Trichoderma: the genomics of opportunistic success

IS Druzhinina, V Seidl-Seiboth… - Nature reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
Trichoderma is a genus of common filamentous fungi that display a remarkable range of
lifestyles and interactions with other fungi, animals and plants. Because of their ability to …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogen profile update: Fusarium oxysporum

CB Michielse, M Rep - Molecular plant pathology, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
SUMMARY Taxonomy: Kingdom Fungi; Phylum Ascomycota; Class Sordariomycetes; Order
Hypocreales; Family Nectriaceae; genus Fusarium. Host range: Very broad at the species …

LOCALIZER: subcellular localization prediction of both plant and effector proteins in the plant cell

J Sperschneider, AM Catanzariti, K DeBoer, B Petre… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Pathogens secrete effector proteins and many operate inside plant cells to enable infection.
Some effectors have been found to enter subcellular compartments by mimicking host …

Comparative genome sequence analysis underscores mycoparasitism as the ancestral life style of Trichoderma

CP Kubicek, A Herrera-Estrella, V Seidl-Seiboth… - Genome biology, 2011 - Springer
Background Mycoparasitism, a lifestyle where one fungus is parasitic on another fungus,
has special relevance when the prey is a plant pathogen, providing a strategy for biological …

Analysis of the Genome and Transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii Reveals Complex RNA Expression and Microevolution Leading to Virulence …

G Janbon, KL Ormerod, D Paulet, EJ Byrnes III… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic basidiomycetous yeast responsible for more than
600,000 deaths each year. It occurs as two serotypes (A and D) representing two varieties …

Fusarium wilt of banana

RC Ploetz - Phytopathology, 2015 - Am Phytopath Society
Banana (Musa spp.) is one of the world's most important fruits. In 2011, 145 million metric
tons, worth an estimated $44 billion, were produced in over 130 countries. Fusarium wilt …

A small secreted protein in Zymoseptoria tritici is responsible for avirulence on wheat cultivars carrying the Stb6 resistance gene

Z Zhong, TC Marcel, FE Hartmann, X Ma… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Zymoseptoria tritici is the causal agent of Septoria tritici blotch, a major pathogen of wheat
globally and the most damaging pathogen of wheat in Europe. A gene‐for‐gene (GFG) …

The Genome of Nectria haematococca: Contribution of Supernumerary Chromosomes to Gene Expansion

JJ Coleman, SD Rounsley, M Rodriguez-Carres… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The ascomycetous fungus Nectria haematococca,(asexual name Fusarium solani), is a
member of a group of> 50 species known as the “Fusarium solani species complex” …

Mechanisms and ecological consequences of plant defence induction and suppression in herbivore communities

MR Kant, W Jonckheere, B Knegt, F Lemos… - Annals of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Plants are hotbeds for parasites such as arthropod herbivores, which acquire
nutrients and energy from their hosts in order to grow and reproduce. Hence plants are …

Suppression of plant resistance gene-based immunity by a fungal effector

PM Houterman, BJC Cornelissen, M Rep - PLoS pathogens, 2008 - journals.plos.org
The innate immune system of plants consists of two layers. The first layer, called basal
resistance, governs recognition of conserved microbial molecules and fends off most …