What makes a fungus pathogenic? In this review, phylogenetic inference is used to
speculate on the evolution of plant and animal pathogens in the fungal Phylum Ascomycota …

Abstract Powdery mildew fungi (Erysiphales, Ascomycota) are obligate biotrophs that infect
a wide range of angiosperms. Phylogenetic analyses based on the nucleotide sequences of …

Numerous vegetable crops are susceptible to powdery mildew, but cucurbits are arguably
the group most severely affected. Podosphaera fusca (synonym Podosphaera xanthii) is the …

The genus Erysiphe (including powdery mildew fungi only known as anamorph,
Pseudoidium) is the largest genus in the Erysiphaceae and contains more than 50% of all …

This is a continuation of a series focused on providing a stable platform for the taxonomy of
phytopathogenic fungi and fungus-like organisms. This paper focuses on one family …

To understand the evolution of host–parasite relationships in the genus Golovinomyces
(Ascomycete: Erysiphaceae), which are obligate parasitic fungi of plants, we investigated the …

Powdery mildew disease of rubber trees affects young rubber leaves, buds, inflorescences
and other immature tissues reducing rubber latex yields by up to 45%. The disease is …

In contrast to Eurasia and North America, powdery mildews (Ascomycota, Erysiphales) are
understudied in Australia. There are over 900 species known globally, with fewer than …

The Erysiphaceae were originally parasitic to trees, and host shift from trees to herbs might
have occurred many times independently in the tribes and genera. To investigate the …

Blumeria graminis, a powdery mildew fungus, is an important plant pathogen that causes
serious damage to a variety of cereal crops. In spite of the importance of the pathogen …