Fungicide treatments are often essential for maintaining healthy crops and to achieve
reliable and high-quality yields. However, continued use of fungicides with the same modes …

Rapid evolution of fungal pathogens poses a serious threat to medicine and agriculture. The
mutation rate determines the pace of evolution of a fungal pathogen. Hypermutator fungal …

Many species in the fungal Diaporthe (anamorph Phomopsis) genus have become a group
of the most important pathogens that cause seed decay, stem and pot blight, and stem …

White mold disease caused by a necrotrophic ascomycete pathogen Sclerotinia
sclerotiorum results in serious economic losses of soybean yield in the USA. Lack of …

Fungicide resistance is an alarming challenge for the Brazilian tropical agricultural systems,
with major implications for food safety, human and animal health, as well as for the …

A mechanistic basis is described for assessment of resistance risk to medical antifungal
treatments from agricultural use of fungicides of the same mode of action. The following …

With ever-decreasing sequencing costs, research on the population biology of plant
pathogens is transitioning from population genetics—using dozens of genetic markers or …

The physiological, biochemical, and morphological changes brought about by fungi in
response to fungicides can undoubtedly bring diversity to fungi. Cordyceps militaris strains …

The evolution of resistance to pesticides is a major burden in agriculture. Resistance
management involves maximizing selection pressure heterogeneity, particularly by …

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a soilborne pathogen of soybean that causes Sclerotinia stem rot,
also called white mold. Sclerotinia stem rot can cause significant yield losses under cool and …