Conserved requirement for a plant host cell protein in powdery mildew pathogenesis

Plant MLO proteins: Conserved "disease susceptibility factors" for powdery mildew fungi

Antagonistic control of powdery mildew host cell entry by barley calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs).

Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) are known to play pivotal roles in intracellular signaling during abiotic and biotic stress responses. To unravel potential functions of CDPKs in the course of barley (Hordeum vulgare)-powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis) interactions, we systematically analyzed the HvCDPK gene family. We found that, according to the existence of respective expressed sequ...

Powdery mildew of soybeans.

LIFEGUARD proteins support plant colonization by biotrophic powdery mildew fungi

Pathogenic microbes manipulate eukaryotic cells during invasion and target plant proteins to achieve host susceptibility. BAX INHIBITOR-1 (BI-1) is an endoplasmic reticulum-resident cell death suppressor in plants and animals and is required for full susceptibility of barley to the barley powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei. LIFEGUARD (LFG) proteins resemble BI-1 proteins in te...

A powdery mildew infection on a shared host plant affects the dynamics of the Glanville fritillary butterfly populations

While biotrophic fungal pathogens have generally been considered to have negative effects on phytophagous insects sharing the same host plant, very little is known about whether fungal infection may affect the dynamics of natural insect populations. This study was designed to determine the effects of fungal infection by Podosphaera plantaginis, a powdery mildew, of a shared host plant, Plantago...