Plant‐pathogenic fungi are a significant threat to economic and food security worldwide.
Novel protection strategies are required and therefore it is critical we understand the …

Introduction: The causal agents of Verticillium wilts are globally distributed pathogens that
cause significant crop losses every year. Most Verticillium wilts are caused by V. dahliae …

The availability of genomic sequences of several Verticillium species triggered an explosion
of genome-scale investigations of mechanisms fundamental to the Verticillium life cycle and …

The fungus Verticillium dahliae causes vascular wilt disease on hundreds of plant species.
Homologs of the bZIP transcription factor Atf1 are required for virulence in most pathogenic …

Six transcription regulatory genes of the V erticillium plant pathogen, which reprogrammed
nonadherent budding yeasts for adhesion, were isolated by a genetic screen to identify …

A group of aggressive pathogens have evolved to colonize the plant xylem. In this vascular
tissue, where water and nutrients are transported from the roots to the rest of the plant …

Fungi actively alter their metabolic and synthetic pathways to cope with changing
environmental conditions. The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) plays a vital role in …

The conserved fungal velvet family regulatory proteins link development and secondary
metabolite production. The velvet domain for DNA binding and dimerization is similar to the …

Many fungi can live both saprophytically and as endophyte or pathogen inside a living plant.
In both environments, complex organic polymers are used as sources of nutrients …

Verticillium wilt (VW), caused by soil‐borne fungi of the genus Verticillium, is a serious
disease affecting a wide range of plants and leading to a constant and major challenge to …