The Velvet Complex Is Essential for Sclerotia Formation and Virulence in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum [PDF]
Journal of FungiSclerotinia sclerotiorum is a devastating soilborne fungal pathogen that causes Sclerotinia stem rot in many economically important crops. It forms sclerotia, resilient dormant structures that can persist in soil for years.
Weijie Huang +7 more
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Comparison of Fungi with Sclerotia as Sustainable Materials for Product Design [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 Due to the increasing problems related to environmental pollution, sustainable and biodegradable materials gained importance. Fungi are among the most promising sources as biomaterials and have recently been used in product design.
Karaca Cansu, Karaca Gürsel
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Cultivation and preliminary chemical analyses of the sclerotium-forming, termite fungus garden-associated Xylaria minima [PDF]
MycoKeysXylaria nigripes and its close relatives, specialized for their associations with termite fungus combs, are capable of producing massive sclerotia within the chambers of dead termite nests.
Er-Fu Yang +11 more
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Ustiloxins and Ustilaginoidins in the Sclerotia Generated from Rice False Smut Balls and Their Contents [PDF]
ToxinsRice false smut (RFS) caused by the ascomycete Ustilaginoidea virens (teleomorph: Villosiclava virens) is a destructive fungal disease all over the world. The RFS balls are ball-like colonies transformed from individual grains through the infection of U.
Dan Xu +8 more
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Identification of microbial communities associated with Phymatotrichopsis omnivora sclerotia in two Texas fields [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiomesThe soilborne fungus Phymatotrichopsis omnivora causes a mid- to late-season disease known as cotton root rot (CRR). In the United States, P. omnivora is primarily found in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas in soils that are alkaline, calcareous ...
Maxwell Sturdivant +5 more
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First Detection of Sclerotinia nivalis on Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) in Russia and Comparative Pathogenicity of Sclerotinia Isolates on Carrot [PDF]
PlantsWhite mold of carrot is mainly caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, while Sclerotinia nivalis is rarely reported. This study provides the first molecular confirmation of S. nivalis on carrot in Russia, expanding knowledge of its global distribution.
Viktoriya V. Medvedeva +7 more
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Reverse Genetic Analyses of Hydrophobins in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Revealed Their Diverse Roles in Development, Environmental Survival, and Virulence [PDF]
PathogensSclerotinia sclerotiorum is a notorious soilborne fungal pathogen that causes white mold in a wide range of host plants, leading to globally significant yield loss in many crops. Hydrophobins (HPs) are small, secreted proteins unique to filamentous fungi,
Jinyi Tan +4 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 The filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae, in which sexual reproduction remains to be discovered, proliferates mainly via asexual spores (conidia). Therefore, despite its industrial importance in food fermentation and recombinant protein production ...
Takuya Katayama +3 more
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Sexual Reproduction in Aspergillus flavus Sclerotia: Acquisition of Novel Alleles from Soil Populations and Uniparental Mitochondrial Inheritance. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Aspergillus flavus colonizes agricultural commodities worldwide and contaminates them with carcinogenic aflatoxins. The high genetic diversity of A. flavus populations is largely due to sexual reproduction characterized by the formation of ascospore ...
Bruce W Horn +4 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2022 Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a necrotrophic phytopathogenic fungus that produces sclerotia. Sclerotia are essential components of the survival and disease cycle of this devastating pathogen. In this study, we analyzed comparative transcriptomics of hyphae
Wenli Jiao +7 more
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