The aim of this review was to survey all fungal pathologists with an association with the
journal Molecular Plant Pathology and ask them to nominate which fungal pathogens they …

The rice blast pathosystem has been the subject of intense interest in part because of the
importance of the disease to world agriculture, but also because both Magnaporthe oryzae …

Much remains to be learned about the biology of mushroom-forming fungi, which are an
important source of food, secondary metabolites and industrial enzymes. The wood …

Biotrophic invasive hyphae (IH) of the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae secrete effectors to
alter host defenses and cellular processes as they successively invade living rice (Oryza …

The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most significant pathogens affecting
global food security. To cause rice blast disease the fungus elaborates a specialised …

Interactions between rice and Magnaporthe oryzae involve the recognition of cellular
components and the exchange of complex molecular signals from both partners. How these …

A key challenge in the production of second generation biofuels is the conversion of
lignocellulosic substrates into fermentable sugars. Enzymes, particularly those from fungi …

Background Emerging knowledge of the impact of small RNAs as important cellular
regulators has prompted an explosion of small transcriptome sequencing projects. Although …

Here we report the genetic analyses of histone lysine methyltransferase (KMT) genes in the
phytopathogenic fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Eight putative M. oryzae KMT genes were …

Fungi are a large group of eukaryotes found in nearly all ecosystems. More than 250 fungal
genomes have already been sequenced, greatly improving our understanding of fungal …