The aim of this review was to survey all fungal pathologists with an association with the
journal Molecular Plant Pathology and ask them to nominate which fungal pathogens they …

The fungi comprise both members of the kingdom Fungi as we now recognize it
(Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Zygomycota, and Chytridiomycota) and fungal-like protists …

Wheat blast first emerged in Brazil in the mid-1980s and has recently caused heavy crop
losses in Asia. Here we show how this devastating pathogen evolved in Brazil. Genetic …

We constructed nine sets of oligonucleotide primers on the basis of the results of DNA
hybridization of cloned genes from Neurospora crassa and Aspergillus nidulans to the …

The tenn epiphyte is used in general to characterize organisms that subsist only on plant
surfaces. De Bary's (1866) definition of endophytes-all the organisms that colonize internal …

Differential cDNA cloning was used to identify genes expressed during infectious growth of
the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe grisea in its host, the rice plant. We characterized one of …

The idea that theory developed in the fields of population genetics and evolutionary biology
can be used to investigate and understand problems in plant pathology has not been widely …

Magnaporthe oryzae is described as a new species distinct from M. grisea. Gene trees were
inferred for Magnaporthe species using portions of three genes: actin, beta-tubulin, and …

To subvert rice (Oryza sativa) host defenses, the devastating ascomycete fungus pathogen
Magnaporthe oryzae produces a battery of effector molecules, including some with …

This exciting new book describes the use of DNA fingerprinting and its application in a wide
area of plant and fungal research. It presents a thorough theoretical introduction to DNA …