Summary Microorganisms, or 'microbes', have formed intimate associations with plants
throughout the length of their evolutionary history. In extant plant systems microbes still …

Canola is an important oilseed crop, providing food, feed, and fuel around the world.
However, blackleg disease, caused by the ascomycete Leptosphaeria maculans, causes …

Infection stages of charcoal rot fungus Macrophomina phaseolina in sesame revealed for
the first time a transition from biotrophy via BNS (biotrophy-to-necrotrophy switch) to …

The hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans is the causal agent of
blackleg disease in Brassica napus (canola, oilseed rape) and causes significant loss of …

Brassica napus (canola/oilseed rape/rapeseed) is an economically important crop, mostly
found in temperate and sub-tropical regions, that is cultivated widely for its edible oil. Major …

Brassicaceae plants cover a large number of species with great economic and nutritional
importance around the world. The production of Brassica spp. is limited due to …

Background Resistance to the blackleg disease of Brassica napus (canola/oilseed rape),
caused by the hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans, is determined by …

Blackleg disease of Brassica napus caused by Leptosphaeria maculans (Lm) is largely
controlled by the deployment of race‐specific resistance (R) genes. However, selection …

Colletotrichum fructicola, which is part of the C. gloeosporioides species complex, can cause
anthracnose diseases in strawberries worldwide. However, the molecular interactions …

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 …