Oomycetes form a deep lineage of eukaryotic organisms that includes a large number of
plant pathogens which threaten natural and managed ecosystems. We undertook a survey …

Research in extreme environments has substantially expanded our understanding of the
ecology and evolution of life on Earth, but a major group of organisms has been largely …

Elucidating the similarity and diversity of pathogen effectors is critical to understand their
evolution across fungal phytopathogens. However, rapid divergence that diminishes …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) crops suffer severe losses
to late blight caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Solanum …

Potato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans is a devastating disease worldwide.
Unlike other plant pathogens, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) is poorly taken up by P …

This paper is the fourth contribution in the Genera of Phytopathogenic Fungi (GOPHY)
series. The series provides morphological descriptions and information about the pathology …

Software to call single‐nucleotide polymorphisms or related genetic variants has converged
on the variant call format (VCF) as the output format of choice. This has created a need for …

Many members of the Oomycota genus Phytophthora cause economic and environmental
impact diseases in nurseries, horticulture, forest, and natural ecosystems and many are of …

Cultivated potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.), domesticated from wild Solanum species
native to the Andes of southern Peru, possess a diverse gene pool representing more than …

Plants and animals employ innate immune systems to cope with microbial infection. Pattern-
triggered immunity relies on the recognition of microbe-derived patterns by pattern …