Due to their biotechnological relevance as well as their importance as disease agents,
filamentous fungi and oomycetes have been prime candidates for genetic selection and in …

Filamentous fungi are highly productive cell factories, many of which are industrial
producers of enzymes, organic acids, and secondary metabolites. The increasing number of …

Ustilago maydis is a ubiquitous pathogen of maize and a well-established model organism
for the study of plant–microbe interactions. This basidiomycete fungus does not use …

This communication describes the establishment of the type II bacterial CRISPR–Cas9
system to efficiently disrupt target genes in the fungal maize pathogen Ustilago maydis. A …

Filamentous fungi are highly productive cell factories, often used in industry for the
production of enzymes and small bioactive compounds. Recent years have seen an …

Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicides are widely used for the control of a
broad range of fungal diseases. This has been the most rapidly expanding fungicide group …

The use of fungal model systems, such as Saccharomyces cerevisisae and
Schizosaccharomyces pombe, has contributed enormously to our understanding of …

The corn pathogen Ustilago maydis is a well-studied fungal model organism. Along with a
broad set of experimental tools, versatile strategies for the generation of gene replacement …

In Aspergillus, controlled gene expression is often achieved using the reverse tetracycline-
controlled transactivator (rtTA) dependent Tet-on system, whereby transcription is activated …

Plant pathogens of the family Ustilaginaceae parasitise mainly on grasses and cause smut
disease. Among the best characterised members of this family are the covered smut fungus …