Accurate delimitation of plant pathogenic fungi is critical for the establishment of quarantine regulations,tests of plant resistance to pathogens and study of ecosystem function.Concatenation analysi
Parasitoidism refers to a major form of inter-species interactions where parasitoids sterilize and/or killtheir hosts typically before hosts reach reproductive age.However,relatively little is known a
All orchids are dependent upon fungal symbionts for the provision of major nutrients such as carbon and nitrogen at least during the achlorophyllous protocorm stage and in many cases throughout the li
The Didymellaceae was established in 2009 to accommodate Ascochyta,Didymella and Phoma,as well as several related phoma-like genera,containing numerous plant pathogenic,saprobic and endophytic species
Single-celled organisms have different strategies to sense and utilize nutrients in their ever-changingenvironments.The opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans is a common member of the human m
Ergosterol is a major and specific component of the fungal plasma membrane,thus the cytochrome P450 enzymes(Erg proteins)that catalyze ergosterol synthesis have been selected as valuable targets of az