Many necrotrophic plant pathogenic fungi belonging to the class of Dothideomycetes
produce phytotoxic metabolites and peptides that are usually required for pathogenicity …

S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is ubiquitous in living organisms and is of great significance in
metabolism as a cofactor of various enzymes. Methyltransferases (MTases), a major group …

The hallmark trait of fungal secondary-metabolite gene clusters is well established,
consisting of contiguous enzymatic and often regulatory gene (s) devoted to the production …

Cercospora leaf spot, caused by the fungal pathogen Cercospora beticola, is the most
destructive foliar disease of sugar beet worldwide. This review discusses C. beticola …

Perylenequinones are a class of photoactivated polyketide mycotoxins produced by fungal
plant pathogens that notably produce reactive oxygen species with visible light. The best …

Significance: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play multiple roles in interactions between
plants and microbes, both as host defense mechanisms and as mediators of pathogenic and …

We describe a core gene cluster, comprised of eight genes (designated CTB1–8), and
associated with cercosporin toxin production in Cercospora nicotianae. Sequence analysis …

Many phytopathogenic Cercospora species produce a host-nonselective polyketide toxin,
called cercosporin, whose toxicity exclusively relies on the generation of reactive oxygen …

The fungus F. fujikuroi is well known for its production of gibberellins causing the
'bakanae'disease of rice. Besides these plant hormones, it is able to produce other …

To determine if DNA configuration, gene locus, and flanking sequences will affect
homologous recombination in the phytopathogenic fungus Cercospora nicotianae, we …