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Wheat stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is an air-borne fungal disease, and its spores can be spread far away from its origin to colonize in new territory, causing inter-regional e...
Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is grown worldwide owing to the vast economic value of its natural fiber. However, the widespread and destructive soilborne pathogen, Verticillium dahliae, causes Verticillium wilt, leadin...
Rice commercial production is seriously threatened by various pathogens. Generally, the susceptibility (S) genes in plants are exploited by phytopathogens to promote infection. Dysfunction of S genes may result i...
Bacillus subtilis has been widely used as a biological control agent in agricultural production. Environmental strains of B. subtilis are an important source of biological control agents. However, due to its low ...
Various pathogens from oomycete, fungi, and bacteria kingdoms can infect potato and significantly reduce potato yield. The early diagnosis of potato pathogens is important for tracing disease epidemics and the...
Arcopilus aureus is a plant-beneficial fungal species showing remarkable biocontrol capabilities. We investigated the antifungal activity of A. aureus YZXR strain and found that it strongly suppressed Polygonatum...
Rice blast, caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, is a destructive disease that affects rice (Oryzae sativa L.) on a global scale. Polyamines (PAs) play diverse roles in plant growth and development a...
In the last two decades, fire blight has progressively spread eastward from Europe and the Mediterranean area to several pome-fruit producing regions of Asia. Its causative agent, the bacterial pathogen Erwinia a...
The diverse rhabdoviruses infecting plants and animals have conserved genome organizations, and the functions of viral structural proteins have been extensively studied. However, increasing number of rhabdovir...
Receptor-like proteins (RLPs) are crucial pattern-recognition receptors on the surface of plant cells, which are involved in almost all processes of the plant life cycle. Recently, the evolution of high-throug...
Phloem is the primary conduit for transporting photosynthates and signaling molecules in plants, facilitating communication between various plant organs. As an ancient vascular tissue, phloem transports sugars...
Local adaptation has been a central theme of eco-evolutionary research for decades. It is generally assumed that plant pathogens are locally adapted due to their standing interactions with biotic and abiotic f...
Rye (Secale cereale L.), a close relative of common wheat, represents a valuable genetic resource for enhancing the disease resistance of common wheat. Introducing novel rye-derived genes into wheat can potential...
The invasion of phytopathogens impacts the composition and associations of the internal microbial inhabitants. Leaf spot is one of the most devastating diseases in eggplant var. Mattu Gulla which is unique in ...
The fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae causes devastating blast disease in various cereals, including rice (Oryza sativa), wheat (Triticum aestivum), maize (Zea mays), and barley (Hordeum vulgare). Despite previo...
The rhizosphere bacterium Pseudomonas protegens FD6, which is associated with the production of antibiotics such as pyoluteorin (PLT) and 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (2,4-DAPG), has strong antagonistic effects on ...
In plants, recognition between resistance gene (R) and virus induces a local hypersensitive response (HR), which is accompanied by systemic acquired resistance (SAR). The dominant resistance gene N in tobacco con...
Vascular wilt, a disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4), is highly destructive to bananas. Identifying genes that contribute to the fungus's virulence is crucial for underst...
CRISPR/Cas9 technology has been widely adopted for genome editing in a wide range of organisms, including many fungi. Pyricularia oryzae is a filamentous fungal pathogen that causes the devastating rice blast dis...
Robbsia andropogonis is one of the most destructive leaf spot disease pathogens of numerous host plants and causes heavy economic damage. In the present study, the complete genome of R. andropogonis strain BLB1, ...
Fusarium graminearum is a prominent pathogen responsible for causing head blight disease in small grain cereals, leading to substantial agricultural damage. A recent study revealed the infectivity of a hypovirus,...
Ancient Platycladus orientalis holds significant ecological, landscape, historical, and cultural value. In northern China, leaf blight has significantly impacted the growth and ornamental value of ancient P. orie...
Oligosaccharins, widely recognized as plant immunity inducers, have been applied and studied for enhancing antiviral defenses in rice over the years. However, due to the complex induction mechanism in rice, fu...
Fusarium verticillioides is an important pathogen of maize and causes serious yield losses and food safety issues worldwide. F. verticillioides produces highly toxic mycotoxin Fumonisin B1 (FB1) in infested commo...
The BTB-TAZ protein is a subfamily of the BTB protein family and plays a crucial regulatory role in plant resistance to pathogen infection. However, the function of the maize BTB-TAZ protein ZmBT2a in maize re...
The mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase (M4K) family is evolutionarily conserved across plants and animals. In Arabidopsis, the protein kinase SIK1, an M4K member, is known to positively modu...
Gray mold of roses, caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea, is an economically notorious disease and a well-known economic menace, leading to substantial annual losses estimated at no less th...
'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ (CPs), a phytoplasma endemic to the Euro-Mediterranean basin is a causative agent of several plant diseases, including the grapevine yellows disease “bois noir” (BN). As different ...
Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is the causal agent of black rot in Brassica vegetables, which can induce the host plant to produce salicylic acid and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (4-HBA) during infection. X...
Seeds, considered as the foundation of agriculture, are invaded by a broad spectrum of seed-borne pathogens. The current study aimed to control seed-borne fungal pathogens of wheat, Aspergillus flavus and A. nige...
Endogenous pararetrovirus sequences (EPRVs) originated from DNA viruses of the family Caulimoviridae are widely present in plant genomes. Banana streak viruses (BSVs) are a group of circular double-stranded DNA v...
Cyclaneusma needle cast, caused by Cyclaneusma minus, affects Pinus species world wide. Previous studies suggested the presence of two distinct morphotypes in New Zealand, ‘verum’ and ‘simile’. Traditional mycolo...
Plant-parasitic nematodes are a major problem for horticultural production, causing significant economic losses. Chemical nematicides are a common nematode control strategy but can negatively impact the enviro...
Fusarium fujikuroi, the causal agent of rice bakanae disease (RBD), contains five succinate dehydrogenase (Sdh) subunits: FfSdhA, FfSdhB, FfSdhC1, FfSdhC2, and FfSdhD. However, the role of these subunits in regul...
The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae stands as a formidable adversary to one of the world’s most important crops, rice, which feeds over half of the global population. Its ability to rapidly evolve and adapt ...
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an enclosed three-dimensional eukaryotic membrane network composed of flattened sacs. Fusion of homologous membranes to the ER membrane is essential for the maintenance of this ne...
Asparagus stem blight, a highly destructive disease in global asparagus cultivation, is caused by the fungus Phomopsis asparagi. However, the underlying mechanisms of the infectious process and pathogenesis of P....
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade MEK2-SIPK/WIPK is essential for immunity in Solanaceae plants. This cascade is tightly controlled to prevent harmful hyperactivation. However, the E3 ubiquit...
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is widely recognized as one of the most important plant viruses, causing significant agricultural losses in terms of both quality and yield worldwide each year. This study demonstrat...
Plant diseases have significant implications on agriculture and food security. Recent research published in Nature Communications by Hao et al. (Nat Commun 15:3310, 2024) has identified a novel disease-resista...
Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most destructive pathogens that threaten rice production around the world. Previous studies mainly focus on pathogenic mechanism of M. oryzae during infection on rice at leaf stag...
Many devastating plant viruses are transmitted by insect vectors among plant hosts in a persistent-propagative manner. Pelota (Pelo) is an evolutionarily conserved protein involved in the mRNA surveillance sys...
Rice blast, caused by the filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (also known as Pyricularia oryzae), is the most severe disease threatening rice yield. Sakuranetin, an important plant phytoalexin, exhibits inhibit...
Bacterial blight of rice is a devastating disease caused by the gram-negative bacteria Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). Chinese Xoo strain pathotypes IV, V, and IX are the major virulent Xoo strain types in S...
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV; genus Tobamovirus) is one of the most prevailing pathogens that seriously affects the quality and yield of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) leaves. Cross-protection using mild strains is a p...
The extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factor AlgU is involved in the regulation of various virulence-related pathways in Pseudomonas syringae, especially alginate biosynthesis and motility, and the role of Al...
Polyamines, such as putrescine, spermidine, and spermine, are crucial for plant defense against both abiotic and biotic stresses. Putrescine is also known as a significant inducer of deoxynivalenol (DON) produ...
Plant virus disease is one of the major threats to the yield and quality of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.), the seventh most important food crop in the world in terms of production. Sweepoviruses are a g...
Banana Fusarium wilt, which is known as Panama disease and caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), is a destructive disease that can lead to plant death and complete loss of banana plantations. For obt...
Sugarcane is a primary sugar crop and an important source of bioenergy. Pathogens are the major factors affecting sugarcane yield and sugar content. However, the mechanisms of sugarcane defense regulation rema...
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