OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Fungal Genetics and Biology is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Fungi, fungicide discovery and global food security	76
Investigating the cell and developmental biology of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae	54
In the fungus where it happens: History and future propelling Aspergillus nidulans as the archetype of natural products research	50
Host-specificity factors in plant pathogenic fungi	46
Development of a marker-free mutagenesis system using CRISPR-Cas9 in the pathogenic mould Aspergillus fumigatus	37
Multiple roles of ABC transporters in yeast	35
Asynchronous development of Zymoseptoria tritici infection in wheat	33
The pheromone response module, a mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway implicated in the regulation of fungal development, secondary metabolism and pathogenicity	28
Advances allowing feasible pyrG gene editing by a CRISPR-Cas9 system for the edible mushroom Pleurotus eryngii	27
Characterization of the asexual developmental genes brlA and wetA in Monascus ruber M7	24
Roles of six Hsp70 genes in virulence, cell wall integrity, antioxidant activity and multiple stress tolerance of Beauveria bassiana	21
Parallel evolution of multiple mechanisms for demethylase inhibitor fungicide resistance in the barley pathogen Pyrenophora teres f. sp. maculata	21
Fungal cross-talk: an integrated approach to study distance communication	20
Update on the state of research to manage Fusarium head blight	20
System-wide characterization of subtilases reveals that subtilisin-like protease FgPrb1 of Fusarium graminearum regulates fungal development and virulence	20
Carbon catabolite repressor MoCreA is required for the asexual development and pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus	18
SsCat2 encodes a catalase that is critical for the antioxidant response, QoI fungicide sensitivity, and pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	18
Identification of the pigment and its role in UV resistance in Paecilomyces variotii, a Chernobyl isolate, using genetic manipulation strategies	16
Functional analyses of Pleurotus ostreatus pcc1 and clp1 using CRISPR/Cas9	16
Identification of the polyketide synthase PKS7 responsible for the production of lecanoric acid and ethyl lecanorate in Claviceps purpurea	16
Detailed analysis of the D-galactose catabolic pathways in Aspergillus niger reveals complexity at both metabolic and regulatory level	15
Characterization of microRNA-like RNAs associated with sclerotial development in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	15
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis harmonizes nuclear dynamics in the presence of distinct abiotic factors	14
The H4K20 methyltransferase Kmt5 is involved in secondary metabolism and stress response in phytopathogenic Fusarium species	14
Fatty acid dioxygenase-cytochrome P450 fusion enzymes of filamentous fungal pathogens	13

CsAtf1, a bZIP transcription factor, is involved in fludioxonil sensitivity and virulence in the rubber tree anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum siamense	13
Oral-fecal mycobiome in wild and captive cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis)	13
Influence of glucose on xylose metabolization by Spathaspora passalidarum	12
Functional roles of all five putative hydrophobin genes in growth, development, and secondary metabolism in Fusarium graminearum	12
Polyketides produced by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae induce Candida albicans growth	12
SsATG8 and SsNBR1 mediated-autophagy is required for fungal development, proteasomal stress response and virulence in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	12
Molecular mechanism of fluconazole resistance and pathogenicity attributes of Lebanese Candida albicans hospital isolates	12
Pathogenicity of Metarhizium rileyi against Spodoptera litura larvae: Appressorium differentiation, proliferation in hemolymph, immune interaction, and reemergence of mycelium	12
An intergenic “safe haven” region in Cryptococcus neoformans serotype D genomes	12
F-box only and CUE proteins are crucial ubiquitination-associated components for conidiation and pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae	12
FgPsd2, a phosphatidylserine decarboxylase of Fusarium graminearum, regulates development and virulence	12
Botrytis cinerea methyl isocitrate lyase mediates oxidative stress tolerance and programmed cell death by modulating cellular succinate levels	11
Fungal cell death: The beginning of the end	11
Diversity of Omega Glutathione Transferases in mushroom-forming fungi revealed by phylogenetic, transcriptomic, biochemical and structural approaches	11
Role of beta-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase in lipid biosynthesis of the oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina	11
Participation of Zip3, a ZIP domain-containing protein, in stress response and virulence in Cryptococcus gattii	11
Comparative transcriptome analysis of abnormal cap and healthy fruiting bodies of the edible mushroom Lentinula edodes	11
A peroxisomal sterol carrier protein 2 (Scp2) contributes to lipid trafficking in differentiation and virulence of the insect pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana	11
Adaptive responses of Kluyveromyces marxianus CCT 7735 to 2-phenylethanol stress: Alterations in membrane fatty-acid composition, ergosterol content, exopolysaccharide production and reduction in reac	11
Bioprospecting of the probiotic potential of yeasts isolated from a wine environment	10
Overexpression of chitinase in the endophyte Phomopsis liquidambaris enhances wheat resistance to Fusarium graminearum	10
Biological characterization of the melanin biosynthesis gene Bcscd1 in the plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea	10
Cadmium hyperaccumulating mushroom Cystoderma carcharias has two metallothionein isoforms usable for cadmium and copper storage	10
Investigation of citrinin and monacolin K gene clusters variation among pigment producer Monascus species	10
Ras2 is important for growth and pathogenicity in Fusarium circinatum	10
MaPmt1, a protein O-mannosyltransferase, contributes to virulence through governing the appressorium turgor pressure in Metarhizium acridum	10
Mating-type locus rearrangements and shifts in thallism states in Citrus-associated Phyllosticta species	9
Targeted disruption of hir1 alters the transcriptional expression pattern of putative lignocellulolytic genes in the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus	9
Pseudoflowers produced by Fusarium xyrophilum on yellow-eyed grass (Xyris spp.) in Guyana: A novel floral mimicry system?	9
The spindle pole-body localization of activated cytoplasmic dynein is cell cycle-dependent in Aspergillus nidulans	9
Multiple scenarios for sexual crosses in the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici on wheat residues: Potential consequences for virulence gene transmission	9
Epiphytic proliferation of Zymoseptoria tritici isolates on resistant wheat leaves	9
The type II phosphoinositide 4-kinase FgLsb6 is important for the development and virulence of Fusarium graminearum	9
A genome-wide genetic linkage map and reference quality genome sequence for a new race in the wheat pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis	9
Regulation of conidiation, polarity growth, and pathogenicity by MrSte12 transcription factor in entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium rileyi	9
Efficient genome editing using endogenous U6 snRNA promoter-driven CRISPR/Cas9 sgRNA in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	8
Single nucleotide polymorphisms and chromosomal copy number variation may impact the Sporothrix brasiliensis antifungal susceptibility and sporotrichosis clinical outcomes	8
Genetic map and heritability of Aspergillus flavus	8
Population genetic structure and migration patterns of the maize pathogenic fungus, Cercospora zeina in East and Southern Africa	8
Chromosome-level de novo assembly of Coprinopsis cinerea A43mut B43mut pab1-1 #326 and genetic variant identification of mutants using Nanopore MinION sequencing	8
Distinctive carbon repression effects in the carbohydrate-selective wood decay fungus Rhodonia placenta	8
Marker-free CRISPR-Cas9 based genetic engineering of the phytopathogenic fungus, Penicillium expansum	8
The D-galacturonic acid catabolic pathway genes differentially regulate virulence and salinity response in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	8
Analysis of genomic characteristics and their influence on metabolism in Aspergillus luchuensis albino mutants using genome sequencing	8