Metarhizium spp. are being used as environmentally friendly alternatives to chemical
insecticides, as model systems for studying insect-fungus interactions, and as a resource of …

Because of great challenges and workload in deleting genes on a large scale, the functions
of most genes in pathogenic fungi are still unclear. In this study, we developed a high …

Summary The Cys2‐His2 (C2H2) zinc finger protein family is the second‐largest family of
transcription factors (TF s) in Magnaporthe oryzae, the causal fungus responsible for the …

Rice blast is a serious threat to the safe production of grain crops such as rice and wheat.
Sporulation, appressorium formation, and invasive growth of Magnaporthe oryzae are the …

Magnaporthe oryzae is a devastating fungal pathogen that causes the rice blast disease
worldwide. The post-translational modification of ADP-ribosylation holds significant …

In Magnaporthe oryzae, pyriform conidia are the primary inoculum and the main source for
disease dissemination in the field. In this study, we identified and characterized the COM1 …

R ab GTP ases are required for vesicle–vacuolar fusion during vacuolar biogenesis in fungi.
To date, little is known about the biological functions of the R ab small GTP ase components …

Arginine is one of the most versatile amino acids in eukaryote cells, which plays important
roles in a multitude of processes such as protein synthesis, nitrogen metabolism, nitric oxide …

The rice blast fungus Pyricularia oryzae differentiates into an infection structure, called an
appressorium, for plant penetration. The process of appressorium formation requires the …

Pyricularia oryzae is an important plant pathogenic fungus that can severely damage rice
and wheat crops, leading to significant reductions in crop productivity. To penetrate into and …