The interaction between pathogens and their host plants is a ubiquitous process. Some
plant fungal pathogens can form a specific infection structure, such as an appressorium …

Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most devastating pathogenic fungi that affects a wide
range of cereal plants, especially rice. Rice blast disease causes substantial economic …

Plant diseases caused by fungi are one of the major threats to global food security and
understanding the interactions between fungi and plants is of great significance for plant …

Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most destructive plant diseases. The
secondary metabolites of Streptomyces have potential as biological control agents against …

Paxillin is a focal adhesion-associated protein that functions as an adaptor to recruit diverse
cytoskeleton and signaling molecules into a complex and plays a crucial role in several …

Rice false smut fungus (teleomorph: Villosiclava virens; anamorph: Ustilaginoidea virens)
can generate chlamydospores and survive winter under field conditions. The …

The ubiquitin–proteasome system and the autophagy system are the two primary
mechanisms used by eukaryotes to maintain protein homeostasis, and both are closely …

Fungi are the most important group of plant pathogens, responsible for many of the world's
most devastating crop diseases. One of the reasons they are such successful pathogens is …

Rice is an important food crop all over the world. It can be infected by the rice blast fungus
Magnaporthe oryzae, which results in a significant reduction in rice yield. The infection …

Pyricularia oryzae is the causal pathogen of rice blast disease. Autophagy has been shown
to play important roles in P. oryzae development and plant infection. The P. oryzae …