Effects of Carbon, Nitrogen, Ambient pH and Light on Mycelial Growth, Sporulation, Sorbicillinoid Biosynthesis and Related Gene Expression in Ustilaginoidea virens [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Sorbicillinoids are a class of hexaketide metabolites produced by Ustilaginoidea virens (teleomorph: Villosiclava virens), an important fungal pathogen that causes a devastating rice disease.
Xuping Zhang +8 more
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Transcription Profiling of Rice Panicle in Response to Crude Toxin Extract of Ustilaginoidea virens [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Ustilaginoidea virens infects rice, causing rice false smut disease and reduced yields. During its growth, U. virens can also produce some toxins but less is known about the response mechanisms of the plant to U. virens toxins. U.
Rongtao Fu +9 more
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SUN-Family Protein UvSUN1 Regulates the Development and Virulence of Ustilaginoidea virens [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Ustilaginoidea virens, the causal agent of rice false smut disease, is an important plant pathogen that causes severe quantitative and qualitative losses in rice worldwide. UvSUN1 is the only member of Group-I SUN family proteins in U. virens.
Mina Yu +12 more
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The Velvet Protein UvVEA Regulates Conidiation and Chlamydospore Formation in Ustilaginoidea virens [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Rice false smut, caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, is a serious disease of rice worldwide, severely reducing the quantity and quality of rice production. The conserved fungal velvet proteins are global regulators of diverse cellular processes.
Mina Yu +8 more
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Genome-Wide Identification and Functional Characterization of CCHC-Type Zinc Finger Genes in Ustilaginoidea virens [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Rice false smut caused by Ustilaginoidea virens is a serious disease of rice (Oryza sativa), severely reducing plant mass and yields worldwide. We performed genome-wide analysis of the CCHC-type zinc-finger transcription factor family in this pathogen ...
Xiaoyang Chen +9 more
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UvPomt, an O-Methyltransferase Interacting with UvMAT1-1-3, for Regulating Growth, Stress Tolerance, and Virulence in Ustilaginoidea virens [PDF]
Journal of FungiRice false smut (RFS), caused by Ustilaginoidea virens (teleomorph: Villosiclava virens), is a devastating fungal disease that severely impacts global rice production by reducing both yield and grain quality.
Zhi Li +9 more
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The TOR Signaling Pathway Governs Fungal Development, Virulence and Ustiloxin Biosynthesis in Ustilaginoidea virens [PDF]
Journal of FungiUstilaginoidea virens is an economically important plant pathogen that causes rice false smut, which causes yield reduction and produces mycotoxins in infected grains that pose a serious threat to human and animal health.
Yuejiao Li +7 more
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UvVelC is important for conidiation and pathogenicity in the rice false smut pathogen Ustilaginoidea virens [PDF]
VirulenceRice false smut disease is one of the most significant rice diseases worldwide. Ustilaginoidea virens is the causative agent of this disease. Although several developmental and pathogenic genes have been identified and functionally analyzed, the ...
Mina Yu +8 more
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An Ustilaginoidea virens glycoside hydrolase 42 protein is an essential virulence factor and elicits plant immunity as a PAMP [PDF]
Molecular Plant Pathology, 2023 Wenxian Sun, Zhao Dan
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Host‐induced gene silencing of fungal‐specific genes of Ustilaginoidea virens confers effective resistance to rice false smut [PDF]
Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2022 Lu Zheng
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