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 …

Cotton, a natural fiber producing crop of huge importance for textile industry, has been
reckoned as the backbone in the economy of many developing countries. Verticillium wilt …

Diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens result worldwide in significant yield losses in
economically important crops. In contrast to foliar diseases, relatively little is known about …

Verticillium (Verticillium dahliae Kleb.) wilt is one of the most devastating diseases affecting
olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. europae a) cultivation. Its effective control …

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 …

Melanin is recognized as a dark pigment that can protect fungi from the harm of
environmental stresses. To investigate what roles of melanin played in the pathogenicity 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 …

Verticillium dahliae is a soilborne fungus that causes vascular wilt diseases on numerous
plant species worldwide. The production of darkly melanized microsclerotia is crucial in the …

Abstract Background Verticillium dahliae (Vd) is a soil-borne vascular pathogen which
causes severe wilt symptoms in a wide range of plants. The microsclerotia produced by the …

Verticillium wilt, caused by the Verticillium dahliae phytopathogen, is a devastating disease
affecting many economically important crops. Previous studies have shown that the …