Challenges and Opportunities Arising from Host–Botrytis cinerea Interactions to Outline Novel and Sustainable Control Strategies: The Key Role of RNA Interference

M Spada, C Pugliesi, M Fambrini… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The necrotrophic plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea (Pers., 1794), the causative agent
of gray mold disease, causes significant losses in agricultural production. Control of this …

Advances in Understanding Fusarium graminearum: Genes Involved in the Regulation of Sexual Development, Pathogenesis, and Deoxynivalenol Biosynthesis

G Niu, Q Yang, Y Liao, D Sun, Z Tang, G Wang, M Xu… - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
The wheat head blight disease caused by Fusarium graminearum is a major concern for
food security and the health of both humans and animals. As a pathogenic microorganism …

VmRDR2 of Valsa mali mediates the generation of VmR2‐siR1 that suppresses apple resistance by RNA interference

J Liang, J Wang, K Wang, H Feng, L Huang - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cross‐kingdom RNA interference (RNAi) is a crucial mechanism in host–pathogen
interactions, with RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) playing a vital role in signal …

Calcineurin contributes to RNAi-mediated transgene silencing and small interfering RNA production in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

V Yadav, R Mohan, S Sun, J Heitman - Genetics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Adaptation to external environmental challenges at the cellular level requires rapid
responses and involves relay of information to the nucleus to drive key gene expression …

The RNAi Machinery in the Fungus Fusarium fujikuroi Is Not Very Active in Synthetic Medium and Is Related to Transposable Elements

J Pardo-Medina, TA Dahlmann, M Nowrousian… - Non-coding RNA, 2024 - mdpi.com
Small RNAS (sRNAs) participate in regulatory RNA interference (RNAi) mechanisms in a
wide range of eukaryotic organisms, including fungi. The fungus Fusarium fujikuroi, a model …

Fungal Argonaute proteins act in bidirectional cross-kingdom RNA interference during plant infection

A Weiberg, AP Cheng, L Huang, L Oberkofler… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Argonaute (AGO) proteins bind to small RNAs to induce RNA interference (RNAi), a
conserved gene regulatory mechanism in animal, plant, and fungal kingdoms. Small RNAs …