Venturia inaequalis and V. pirina are Dothideomycete fungi that cause apple scab and pear scab disease, respectively. Whole genome sequencing of V. inaequalis and V. pirina isolates has revealed predicted proteins with sequence similarity to AvrLm6, a Leptosphaeria maculans effector that triggers a resistance response in Brassica napus and B. juncea carrying the resistance gene, Rlm6. AvrLm6-li...

Brassica napus (canola) cultivars and isolates of the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans interact in a 'gene for gene' manner whereby plant resistance (R) genes are complementary to pathogen avirulence (Avr) genes. Avirulence genes encode proteins that belong to a class of pathogen molecules known as effectors, which includes small secreted proteins that play a role in disease. In Australi...

Leptosphaeria maculans is a hemibiotrophic fungus that causes blackleg of canola (Brassica napus), one of the most devastating diseases of this crop. In the present study, transcriptome profiling of L. maculans was performed in an effort to understand and define the pathogenicity genes that govern both the biotrophic and the necrotrophic phase of the fungus, as well as those that separate a com...

Drought and salinity can be serious problems for agricultural productivity in certain planet areas. Leptosphaeria maculans is the causative agent of blackleg crucifer plants. In this work, a novel methodology studying effects fungal metabolites (volatile non-volatile) on plant calli presence abiotic stresses presented, by using L. maculans, tomato calli, drought stresses. way, study has reporte...

Abstract Blackleg (stem canker) of crucifers is a globally important disease caused by multiple genetic subclades the fungi Plenodomus lingam (syn.: Leptosphaeria maculans ) and biglobosus biglobosa ). In our study, we monitored geographical distribution these two pathogen species from rapeseed growing areas in Hungary. Multiplex PCR identified 48.7% isolates as , which indicates non-recent int...