Mechanisms Underlying the Pathogenic and Endophytic Lifestyles in Diaporthe: An Omics-Based Approach

S Hilário, MFM Gonçalves - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
The genus Diaporthe encompasses important plant pathogens, endophytes, and saprobes
that are widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions. An accurate detection and …

[HTML][HTML] Plant disease: A growing threat to global food security

Y Gai, H Wang - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
The escalating global population has led to an increased demand for both quantity and
quality in food production. Throughout history, plant diseases have posed significant threats …

Applying molecular and genetic methods to trees and their fungal communities

M Müller, U Kües, KB Budde, O Gailing - Applied Microbiology and …, 2023 - Springer
Forests provide invaluable economic, ecological, and social services. At the same time, they
are exposed to several threats, such as fragmentation, changing climatic conditions, or …

Effector-GAN: prediction of fungal effector proteins based on pretrained deep representation learning methods and generative adversarial networks

Y Wang, X Luo, Q Zou - Bioinformatics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Phytopathogenic fungi secrete effector proteins to subvert host defenses and
facilitate infection. Systematic analysis and prediction of candidate fungal effector proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative Genomics of Fungi in Nectriaceae Reveals Their Environmental Adaptation and Conservation Strategies

DV Rissi, M Ijaz, C Baschien - Journal of Fungi, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study presents the first genome assembly of the freshwater saprobe fungus Neonectria
lugdunensis and a comprehensive phylogenomics analysis of the Nectriaceae family …

Draft genome sequencing of Tilletia caries inciting common bunt of wheat provides pathogenicity-related genes

MS Gurjar, TPJ Kumar, MA Shakouka… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Common bunt of wheat caused by Tilletia caries is an important disease worldwide. The T.
caries TC1_MSG genome was sequenced using the Illumina HiSeq 2500 and Nanopore …

Elucidating the obligate nature and biological capacity of an invasive fungal corn pathogen

JS MacCready, EM Roggenkamp… - Molecular Plant …, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Tar spot is a devasting corn disease caused by the obligate fungal pathogen Phyllachora
maydis. Since its initial identification in the United States in 2015, P. maydis has become an …

Genome Analyses of Two Blueberry Pathogens: Diaporthe amygdali CAA958 and Diaporthe eres CBS 160.32

S Hilário, MFM Gonçalves, C Fidalgo, M Tacão… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The genus Diaporthe includes pathogenic species distributed worldwide and affecting a
wide variety of hosts. Diaporthe amygdali and Diaporthe eres have been found to cause …

A microbial knowledge graph-based deep learning model for predicting candidate microbes for target hosts

J Pan, Z Zhang, Y Li, J Yu, Z You, C Li… - Briefings in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Predicting interactions between microbes and hosts plays critical roles in microbiome
population genetics and microbial ecology and evolution. How to systematically characterize …

[HTML][HTML] Highly Repetitive Genome of Coniella granati (syn. Pilidiella granati), the Causal Agent of Pomegranate Fruit Rot, Encodes a Minimalistic Proteome with a …

A Zambounis, EI Maniatis, A Mincuzzi, N Gray… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study describes the first genome sequence and analysis of Coniella granati, a fungal
pathogen with a broad host range, which is responsible for postharvest crown rot, shoot …