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Recent Molecular Research in Interaction of Plants and Fungi

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2025) | Viewed by 3483

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Dr. Sandra Pereira

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Department of Biology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Interests: plant physiology; biochemistry; climate change; mitigation strategies; sustainable agriculture
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Dear Colleagues,

Study the complex communities of microorganisms, that live in and around plant roots, allows to understand how plants and fungi interact and how these interactions affect ecosystem processes. In fact, plants and fungi interact in a variety of ways that can impact, positively or negatively, crop yield and quality. Understanding these interactions can help farmers to optimize plant-fungi relationships and improve crop production. Fungi also play important roles in many ecosystems, including as decomposers and as partners in mutualistic relationships with plants, and some of them produce bioactive compounds that have potential therapeutic properties, such as antibiotics, immunosuppressants, and anticancer agents. Furthermore, some fungi also have an important role in bioremediation, since they have the ability to break down toxic pollutants in soil, making them an attractive option for cleaning up contaminated sites. Plants and fungi also play important roles in the carbon cycle, which is affected by climate change. Advances in genetics and molecular biology, genomics and transcriptomics, metabolomics, and functional ecology are relevant to the study of plant-fungi interactions and could fit within the scope of this special issue.

Dr. Sandra Pereira
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Keywords

  • plant-fungi interactions
  • soil microorganisms
  • ecosystem processes
  • crop yield
  • bioactive compounds
  • bioremediation
  • mutualistic relationships
  • carbon cycle
  • climate change

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Analysis of Whole-Genome for Identification of Seven Penicillium Species with Significant Economic Value
by Yuanhao Huang, Lianguo Fu, Yutong Gan, Guihong Qi, Lijun Hao, Tianyi Xin, Wenjie Xu and Jingyuan Song
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(15), 8172; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25158172 - 26 Jul 2024
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The Penicillium genus exhibits a broad global distribution and holds substantial economic value in sectors including agriculture, industry, and medicine. Particularly in agriculture, Penicillium species significantly impact plants, causing diseases and contamination that adversely affect crop yields and quality. Timely detection of Penicillium [...] Read more.
The Penicillium genus exhibits a broad global distribution and holds substantial economic value in sectors including agriculture, industry, and medicine. Particularly in agriculture, Penicillium species significantly impact plants, causing diseases and contamination that adversely affect crop yields and quality. Timely detection of Penicillium species is crucial for controlling disease and preventing mycotoxins from entering the food chain. To tackle this issue, we implement a novel species identification approach called Analysis of whole GEnome (AGE). Here, we initially applied bioinformatics analysis to construct specific target sequence libraries from the whole genomes of seven Penicillium species with significant economic impact: P. canescens, P. citrinum, P. oxalicum, P. polonicum, P. paneum, P. rubens, and P. roqueforti. We successfully identified seven Penicillium species using the target we screened combined with Sanger sequencing and CRISPR-Cas12a technologies. Notably, based on CRISPR-Cas12a technology, AGE can achieve rapid and accurate identification of genomic DNA samples at a concentration as low as 0.01 ng/µL within 30 min. This method features high sensitivity and portability, making it suitable for on-site detection. This robust molecular approach provides precise fungal species identification with broad implications for agricultural control, industrial production, clinical diagnostics, and food safety. Full article
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Molecular Mechanism of Resistance to Alternaria alternata Apple Pathotype in Apple by Alternative Splicing of Transcription Factor MdMYB6-like
by Xianqi Zeng, Chao Wu, Lulu Zhang, Liming Lan, Weihong Fu and Sanhong Wang
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(8), 4353; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25084353 - 15 Apr 2024
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As a fruit tree with great economic value, apple is widely cultivated in China. However, apple leaf spot disease causes significant damage to apple quality and economic value. In our study, we found that MdMYB6-like is a transcription factor without auto-activation activity and [...] Read more.
As a fruit tree with great economic value, apple is widely cultivated in China. However, apple leaf spot disease causes significant damage to apple quality and economic value. In our study, we found that MdMYB6-like is a transcription factor without auto-activation activity and with three alternative spliced variants. Among them, MdMYB6-like-β responded positively to the pathogen infection. Overexpression of MdMYB6-like-β increased the lignin content of leaves and improved the pathogenic resistance of apple flesh callus. In addition, all three alternative spliced variants of MdMYB6-like could bind to the promoter of MdBGLU H. Therefore, we believe that MdMYB6-like plays an important role in the infection process of the pathogen and lays a solid foundation for breeding disease-resistant cultivars of apple in the future. Full article
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