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Plant Fungal Pathogenesis 2025
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Plant Fungal Pathogenesis 2025

A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2025) | Viewed by 1571

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Dr. Violetta Katarzyna Macioszek

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Department of Biology and Plant Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bialystok, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland
Interests: biotic and abiotic stress; fungal pathogens; plant defense response; plant senescence
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Prof. Dr. Andrzej K. Kononowicz

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Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
Interests: agrobiotechnology; transgenesis; biotic and abiotic stress; plant disease resistance
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Dear Colleagues,

Fungal pathogens are responsible for a vast number of diseases in agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture. This has a great impact on the economics of developing and developed countries all over the world. Microscopic, metabolomic, and molecular biology methods allow for detailed investigations of plant–fungus interactions, shedding new light on different aspects of fungal pathogenesis. In this Special Issue, we welcome original and review papers from all research areas of plant diseases induced by fungi, including plant disease resistance and susceptibility, epidemiology and the control of fungal pathogens, and fungal pathogenesis.

Dr. Violetta Katarzyna Macioszek
Prof. Dr. Andrzej K. Kononowicz
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Keywords

  • fungal pathogens
  • plant–fungus interactions
  • plant fungal disease
  • plant resistance
  • epidemiology and control of fungal pathogens

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Wheat SWI3B Subunit of SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complex Governs Powdery Mildew Susceptibility by Suppressing Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis
by Wanzhen Chen, Yixian Fu, Mengdi Zhang, Wenrui Zhao, Pengfei Zhi and Cheng Chang
J. Fungi 2026, 12(1), 68; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof12010068 - 14 Jan 2026
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The fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis forma specialis tritici (B.g. tritici) infects bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to cause wheat powdery mildew disease. Elucidating the molecular mechanism underlying wheat susceptibility to the pathogenic fungus B.g. tritici could facilitate wheat genetic improvement. [...] Read more.
The fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis forma specialis tritici (B.g. tritici) infects bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to cause wheat powdery mildew disease. Elucidating the molecular mechanism underlying wheat susceptibility to the pathogenic fungus B.g. tritici could facilitate wheat genetic improvement. In this study, we identified the wheat TaSWI3B gene as a novel Susceptibility gene positively regulating wheat susceptibility to B.g. tritici. The TaSWI3B gene encodes the SWI3B subunit of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex. The overexpression of the TaSWI3B gene enhances wheat powdery mildew susceptibility, whereas TaSWI3B silencing results in attenuated wheat powdery mildew susceptibility. Importantly, we found that TaSWI3B could be enriched at the promoter regions of the salicylic acid (SA) biosynthesis activator gene TaSARD1, facilitating nucleosome occupancy and thereby suppressing TaSARD1 transcription and inhibiting SA biosynthesis. Silencing of TaSARD1 and TaICS1 encoding a key enzyme in SA biosynthesis could attenuate the SA biosynthesis and powdery mildew resistance potentiated by knockdown of TaSWI3B expression. Collectively, these results suggest that the SWI3B subunit of the wheat SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex negatively regulates SA biosynthesis by suppressing TaSARD1 transcription at the epigenetic level and thus facilitates wheat powdery mildew susceptibility. Full article
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The Occurrence of Colletotrichum karstii and C. fructicola Causes Anthracnose on Endangered Ethnic Vegetable Yunnanopilia longistaminea in Yunnan, China
by Jian-Wei Guo, Rong-Chuan Tian, Chun-Lian Yang, Lizhi Jia, Su-Yue Zhou, Min Yang, Lifang Li, Penghua Gao, Lei Yu, Murad Muhammad, Ming-Liang Ding and Shi-Kang Shen
J. Fungi 2025, 11(10), 748; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof11100748 - 19 Oct 2025
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The study investigates the morphological and phylogenetic characteristics of Colletotrichum species linked to anthracnose on Yunnanopilia longistaminea (Opiliaceae) in Yunnan, China. From July 2023 to July 2024, foliar anthracnose on Y. longistaminea 20-year-old plants with an incidence rate of 16% and [...] Read more.
The study investigates the morphological and phylogenetic characteristics of Colletotrichum species linked to anthracnose on Yunnanopilia longistaminea (Opiliaceae) in Yunnan, China. From July 2023 to July 2024, foliar anthracnose on Y. longistaminea 20-year-old plants with an incidence rate of 16% and two-year-old seedlings with an incidence rate of >90% were investigated in Yunnan, China. Based on morphological features and molecular approaches, four isolates of Colletotrichum were identified as C. karstii and C. fructicola. Two species were verified to induce foliar anthracnose by validating Koch’s postulates. This is the first report of C. karstii and C. fructicola inducing foliar anthracnose on Y. longistaminea in Yunnan, China, and globally. These findings enhance our understanding of the fungal pathogens affecting Y. longistaminea leaves and provides a theoretical basis of conservation and disease management in the study area. Further research is needed to explore these species’ ecological impacts and potential control measures in agricultural practices and wild resources protection. Full article
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