Molecular Biology of Fungal Plant Pathogens
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 6434
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fusarium; mycotoxins; virulence; fungal disease control; mycotoxin control; fungal plant pathogens; molecular biology
Interests: rice blast; fungal development; pathogenesis; genomics; plant-pathogen interactions
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Interests: fungal pathogen; pathogenesis; genomics; plant-pathogen interactions; plant disease control
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant fungal pathogens cause a vast number of plant diseases in agriculture and forestry, which greatly affect the economies of developing and developed countries globally. Fungi undergo morphological transitions to adapt to the changing environment during their life cycles, numerous proteins and molecular pathways participate in these processes to complete fungal growth, reproduction, development, and pathogenicity. Microscopic, metabolomic, and genetic methods allow for detailed investigations of the molecular biology of plant fungal pathogens, which will shed new light on the development of plant disease control. This Special Issue aims to identify the development and pathogenicity-related molecular mechanism in plant fungal pathogens. We welcome Original Research or Review papers that discuss the molecular mechanism underlying the plant fungal growth, development, and pathogenesis.
Prof. Dr. Xin Liu
Dr. Wei Tang
Dr. Yingzi Yun
Dr. Wenying Yu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fungal development
- pathogenesis, functional genomics
- fungi-environment interactions
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