Fungi are ideal model organisms for dissecting the genomic bases of adaptive divergence in
eukaryotes. They have simple morphologies and small genomes, occupy contrasting, well …

Fungal plant pathogens are major threats to food security worldwide. Sclerotinia
sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea are closely related Ascomycete plant pathogens causing …

Background The white mold fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a devastating necrotrophic
plant pathogen with a remarkably broad host range. The interaction of necrotrophs with their …

The speciation of pathogens can be driven by divergent host specialization. Specialization
to a new host is possible via the acquisition of advantageous mutations fixed by positive …

Recent advances in molecular technologies have opened up unprecedented opportunities
for molecular ecologists to better understand the molecular basis of traits of ecological and …

Fusarium graminearum, the primary cause of Fusarium head blight (FHB) in small-grain
cereals, demonstrates remarkably variable levels of aggressiveness in its host, producing …

Plant nitrogen (N) fertilization is known to affect disease; however, the underlying
mechanisms remain mostly unknown. We investigated the impact of N supply on the …

Plants and fungi display a broad range of interactions in natural and agricultural ecosystems
ranging from symbiosis to parasitism. These ecological interactions result in coevolution …

The cerato-platanin family is a group of small cysteine-rich fungal proteins new to science.
They usually are abundantly secreted extracellularly and are involved in fungus-host …

How standing genetic variation within a pathogen contributes to diversity in host/pathogen
interactions is poorly understood, partly because most studied pathogens are host-specific …