Fungal Plant Pathogen Control

This study evaluates the antifungal and defence-modulating effects of sodium nitrophenolate product Atonik against fungal trunk diseases in grapevines, showing reduced lesion length and increased defence gene expression.

The paper identifies genes involved in the fungal response to a copper-zinc fungicide using high-throughput screens and transcriptomics, showing limited overlap between the two methods.

The paper analyzes whole-genome sequences from wheat fields to determine how seasonal changes and fungicide use affect genetic variation in Zymoseptoria tritici.

This study evaluates the biocontrol activity of Chlorella sorokoniana aqueous extracts against fungal and oomycete plant pathogens using in vitro, ex vivo, and in planta assays, finding varying effectiveness depending on the pathogen.

This study shows that phenylalanine treatment reduces disease severity caused by various pathogens in both monocot and dicot plants.

The paper investigates the genetic basis of linalool resistance in Botrytis cinerea by analyzing phenotypic and genetic variation across isolates.

This study evaluates the PedMan decision support system for managing peacock eye disease in olive trees, showing it reduces leaf abscission by 60% with optimized fungicide timing.

This study evaluates the compatibility of Trichoderma koningiopsis with fungicides and its field performance for managing soybean charcoal rot across three seasons, finding that environmental conditions significantly affect treatment efficacy.

This study identifies 3-methylpentanoic acid as a natural antifungal compound that suppresses wheat blast disease by targeting UDP-glucose 4-epimerase in the pathogen.

The paper identifies ortholog-restricted cysteines in Z. tritici that are targeted by stereoprobes, revealing potential fungicidal targets for combating wheat pathogens.

The study evaluates fungicide sensitivity of Leptosphaeria maculans isolates from Argentina, finding variability in response to azoxystrobin and boscalid with potential cross-resistance, but no correlation with prothioconazole.

This paper identifies a metabolic shift in Botrytis pseudocinerea, where loss of the botrydial toxin gene cluster and upregulation of botcinin production define its host-specific virulence and ecological niche.

The paper functionally characterizes fungicide resistance mechanisms by expressing Ptt Cyp51 alleles in a fungal pathogen, showing allele-specific resistance and gene regulation differences.

This study investigates D-limonene's antifungal activity against Fusarium oxysporum, showing growth inhibition, morphological changes, and molecular mechanisms involving gene expression and stress sensitivity.

This study performs a genome-wide association study to identify genetic variants linked to DMI fungicide sensitivity in Fusarium graminearum, finding numerous small-effect variants and common QTNs for two fungicides.

This study evaluates strategies for deploying disease-resistant grapevine cultivars and fungicide use to balance disease control, resistance durability, and economic outcomes in vineyards.

This study develops a high-throughput pipeline to discover antifungal resistance in crop pathogens, identifying 2192 resistance-associated genes across a thousand-genome panel of Zymoseptoria tritici.

The paper shows that NCR13_PFV1 peptide protects soybean from Cercospora sojina by multiple mechanisms and works additively with fungicides.

This study assesses the in vitro efficacy of Pilarzox and turmeric against Phytophthora isolates from coconut palms in Jamaica, finding higher fungicide effectiveness compared to turmeric.

This study evaluates ipflufenoquin's efficacy against strawberry fungal pathogens and uses AlphaFold2 and Autodock Vina to predict fungicide sensitivity.

This study evaluates plant-derived metabolites for their antifungal activity against Magnaporthe oryzae, identifying Hecogenin and Cucurbitacin E as promising fungicidal candidates through molecular docking and dynamics simulations.

This study investigates the antifungal mechanism of cymoxanil, finding it disrupts plasma membrane potential and inhibits proton pumps in yeast, suggesting a mode of action involving membrane transport and acidification.

The paper analyzes MFS1 promoter polymorphism in Zymoseptoria tritici field isolates, identifying structural variants linked to multidrug resistance and highlighting a polygenic basis for resistance.