Investigating the Smuts: Common Cues, Signaling Pathways, and the Role of MAT in Dimorphic Switching and Pathogenesis

T Kijpornyongpan, MC Aime - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
The corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis serves as a model species for studying fungal
dimorphism and its role in phytopathogenic development. The pathogen has two growth …

Sorghum pathology and biotechnology-A fungal disease perspective: part I. Grain mold, head smut, and ergot

CR Little, R Perumal, TT Tesso, LK Prom… - European Journal of …, 2011 - krex.k-state.edu
Three common sorghum diseases, grain mold, head smut and ergot, each of which is
directly related to seed production and quality are covered in this review. Each is described …

Molecular mechanisms involved in the multicellular growth of Ustilaginomycetes

D Martínez-Soto, L Ortiz-Castellanos… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multicellularity is defined as the developmental process by which unicellular organisms
became pluricellular during the evolution of complex organisms on Earth. This process …

The Plant-Dependent Life Cycle of Thecaphora thlaspeos: A Smut Fungus Adapted to Brassicaceae

L Frantzeskakis, KJ Courville, L Plücker… - Molecular Plant …, 2017 - Am Phytopath Society
Smut fungi are globally distributed plant pathogens that infect agriculturally important crop
plants such as maize or potato. To date, molecular studies on plant responses to smut fungi …

Selection of aggressive pathogenic and solopathogenic strains of Ustilago maydis to improve Huitlacoche production

PR Galicia-García, HV Silva-Rojas… - Acta Botanica …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Ustilago maydis is a basidiomycete known as the causative agent of'common smut',
worldwide disease of maize that is recognized by the galls it forms, which have considerable …

The life cycle of the smut fungus Moesziomyces penicillariae is adapted to the short-cycle of the host, Pennisetum glaucum

G Diagne-Leye, IC Sare, Y Martinez, MA Fall-Ndiaye… - Fungal biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Moesziomyces penicillariae (Brefield) Vànky is a basidiomycete fungus responsible for smut
disease on pearl millet, an important staple food in the sub-Sahelian zone. We revisited the …

Effect of GR24, a synthetic analogue of strigolactones, on gene expression of solopathogenic strain of Sporisorium reilianum

SK Sabbagh - African Journal of Biotechnology, 2011 - ajol.info
Sporisorium reilianum f. sp zeae, a basidiomycetous fungus belonging to Ustilaginaceae, is
the causal agent of maize head smut. Its pathogenicity is initiated by fusion of two …

[PDF][PDF] Systematic position of Moesziomyces penicillariae among Ustilaginaceae

G Diagne-Leye, T Almaraz-Lopez… - Afr J Microbiol …, 2010 - academicjournals.org
Moesziomyces penicillariae (Brefeld) Vànky belongs to the Ustilaginaceae (Basidiomycota).
It has been reported in tropical and subtropical zones of Africa, America and Asia (Wells et …

Effect of GR24, a synthetic analog of strigolactones, on physiological and morphological activities of Ustilago maydis.

SK Sabagh - Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology, 2012 - search.ebscohost.com
The Basidiomycetes fungi U. maydis is the causal agent of head smut of maize and
sorghum. This fungus has haploid, diploid and dikaryotic forms in its life cycle. Fusion of …

Степен на нападение на експериментални царевични генплазми от обикновена главня Ustilago maydis (Bescman).

И Иванова, Л Иванов… - Journal of Mountain …, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
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Journal of Mountain Agriculture on the Balkans, 2020, 23 (6), 176-186 ISSN 1311-0489 (Print) …