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Molecular Plant Pathology – Pathogen Profiles

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Latest News

June 2022 BSPP ‘Plant Doctor’ Quiz Now Live – Try your hand at 10 questions on plant pathology symptoms

25th June 2022

Alteration of Plant Species Mixtures by Virus Infection: Managed Pastures, the Forgotten Dimension – a Plant Pathology highlight.

22nd June 2022

BSPP Board Member Nominations Deadline Extended – We are seeking nominations for a new board member -Programme Secretary

20th June 2022

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Upcoming Conferences

BSPP2022 – Microbial lifestyles: from symbionts to pathogens

5th September 2022 - 7th September 2022

The Role of Plant Agricultural Practices on Development of Antimicrobial Resistant Fungi Affecting Human Health: A Workshop Series

27th June 2022 at 10:00 am - 2:00 pm UTC-5

New CONNECTIONS: plant pathology, entomology and the road ahead

28th June 2022 at 8:00 am - 30th June 2022 at 5:00 pm UTC+0

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Pathogen profiles are a new regular feature in Molecular Plant Pathology and BSPPWeb providing an up to-date overview on the latest research on a particular pathogen.

Conifer root and butt rot caused by Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref. s.l. FRED O. ASIEGBU, ALEKSANDRA ADOMAS and JAN STENLID

Cladosporium fulvum (syn. Passalora fulva), a highly specialized plant pathogen as a model for functional studies on plant pathogenic MycosphaerellaceaeBART P. H. J. THOMMA, PEDRO W. CROUS and PIERRE J. G. M. DE WIT

Genotypic and phenotypic diversity in Colletotrichum acutatum, a cosmopolitan pathogen causing anthracnose on a wide range of hostsS. SREENIVASAPRASAD and PEDRO TALHINHAS

Chlorovirus: a genus of Phycodnaviridae that infects certain chlorella-like green algae
Ming Kang, David D. Dunigan and James l. van Etten

Stem rust of small grains and grasses caused by Puccinia graminis
Kurt J. Leonard and Les J. Szabo

Beet poleroviruses: close friends or distant relatives?
Mark Stevens, Benjamin Freeman, Hsing-Yeh Liu, Etienne Herrbach and Olivier Lemaire

Heading for disaster: Fusarium graminearum on cereal crops
Rubella S. Goswam and I. H. Corby Kistler

Turnip yellow mosaic virus: transfer RNA mimicry, chloroplasts and a C-rich genome
Theo W. Dreher

Claviceps purpurea:molecular aspects of a unique pathogenic lifestyle
Paul Tudzynski and Jan Scheffer

Gaeumannomyces graminis, the take-all fungus and its relatives
Jacqeline Freeman and Elaine Ward

Sugarbeet leaf spot disease (Cercospora beticola Sacc.)
John Weiland and Georg Koch

Black currant reversion virus a mite-transmitted nepovirus
Petri Susi

Ustilago maydis, model system for analysis of the molecular basis of fungal pathogenicity
Christoph W. Basse and Gero Steinberg

Xanthomonas axonopodis pv.citri: factors affecting successful eradication of citrus canker
James H, Graham, Tim R. Gottwald, Jaime Cubero & Diann S. Achor

Cotton leaf curl disease, a multicomponent begomovirus complex
Rob W. Briddon

Molecular, ecological and evolutionary approaches to understanding Alternaria diseases of citrus
Kazuya Akimitsu, Tobin L. Peever & L. W. Timmer

Fusarium oxysporum: exploring the molecular arsenal of a vascular wilt fungus
Antonio Di Pietro, Marta P. Madrid, Zaira Caracuel, Jess Delgado-Jarana & M. Isabel G. Roncero

Pantoea agglomerans pvs. gypsophilae and betae, recently evolved pathogens?
Shulamit Manulis & Isaac Barash

Root-knot nematode parasitism and host response: molecular basis of a sophisticated interaction
Pierre Abad, Bruno Favery, Marie-Nolle Rosso, Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

Alternaria spp.: from general saprophyte to specific parasite
Bart P. H. J. Thomma

Downy mildew of Arabidopsis thaliana caused by Hyaloperonospora parasitica (formerly Peronospora parasitica)
Alan J. Slusarenko and Nikolaus L. Schlaich

Xanthomonas citri: breaking the surface
Asha M. Brunings and Dean W. Gabriel

Turnip vein-clearing virus– from pathogen to host expression profileUlrich Melcher

Beet yellows virus: the importance of being different
Valerian V. Dolja

Potato leafroll virus: a classic pathogen shows some new tricks
Michael Taliansky, Mike A. Mayo and Hugh Barker

Soft rot erwiniae: from genes to genomes
Ian K. Toth, Kenneth S. Bell, Maria C. Holeva and Paul R. J. Birch

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, the intracellular dynamics of a plant DNA virus
Yedidya Gafni

Alfalfa mosaic virus: coat protein-dependent initiation of infection
John F. Bol

Cowpea mosaic virus: effects on host cell processes Jeroen Pouwels, Jan E. Carette, Jan Van Lent and Joan Wellink

Cauliflower mosaic virus: still in the news
Muriel Haas, Marina Bureau, Angle Geldreich, Pierre Yot and Mario Keller

Turnip mosaic virus and the quest for durable resistance John A. Walsh and Carol E. Jenner

Barley yellow dwarf virus: Luteoviridae or Tombusviridae?
W. Allen Miller, Sijun Liu and Randy Beckett

Bipolaris sorokiniana, a cereal pathogen of global concern: cytological and molecular approaches towards better control
Jagdish Kumar, Patrick Schfer, Ralph Hckelhoven, Gregor Langen, Helmut Baltruschat, Elke Stein, Subramaniam Nagarajan and Karl-Heinz Kogel

Ralstonia solanacearum: secrets of a major pathogen unveiled by analysis of its genome
Stephane Genin and Christian Boucher

Sugar-beet powdery mildew (Erysiphe betae) Sally Francis

Mycosphaerella graminicola: latent infection, crop devastation and genomics
Claire-Louise Palmer and Wendy Skinner

The tomato powdery mildew fungus Oidium neolycopersici Hannah Jones, John M. Whipps, and Sarah Jane Gurr

Phytophthora infestans enters the genomics era
Paul R. J. Birch & Stephen C. Whisson

Colletotrichum: tales of forcible entry, stealth, transient confinement and
breakout
 tales of forcible entry, stealth, transient confinement and
breakout

Akinwunmi O. Latunde-Dada

Tobacco mosaic virus, not just a single component virus anymore
Elisabeth Knapp & Dennis J. Lewandowski

Cucumber mosaic virus, a model for RNA virus evolution
Marilyn J. Roossinck

Xanthomonas albilineans and the antipathogenesis approach to disease control
Robert G Birch

Erwinia amylovora: the molecular basis of fireblight disease: the molecular basis of fireblight disease
J A Eastgate

Strawberry crinkle virus, a Cytorhabdovirus needing more attention from virologists
K I Posthuma, A N Adams & Y Hong

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato: the right pathogen, of the right plant, at the right time pv. tomato: the right pathogen, of the right plant, at the right time
G M Preston

From host recognition to T-DNA integration: the function of bacterial and plant genes in the Agrobacterium-plant cell interaction
T Tzfira & V Citovsky

Tomato spotted wilt virus – positive steps towards negative success
S Adkins

Brome mosaic virus, good for an RNA virologist’s basic needs
C C Kao & K Sivakumaran

New Disease Report

Latest Publications in Plant Pathology

Is virulence phenotype evolution driven exclusively by Lr gene deployment in French Puccinia triticina populations?

Monitoring of Peronospora destructor oospores from field samples using realtime PCR

Ongoing evolution of Beet necrotic yellow vein virus towards Rz1resistance breaking in Europe

Latest Publications in Molecular Plant Pathology

Hierarchical regulation of Burkholderia glumae type III secretion system by GluR response regulator and Lon protease

Knockout of SlTOM1 and SlTOM3 results in differential resistance to tobamovirus in tomato

A novel maize microRNA negatively regulates resistance to Fusarium verticillioides

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