Phytopathology Research is the official journal of the Chinese Society for Plant Pathology
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Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:37
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The b-ZIP transcription factor, FgBzip16, is essential for fungal development, ascospore discharge, and pathogenicity by modulating fatty acid metabolism in Fusarium graminearum
Fusarium graminearum is an economically devastating pathogen that causes cereal worldwide. The plant disease cycle involves sexual reproduction, with the perithecium playing a crucial role in overwintering and th...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:36 -
The Zn(II)2Cys6 transcription factor BcDIC affects the asexual reproduction of Botrytis cinerea by regulating pectinesterase genes
Botrytis cinerea is one of the most destructive plant pathogens, causing great economic losses in a wide variety of crops. It is difficult to control the pathogen because of its flexible mode of infection, high r...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:35 -
Gene editing with an oxathiapiprolin resistance selection marker reveals that PuLLP, a loricrin-like protein, is required for oospore development in Pythium ultimum
Oomycetes, such as Pythium species, contain numerous devastating plant pathogens that inflict substantial economic losses worldwide. Although CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing is available, the selection markers a...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:34 -
Xoo-responsive transcriptome reveals the role of the circular RNA133 in disease resistance by regulating expression of OsARAB in rice
Upon Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) infection of rice leaves, the invasion induces systematic expression changes for both the coding genes and the non-coding genes, allowing the plant to make corresponding r...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:33 -
A glycoside hydrolase 12 protein from Cytospora chrysosperma triggers plant immunity but is not essential to virulence
Phytopathogens secrete numerous effectors that facilitate their infection and colonization processes. However, the pathogenic mechanism of effectors in Cytospora chrysosperma, the causal agent of canker disease i...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:32 -
Crystal structure of rice APIP6 reveals a new dimerization mode of RING-type E3 ligases that facilities the construction of its working model
Ubiquitination is an important modification process in eukaryotic organisms, and ubiquitin ligase (E3) is the most diversified component of this system. APIP6 (AvrPiz-t interacting protein 6) is one of the E3s...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:31 -
Population genetics of the cereal cyst nematode Heterodera avenae reveal geographical segregation and host adaptation
Cereal cyst nematodes (CCNs) lead to major losses in the cereal crop industry worldwide and have been reported in many provinces of China. However, this plant nematode’s distribution and genetic differences ar...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:30 -
Inter-row cropping and rootstock genotype selection in a UK cider orchard to combat apple replant disease
Apple rootstock genotypes confer different levels of tolerance to apple replant disease (ARD) and vigour to a newly replanted apple tree. A hybrid management system of rotating the rootstock genotype planted b...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:28 -
Calonectria species associated with diseased leaves and soils in southern China Eucalyptus plantations
Calonectria leaf blight (CLB) is one of the most important diseases of Eucalyptus trees grown in plantations. This disease poses a serious threat to the sustainability of Eucalyptus plantations in southern China....
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A G-type lectin receptor-like kinase in Nicotiana benthamiana enhances resistance to the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by complexing with CERK1/LYK4
Fungal pathogens are among the main destructive microorganisms for crops and ecosystems worldwide, causing substantial agricultural and economic losses. Plant cell surface-localized lysin motif (LysM)-containi...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:27 -
A loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for the rapid diagnosis of soybean rust caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi
Soybean rust caused by the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi is one of the most destructive diseases to soybean production worldwide. For the rapid diagnosis and the control of soybean rust, we developed a loop-mediat...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:25 -
3-Ketoacyl-ACP synthase III FabH1 is essential for branched-chain DSF family signals in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
The 3-ketoacyl-ACP synthase III (FabH), a key enzyme for bacteria growth, catalyses the last step of the initiation of bacterial fatty acid synthesis. Rice bacterial blight is caused by the pathogen Xanthomonas o...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:26 -
Development of a portable DNA extraction and cross-priming amplification (CPA) tool for rapid in-situ visual diagnosis of plant diseases
Plant pathogens cause severe losses to crop yields and economic returns in agriculture. Despite plant tissue DNA extraction of typically constituting a preliminary step in nucleic acid-based molecular diagnost...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:23 -
Use of a real-time PCR method to quantify the primary infection of Plasmopara viticola in commercial vineyards
Grapevine downy mildew (GDM) caused by Plasmopara viticola is a recurrent disease of wine grapes in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Ningxia) of northwestern China. However, the primary infectious pathogen in t...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:19 -
Chitin synthases containing myosin motor-like domain are required for cell wall integrity and virulence of vascular wilt pathogen Verticillium dahliae
Verticillium wilt (VW) of cotton poses a serious threat to the quality and yield of cotton. Verticillium dahliae is the primary causal agent of cotton VW. Moreover, V. dahliae can infect more than 200 species of ...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:21 -
Epidemiological evaluation and identification of the insect vector of soybean stay-green associated virus
In recent years, the emergence of soybean stay-green syndrome (SGS), also referred to as ‘zhengqing’, in the Huang-Huai-Hai region of China has resulted in significant yield losses. SGS is a phenomenon charact...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:20 -
Enhancing tomato resistance by exploring early defense events against Fusarium wilt disease
Studying plant early immunity, such as the unique immune mechanisms against pathogens, is an important field of research. Tomato wilt resulting from the infection by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) is...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:24 -
Treatment with succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor Y12196 protects strawberries from boscalid-resistant Botrytis cinerea with the H272R mutation in SDH B
Gray mold, caused by Botrytis cinerea, poses a significant threat to the strawberry industry worldwide. B. cinerea is a high-risk pathogen in the sense of fungicide resistance. The sensitivities of B. cinerea iso...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:22 -
Occurrence of plant pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae in the Danube River Basin: abundance and diversity assessment
Plant pathogenic strains of Pseudomonas syringae (Psy) spp. have been detected in nonagricultural habitats, including those associated with the water cycle. Their presence in aquatic systems allows dissemination ...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:18 -
Leafhopper transmits soybean stay-green associated virus to leguminous plants
A novel geminivirus, soybean stay-green associated virus (SoSGV), was previously shown to cause soybean delayed senescence and is associated with the incidence of soybean stay-green syndrome. The modes of SoSG...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:17 -
Molecular mechanisms of Ustilaginoidea virens pathogenicity and their utilization in disease control
Rice false smut, caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, is one of the most important diseases in rice. The disease not only causes significant yield losses in China and worldwide but also produces multiple types of myc...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:16 -
Molecular characteristics and pathogenicity of infectious cDNA clones of the Chinese isolates of pea enation mosaic virus 1 and pea enation mosaic virus 2
The pea enation mosaic disease (PEMD) causes significant yield losses worldwide. PEMD is caused by two taxonomically unrelated but symbiotic viruses, pea enation mosaic virus 1 (PEMV-1) and pea enation mosaic ...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:15 -
Pathogenic function of the natural variation of CP in WYMV and CWMV
The soil-borne viral disease, caused by wheat yellow mosaic virus (WYMV) and Chinese wheat mosaic virus (CWMV), is one of the most destructive wheat diseases in China. Considering the large wheat growing area ...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:13 -
A potential biocontrol agent Streptomyces tauricus XF for managing wheat stripe rust
Wheat stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is a devastating disease threatening global wheat production. Biocontrol by beneficial microorganisms is considered an alternative to synthe...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:14 -
The effector Fg62 contributes to Fusarium graminearum virulence and induces plant cell death
Although the functions of most protein effectors secreted by fungi are not predictable, they are known to modulate host immunity and facilitate infection. Fusarium graminearum is one of the 10 most abundant plant...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:12 -
Candidatus Phytoplasma ziziphi encodes non-classically secreted proteins that suppress hypersensitive cell death response in Nicotiana benthamiana
Increasing evidence is proving the biological significance of the phytoplasma-secreted proteins. However, besides a few Sec-dependent secretory proteins, no other phytoplasma-secreted proteins have been report...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:11 -
The regulatory subunit MoB56 of PP2A phosphatase regulates pathogenicity, growth and development in a protein complex with the atypical catalytic subunit Ppg1 in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is usually a heterotrimeric enzyme, consisting of a catalytic subunit (C) and a scaffolding subunit (A) associated with a third, variable regulatory subunit (B). Fungi usually car...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:10 -
Construction and characterization of the infectious cDNA clone of the prevalent Chinese strain SC3 of soybean mosaic virus
The resistance of different soybean varieties to the Chinese isolate SC3 of soybean mosaic virus (SMV) was systematically studied. However, the resistance of different germplasm sources is still poorly underst...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:9 -
The role of different innate and environmental factors in Tm-22-mediated resistance to tomato mottle mosaic virus
Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV) poses a threat to production and quality of tomato fruits. The Tm-22 gene confers resistance to some tobamoviruses by recognizing viral movement proteins. However, Tm-22-mediate...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:8 -
Molecular evidences for population differentiation and the migration from south to north of Puccinia triticina in eastern China
Wheat leaf rust is caused by Puccinia triticina (Pt), leading to serious wheat yield loss in the world. To study the population structure and reveal the transmission routes of Pt in eastern China, leaf samples we...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:7 -
3′ UTR is critical for viral RNA accumulation of jasmine virus H
Jasmine virus H (JaVH) is a newly reported viral pathogen of jasmine in China and USA. To study the viral gene function and pathogenic mechanism, a full-length infectious clone of JaVH (pXT-JaVHFJ) was constructe...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:3 -
Fighting wheat rusts in China: a look back and into the future
Wheat rusts, including stripe, leaf, and stem rusts, are severe wheat diseases and cause huge yield loss in China annually. Benefiting from utilizing the genetic resistance wheat varieties, wheat stem rust has...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:6 -
The recombination regulator RecX negatively regulates heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF) biosynthesis in Lysobacter enzymogenes
Bacteria often use multiple transcription factors to regulate specific biological processes. Biosynthesis of heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF) is regulated by multiple factors in Lysobacter enzymogenes. Howeve...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:4 -
Complete genome sequencing of nematode Aphelenchoides besseyi, an economically important pest causing rice white-tip disease
Aphelenchoides besseyi is a seed-borne plant-parasitic nematode that causes severe rice yield losses worldwide. In the present study, the A. besseyi Anhui-1 strain isolated from rice in China was sequenced with a...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:5 -
Detection and characterization of difenoconazole resistance in Stagonosporopsis citrulli from watermelon and muskmelon in Zhejiang Province of China
The watermelon and muskmelon productions are important agriculture pillar industries of Zhejiang Province in China. Difenoconazole is an imidazole-class sterol, 14-demethylase inhibitor (DMI), which has been i...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:1 -
Nanoparticle carriers enhance RNA stability and uptake efficiency and prolong the protection against Rhizoctonia solani
Spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) can inhibit plant diseases by topical application of double- (dsRNA) or single-stranded (sRNA) RNA molecules onto plants to silence virulence-related pathogen genes. However...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2023 5:2 -
Extra-large G proteins regulate disease resistance by directly coupling to immune receptors in Nicotiana benthamiana
Heterotrimeric G proteins, comprising Gα, Gβ, and Gγ subunits, are key regulators of eukaryotic intracellular signaling. Extra-large G (XLG) proteins are a subfamily of plant-specific Gα proteins interacting w...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:49 -
Exploring a rhizobium to fix nitrogen in non-leguminous plants by using a tumor-formation root pathogen
Over 110 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer every year is used for crop production. Scientists have dreamed of enabling rhizobial nitrogen fixation in non-leguminous crops to mitigate the increasing demand fo...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:48 -
Genotype by environment interaction analysis for Fusarium head blight response and yield performance of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in southern Ethiopia
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the major biotic constraints to wheat due to its direct detrimental effects on yield quality and quantity. To manage the disease, the deployment of resistant genotypes is i...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:45 -
TALE-induced immunity against the bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in rice
Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) are proteins produced by plant pathogenic Xanthomonas spp. TALEs exhibit a conserved structure and have the ability to directly bind to the promoter region of host t...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:47 -
Identification of a novel C6 protein encoded by tomato leaf curl China virus
Begomoviruses cause significant losses to a wide range of crops worldwide, and a great progress has been made in characterizing some noncanonical proteins encoded by begomoviruses. In the present study, a nove...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:46 -
Editing of the rice importin gene IMPα1b results in sequestration of TAL effectors from plant cell nuclei
Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) produced by plant pathogenic bacteria mainly belonging to the genus Xanthomonas cause plant diseases through activation of host susceptibility genes in plant cell nu...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:44 -
Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles inhibit Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci by directly destroying bacteria and inducing plant resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana
Silver (Ag)-containing agents or materials are widely used today in plant protection for their antimicrobial activity. In view of the superior inhibitory ability of biosynthesized (aldehyde-modified sodium alg...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:43 -
Colletotrichum species pathogenic to strawberry: discovery history, global diversity, prevalence in China, and the host range of top two species
Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum species, is one of the most destructive diseases affecting strawberry production worldwide. Fungi of the genus Colletotrichum, being ancient and co-evolved with flowering plan...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:42 -
Sterol demethylation inhibitor fungicide resistance in Colletotrichum siamense from chili is caused by mutations in CYP51A and CYP51B
Anthracnose, caused by fungi of the genus Colletotrichum, is a serious disease of chili worldwide. Sterol 14α-demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) are a class of chemical fungicides that can effectively control anthra...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:41 -
Septins regulate virulence in Verticillium dahliae and differentially contribute to microsclerotial formation and stress responses
Septin proteins play a role in the formation of hyphal septa as well as in the division of nuclei, cytoskeletal organization, and cell morphogenesis in filamentous fungi. Herein, we investigated the functions ...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:40 -
The histone deacetylase Cfhos2 is a key epigenetic factor regulating appressorium development and pathogenesis in apple Glomerella leaf spot fungus Colletotrichum fructicola
Glomerella leaf spot (GLS) is a devastating fungal disease that damages the leaves and fruits and reduces tree vigor of apple (Malus domestica). The pathogen infection mechanism, however, remains elusive. Histone...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:39 -
CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis of a representative member of a novel PR10/Bet v1-like protein subfamily significantly reduces rice plant height and defense against Meloidogyne graminicola
Plant PR10/Bet v1-like proteins are involved in defense against microbial pathogens, however, whether they participate in host defense against plant-parasitic animals including nematodes remains unknown. Here,...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:38 -
Combatting Fusarium head blight: advances in molecular interactions between Fusarium graminearum and wheat
Fusarium head blight (FHB), mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum, is one of the most devastating diseases in wheat and barley worldwide. In addition to causing severe yield losses, F. graminearum produces deoxyn...
Citation: Phytopathology Research 2022 4:37
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