The interaction between pathogens and their host plants is a ubiquitous process. Some
plant fungal pathogens can form a specific infection structure, such as an appressorium …

Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most devastating pathogenic fungi that affects a wide
range of cereal plants, especially rice. Rice blast disease causes substantial economic …

The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae causes a devastating disease that threatens
global rice (Oryza sativa) production. Despite intense study, the biology of plant tissue …

Macroautophagy/autophagy is critical for normal appressorium formation and pathogenicity
of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, but the molecular base of autophagy linked to …

Highlights•Autophagy is an integral part of plant–pathogen interactions.•A large variety of
microbial pathogens target or are targeted by plant autophagy.•Autophagy in eukaryotic …

Autophagy is essential for appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae,
the causal agent of rice blast disease and a major threat to global food security. The …

Monomeric GTPases, which belong to the Ras superfamily, are small proteins involved in
many biological processes. They are fine-tuned regulated by guanine nucleotide exchange …

The development and pathogenicity of the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, the causal agent of
destructive rice blast disease, require it to perceive external environmental signals. Opy2, an …

Rab GTPases regulate vesicle trafficking in organisms and play crucial roles in growth and
development. Arthrobotrys oligospora is a ubiquitous nematode-trapping (NT) fungus, it can …

Sterols are a class of lipids critical for fundamental biological processes and membrane
dynamics. These molecules are synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and are …