The rice leaf blast pathogen undergoes developmental processes typical of root-infecting fungi
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The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea causes one of the most damaging diseases of cultivated rice and has emerged as a paradigm system for investigation of foliar pathogenicity. The series of well-defined developmental steps that the fungus undergoes during leaf infection, including the formation of elaborate penetration structures are studied and a new facet of the M. grisea life cycle in which the fungus undergoes a different set of programmed developmental events that are typical of root-infecting pathogens is shown.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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A champion thallus
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A thallus of the fungus Armillaria has been discovered that is thought to weigh more than 10,000 kilograms and to be about 1,500 years old. M.L. Smith and associates employed the 'random amplified polymorphic DNA' method, along with analyses of vegetative compatibility and mating type, to determine the number of genetic individuals in an Armillaria thallus. The resulting hypothesis that some individual Armillaria are among the largest and oldest organisms ever found merits further research.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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The rise of the hybrid fungi
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A new hybrid rust fungus that attacks poplar trees is described.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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