New developments in pathogenicity and virulence of necrotrophs

It was generally considered that necrotrophic plant pathogenic fungi possessed simplistic pathogenic mechanisms being typically reliant on ‘blasting’ their way through host tissue with a battery of lytic and degradative enzymes. However recent studies have suggested that this is not true and that ne...

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Main Authors: Oliver, Richard, Solomon, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43052
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description It was generally considered that necrotrophic plant pathogenic fungi possessed simplistic pathogenic mechanisms being typically reliant on ‘blasting’ their way through host tissue with a battery of lytic and degradative enzymes. However recent studies have suggested that this is not true and that necrotrophic fungal pathogens can subtly manipulate the host during infection in a manner similar to biotrophic pathogens. For example, it has been demonstrated that the wheat pathogens Stagonospora nodorum and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis secrete small unique proteins (effectors) that are internalised by host cells and interact with the host in a gene-for-gene relationship to initiate disease, albeit in an inverse manner compared to biotrophs. This paper reviews recent developments in necrotrophic fungal pathogenicity throughout a critical period that arguably saw this field come of age.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-430522019-05-17T03:17:43Z New developments in pathogenicity and virulence of necrotrophs Oliver, Richard Solomon, P. It was generally considered that necrotrophic plant pathogenic fungi possessed simplistic pathogenic mechanisms being typically reliant on ‘blasting’ their way through host tissue with a battery of lytic and degradative enzymes. However recent studies have suggested that this is not true and that necrotrophic fungal pathogens can subtly manipulate the host during infection in a manner similar to biotrophic pathogens. For example, it has been demonstrated that the wheat pathogens Stagonospora nodorum and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis secrete small unique proteins (effectors) that are internalised by host cells and interact with the host in a gene-for-gene relationship to initiate disease, albeit in an inverse manner compared to biotrophs. This paper reviews recent developments in necrotrophic fungal pathogenicity throughout a critical period that arguably saw this field come of age. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43052 10.1016/j.pbi.2010.05.003 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle Oliver, Richard
Solomon, P.
New developments in pathogenicity and virulence of necrotrophs
title New developments in pathogenicity and virulence of necrotrophs
title_full New developments in pathogenicity and virulence of necrotrophs
title_fullStr New developments in pathogenicity and virulence of necrotrophs
title_full_unstemmed New developments in pathogenicity and virulence of necrotrophs
title_short New developments in pathogenicity and virulence of necrotrophs
title_sort new developments in pathogenicity and virulence of necrotrophs
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43052