokaryotes, is the transmission of genetic material across phylogenetically distant species …

Fungi contain a remarkable range of metabolic pathways, sometimes encoded by gene
clusters, enabling them to digest most organic matter and synthesize an array of potent small …

Climate changes will influence soil organisms both directly (warming) and indirectly
(warming and elevated CO2) via changes in quantity and quality of plant‐mediated soil C …