scholarly journals Small proteins of plant-pathogenic fungi secreted during host colonization

2005 ◽  
Vol 253 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martijn Rep
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 2508
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Czislowski ◽  
Isabel Zeil-Rolfe ◽  
Elizabeth A. B. Aitken

During the infection of a host, plant pathogenic fungi secrete small proteins called effectors, which then modulate the defence response of the host. In the Fusarium oxysporum species complex (FOSC), the secreted in xylem (SIX) gene effectors are important for host-specific pathogenicity, and are also useful markers for identifying the various host-specific lineages. While the presence and diversity of the SIX genes has been explored in many of the pathogenic lineages of F. oxysporum, there is a limited understanding of these genes in non-pathogenic, endophytic isolates of F. oxysporum. In this study, universal primers for each of the known SIX genes are designed and used to screen a panel of endophytically-associated Fusarium species isolated from healthy, asymptomatic banana tissue. SIX gene orthologues are identified in the majority of the Fusarium isolates screened in this study. Furthermore, the SIX gene profiles of these endophytic isolates do not overlap with the SIX genes present in the pathogenic lineages of F. oxysporum that are assessed in this study. SIX gene orthologues have not been commonly identified in Fusarium species outside of the FOSC nor in non-pathogenic isolates of F. oxysporum. The results of this study indicate that the SIX gene effectors may be more broadly distributed throughout the Fusarium genus than previously thought. This has important implications for understanding the evolution of pathogenicity in the FOSC.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Vurro ◽  
Angela Boari ◽  
Francesca Casella ◽  
Maria Chiara Zonno

Fungal phytotoxins are natural secondary metabolites produced by plant pathogenic fungi during host–pathogen interactions. They have received considerable particular attention for elucidating disease etiology, and consequently to design strategies for disease control. Due to wide differences in their chemical structures, these toxic metabolites have different ecological and environmental roles and mechanisms of action. This review aims at summarizing the studies on the possible use of these metabolites as tools in biological and integrated weed management, e.g. as: novel and environmentally friendly herbicides; lead for novel compounds; sources of novel mechanisms of action. Moreover, the limiting factors for utilizing those metabolites in practice will also be briefly discussed.


2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (08) ◽  
pp. 4744
Author(s):  
Zahra Ibrahim El-Gali

This study was carried out to identify the unknown different symptoms and their causes as plant pathogenic fungi from Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar District. Plant materials with fungal signs and symptoms were collected and examined. The main fungi consistently isolated from symptomatic leaves and twigs were Pestalotiopsis spp. Morphology, colony characteristics, and pathogenicity of the isolates were examined. My report the occurrence of Pestalotiopsis spp. on leaves of mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) for the first time in Libya.


2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal Ökmen ◽  
Jérôme Collemare ◽  
Scott Griffiths ◽  
Ate van der Burgt ◽  
Russell Cox ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. S27
Author(s):  
Enriqueta Martinez Rojas ◽  
Fatuma Hassan ◽  
Filip Boratynski ◽  
Teresa Olejniczak ◽  
Karl Steffens ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 128-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Hong Liu ◽  
Fei Xu ◽  
John Hugh Snyder ◽  
Huan-Bin Shi ◽  
Jian-Ping Lu ◽  
...  

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