Plant diseases cause significant decreases in yield and quality of crops and consequently
pose a very substantial threat to food security. In the continuous search for environmentally …

Recent research has highlighted the importance of Cys2/His2-type zinc finger proteins
(C2H2-ZFPs) in plant growth and in responses to various stressors, and the complex …

Plasmodiophora brassicae is a devastating obligate, intracellular, biotrophic pathogen that
causes clubroot disease in crucifer plants. Disease progression is regulated by effector …

Background Rhizoctonia solani is a polyphagous fungal pathogen that causes diseases in
crops. The fungal strains are classified into anastomosis groups (AGs); however, genomic …

Phytopathogens pose a severe threat to agriculture and strengthening the plant defense
response is an important strategy for disease control. Here, we report that AtRAV1, an AP2 …

Rhizoctonia solani is one of the important pathogenic fungi causing several serious crop
diseases, such as maize and rice sheath blight. Current methods used to control the disease …

Xanthomonas Oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) causes bacterial blight and Rhizoctonia solani (R.
solani) causes sheath blight in rice accounting for> 75% of crop losses. Therefore, there is …

C2H2 zinc finger is one of the most common motifs found in the transcription factors (TFs) in
eukaryotes organisms, which have a broad range of functions, such as regulation of growth …

Maize chitinases are involved in chitin hydrolysis. Chitinases are distributed across various
organisms including animals, plants, and fungi and are grouped into different glycosyl …

Sour rot caused by Geotrichum citri-aurantii is one of the most important diseases leading to
postharvest loss of Citrus reticulate. In this study, the antifungal activity of MTE-1, a natural …