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 …

Aegilops tauschii, the diploid wild progenitor of the D subgenome of bread wheat, is a
reservoir of genetic diversity for improving bread wheat performance and environmental …

Plant‐pathogenic fungi secrete effector proteins to facilitate infection. We describe extensive
improvements to EffectorP, the first machine learning classifier for fungal effector prediction …

Plants can be colonized by fungi that have adopted highly diverse lifestyles, ranging from
symbiotic to necrotrophic. Colonization is governed in all systems by hundreds of secreted …

Fungi and oomycetes include deep and diverse lineages of eukaryotic plant pathogens. The
last 10 years have seen the sequencing of the genomes of a multitude of species of these so …

Agricultural ecosystems are composed of genetically depauperate populations of crop
plants grown at a high density and over large spatial scales, with the regional composition of …

Eukaryotic filamentous plant pathogens secrete effector proteins that modulate the host cell
to facilitate infection. Computational effector candidate identification and subsequent …

Genomic plasticity enables adaptation to changing environments, which is especially
relevant for pathogens that engage in “arms races” with their hosts. In many pathogens …

Powdery mildews are phytopathogens whose growth and reproduction are entirely
dependent on living plant cells. The molecular basis of this life-style, obligate biotrophy …