Effect of the host-specific toxin SnTOX3 from Stagonospora nodorum on ethylene signaling pathway regulation and redox-state in common wheat by S. V. Veselova, G. F. Burkhanova, T. V. Nuzhnaya, S. D. Rumyantsev, I. V. Maksimov

“…The fungus Stagonospora nodorum Berk. is the causative agent of Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) of wheat. …”
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RESISTANCE TO THE BLAST AGENT AND THE MORPHOBIOLOGICALFEATURES OF GENOTYPES IN THE Oryza sativa L. COLLECTION FROM VARIOUS ECOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL GROUPS IN CONDITIONS OF КUBAN... by T. L. Korotenko, O. A. Bragina, I. I. Suprun, Zh. M. Mukhina, Yu. V. Epifanovich, A. A. Petrukhnenko, T. А. Khorina

“…The most common and harmful disease of the agricultural crop rice is a “burn” caused by the fungus Magnoporthe grisea (Hebert) Barr, the causative agent of rice blast. …”
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Optimizing in vitro spherulation cues in the fungal pathogen Coccidioides by Christina M. Homer, Elena Ochoa, Mark Voorhies, Anita Sil

“…In this work, we tackle one of the current largest technical barriers to studying the fungus Coccidioides: reliably growing its host form in vitro. …”
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Characteristics of virulence of Puccinia triticina populations and the potential of the Lr24, Lr25, LrSp genes for spring common wheat breeding in the Southern Ural by V. A. Tyunin, E. R. Shreyder, E. I. Gultyaeva, E. L. Shaydayuk

“…The use of these genes and combination of these genes with non-effective ones will allow the genetic diversity of new wheat varieties to be increased and the fungus populations to be stabilized. By now, at the field conditions in the Ural region, the effective combinations of Lr-genes revealed are Lr9+Lr19, Lr9+Lr26, Lr9+Lr37, Lr9+Lr10+Lr26, and Lr9+Lr26+Lr37.…”
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Prevalence of <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> in Amphibians in Northwestern Italy’s Protected Areas by Arianna Meletiadis, Matteo Riccardo Di Nicola, Stefano Bovero, Marco Favelli, Marzia Pezzolato, Stefania Grella, Giusi Rezza, Pier Luigi Acutis

“…Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> (Bd), is a significant threat to global amphibian populations, leading to widespread declines and extinctions. …”
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Synthesis and Pesticidal Activities of 5-(2-Cyclopropylaminopyrimidin-4-yl)-4-(thiophenyl)thiazole Derivatives by Won-Sik Choi, Seok-Woo Nam, Il-Doo Kim, Seung-Han Kim, Kun-Ho Park, In-Kyung Bae, Eun-Sil Park, Hwang-Ju Jeon, Sung-Eun Lee

“…Pesticidal activities of 4-[5-(2-cyclopropylaminopyrimidin-4-yl)-4-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)thiazol-2-yl]-1-methylpiperidine, designated as Comp I, have been determined against a mosquito larva, Culex pipiens pallens, and a phytopathogenic fungus, Phytophthora capsici. Comp I was used as the leading compound in this study. …”
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Evaluation of synthetic wheat lines (Triticum durum/Aegilops tausсhii) for vegetative period and resistance to diseases by V. P. Shamanin, I. V. Pototskaya, S. S. Shepelev, V. E. Pozherukova, A. Yu. Truschenko, A. S. Chursin, A. I. Morgunov

“…Most of the lines demonstrated high and moderate resistance to rust fungus, severity ranging from 5 to 70 % and severity of powdery mildew being 10–90 %. …”
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Fungal and viral entomopathogens as a combined strategy for the biological control of fall armyworm larvae in maize by Juliana Gómez-Valderrama, Paola Cuartas-Otálora, Carlos Espinel-Correal, Gloria Barrera-Cubillos, Laura Villamizar-Rivero

“…In this work, the potential of integrating nucleopolyhedrovirus- (NPV) and the fungus Metarhizium rileyi to control S. frugiperda larvae was evaluated under laboratory, greenhouse, and field conditions. …”
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Powdery mildew resistance of apple clonal rootstocks from the collection of the Michurinsk State Agrarian University by I. N. Shamshin, M. L. Dubrovsky, A. A. Trifonova, K. V. Boris, A. M. Kudryavtsev

“…Production of clonal rootstocks under high humidity often causes powdery mildew infection caused by the pathogenic fungus Podosphaera leucotricha Salm., which significantly reduces the productivity of stoolbed. …”
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Intercropping of Saccharum spp. with Dictyophora indusiata: effects on microbial communities and metabolite profiles during bagasse degradation by Mingzheng Duan, Mingzheng Duan, Xiaojian Wu, Shengfeng Long, Hairong Huang, Xiang Li, Yijie Li, Changning Li, Bin Feng, Jiafu Chen, Defa Zhong, Zhendong Chen, Zeping Wang

“…(sugarcane) with the fungus Dictyophora indusiata together with bagasse amendment represents an innovative circular agriculture method that can enhance soil health, boost sugarcane yields, and increase farm profitability. …”
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POPULATION GENETICS STUDY OF THE WHEAT LEAF RUST AGENT PUCCINIA TRITICINA IN DAGESTAN by E. I. Gultyaeva, E. L. Shaydayuk, K. M. Abdullaev

“…Monitoring of the pathogen's virulence makes it possible to assess the dynamics of the fungus's  variability and correct the results of phytopathological scores  performed in different years. …”
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Elucidation of α-glucosidase inhibitory activity and UHPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS based metabolic profiling of endophytic fungi Alternaria alternata BRN05 isolated from seeds of Swietenia mac... by Piyush Kumar, Sai Anand Kannakazhi Kantari, Ranendra Pratap Biswal, Prasanth Ghanta, Malleswara Dharanikota

“…This study aims to explore and identify novel bioactive metabolites with anti-diabetes potential from Alternaria alternata BRN05, an endophytic fungus isolated from a well-known medicinal plant Swietenia macrophylla King. …”
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Effects of residential acaricide treatments on patterns of pathogen coinfection in blacklegged ticks by Richard S. Ostfeld, Sahar Adish, Stacy Mowry, William Bremer, Shannon Duerr, Andrew S. Evans, Ilya R. Fischhoff, Fiona Keating, Jennifer Pendleton, Ashley Pfister, Marissa Teator, Felicia Keesing, Ala Tabor

“…In control neighbourhoods and those treated with a fungus-based biopesticide deployed against host-seeking ticks (Met52), ticks having only single infections of either B. microti or B. burgdorferi were significantly less common than expected, whereas coinfections with these 2 pathogens were significantly more common. …”
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The geographical distribution, trophic modes, and host preferences of Fomitopsis pinicola in Central Europe: a comprehensive review by Gáper Ján, Gáperová Svetlana, Pristaš Peter, Šebesta Martin, Kollárová Patrícia, Gallay Igor, Slobodník Branko

“…To understand how the geographical distribution, trophic mode and host specificity of this fungus vary across different habitat categories, we analysed its habitat and trophic preferences using Slovakia (Central Europe) as an example. …”
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Alternaria leaf blight of clusterbean by Е. Е. Radchenko, R. A. Abdullaev, N. V. Alpatieva, O. V. Putina, E. L. Gasich

“…Overwhelmingly  the damage to leaf tissues is caused  by the fungus  A. tenuissima (Nees &amp; T. Nees : Fr.) Wiltshire. …”
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In silico comparative genomic analysis unravels a new candidate protein arsenal specifically associated with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis pathogenesis by Hafida Ayada, Boutayna Dhioui, Hamid Mazouz, Abdelhay El harrak, Fatima Jaiti, Bouchra Ouhmidou, Mohammed Diouri, Mohieddine Moumni

“…Abstract Fusarium oxysporum f. sp albedinis (Foa) is a devastating fungus of date palms. To unravel the genetic characteristics associated with its pathogenesis, the two available genomes of Foa 133 and Foa 9 were compared with 49 genomes of 29 other pathogenic formae speciales belonging to Fusarium oxysporum species complex (FOSC). …”
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Decarboxylase mediated oxalic acid metabolism is important to antioxidation and detoxification rather than pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae by Chang Liu, Yi Wei, Yuejia Dang, Wajjiha Batool, Xiaoning Fan, Yan Hu, Zhengquan He, Shihong Zhang

“…In this study, we describe D-erythroascorbic acid-mediated OA synthesis and its metabolic and clearance pathways in rice blast fungus. By knocking out the D-arabino-1,4-lactone oxidase gene (Moalo1), one-third of oxalic acid remained in M. oryzae, indicating a main pathway for oxalic acid production. …”
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Exogenous dsRNA triggers sequence-specific RNAi and fungal stress responses to control Magnaporthe oryzae in Brachypodium distachyon by Ying Zheng, Benjamin Moorlach, Desiree Jakobs-Schönwandt, Anant Patel, Chiara Pastacaldi, Stefan Jacob, Ana R. Sede, Manfred Heinlein, Minna M. Poranen, Karl-Heinz Kogel, Maria Ladera Carmona

“…Incubation of fungal conidia with 10 ng/µL dsRNA, regardless of size or sequence, induced aberrant germ tube elongation, revealing a strong sequence-unspecific effect of dsRNA in this fungus. Accordingly, the synthetic dsRNA analogue poly(I:C) and dsRNA of various sizes and sequences elicited canonical fungal stress pathways, including nuclear accumulation of the stress marker mitogen-activated protein kinase Hog1p and production of ROS. …”
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Lines resistant to downy mildew in the sunflower genetic collection at VIR by V. A. Gavrilova, T. G. Stupnikova, L. G. Makarova, N. V. Alpatieva, Yu. I. Karabitsina, E. B. Kuznetsova, I. A. Anisimova

“…Downy mildew (DM) caused by the fungus Plasmopara halstedii (Farl) Berl. &amp; De Toni) is one of the most harmful diseases of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). …”
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Black Trumpet, Craterellus cornucopioides (L.) Pers.: Culinary Mushroom with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitory and Cytotoxic Activity by Jelena Radović, Aleksandra Leković, Ana Tačić, Margarita Dodevska, Tatjana Stanojković, Tijana Marinković, Čedomir Jelić, Tatjana Kundakovic-Vasović

“…It can be concluded that black trumpet is a good source of nutrients, such as vitamins, dietary fibres, amino acids, nucleotides and fatty acids, which contribute to the overall nutritional value of this fungus with potential for ACE inhibitory activity and use in anti-hypertensive diet.…”
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