Molecular Plant Pathology

Papers
(The TQCC of Molecular Plant Pathology is 11. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus: An emerging and rapidly spreading plant RNA virus that threatens tomato production worldwide86
Transcription factor control of virulence in phytopathogenic fungi67
A centenary for bacterial spot of tomato and pepper55
Soybean anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum species: Current status and future prospects53
FoEG1, a secreted glycoside hydrolase family 12 protein from Fusariumoxysporum, triggers cell death and modulates plant immunity52
The evolutionary and molecular features of the broad‐host‐range plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum50
AtPME17 is a functional Arabidopsis thaliana pectin methylesterase regulated by its PRO region that triggers PME activity in the resistance to Botrytis cinerea49
Current progress on pathogenicity‐related transcription factors in Fusarium oxysporum43
The function of plant PR1 and other members of the CAP protein superfamily in plant–pathogen interactions43
A nonspecific lipid transfer protein, StLTP10, mediates resistance to Phytophthora infestans in potato40
A conserved double‐W box in the promoter of CaWRKY40 mediates autoregulation during response to pathogen attack and heat stress in pepper39
Potato cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and Gpallida39
SWEET genes and TAL effectors for disease resistance in plants: Present status and future prospects36
The clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae: A profile update36
Extracellular vesicles: Their functions in plant–pathogen interactions35
Targeting of SPCSV‐RNase3 via CRISPR‐Cas13 confers resistance against sweet potato virus disease35
Verticillium dahliae secreted protein Vd424Y is required for full virulence, targets the nucleus of plant cells, and induces cell death34
The transcription factors VaERF16 and VaMYB306 interact to enhance resistance of grapevine to Botrytis cinerea infection33
Pathogens pulling the strings: Effectors manipulating salicylic acid and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis in plants32
Interplay between abiotic (drought) and biotic (virus) stresses in tomato plants31
Glutathione contributes to resistance responses to TMV through a differential modulation of salicylic acid and reactive oxygen species30
Three LysM effectors of Zymoseptoria tritici collectively disarm chitin‐triggered plant immunity30
Pseudomonas viridiflava: An internal outsider of the Pseudomonas syringae species complex28
Lipid transfer proteins involved in plant–pathogen interactions and their molecular mechanisms27
Plasmopara viticola effector PvRXLR111 stabilizes VvWRKY40 to promote virulence27
Identification of genetic determinants of tomato brown rugose fruit virus that enable infection of plants harbouring the Tm‐22 resistance gene27
CGTase, a novel antimicrobial protein from Bacillus cereus YUPP‐10, suppresses Verticillium dahliae and mediates plant defence responses27
Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (VdSOD1) mediates reactive oxygen species detoxification and modulates virulence in Verticillium dahliae27
ARGONAUTE 2 increases rice susceptibility to rice black‐streaked dwarf virus infection by epigenetically regulating HEXOKINASE 1 expression26
Cassava diseases caused byXanthomonas phaseolipv.manihotisandXanthomonas cassavae26
Organic acid, a virulence factor for pathogenic fungi, causing postharvest decay in fruits26
A CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated in situ complementation method for Phytophthora sojae mutants26
The master role of siRNAs in plant immunity26
Role of the methionine cycle in the temperature‐sensitive responses of potato plants to potato virus Y26
Xylella fastidiosa causes transcriptional shifts that precede tylose formation and starch depletion in xylem26
Mechanism of validamycin A inhibiting DON biosynthesis and synergizing with DMI fungicides against Fusarium graminearum25
The Meloidogyne javanica effector Mj2G02 interferes with jasmonic acid signalling to suppress cell death and promote parasitism in Arabidopsis25
A Cas12a‐based gene editing system for Phytophthora infestans reveals monoallelic expression of an elicitor25
Xanthomonas hortorum – beyond gardens: Current taxonomy, genomics, and virulence repertoires25
Remarkable recent changes in the genetic diversity of the avirulence gene AvrStb6 in global populations of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici24
The MoPah1 phosphatidate phosphatase is involved in lipid metabolism, development, and pathogenesis in Magnaporthe oryzae24
CRISPR/Cas‐based tools for the targeted control of plant viruses24
Ethylene‐responsive factor ERF114 mediates fungal pathogen effector PevD1‐induced disease resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana24
Red light imaging for programmed cell death visualization and quantification in plant–pathogen interactions24
Genome‐wide alternative splicing profiling in the fungal plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum during the colonization of diverse host families23
Functional roles of LaeA, polyketide synthase, and glucose oxidase in the regulation of ochratoxin A biosynthesis and virulence in Aspergillus carbonarius23
Ascochyta rabiei: A threat to global chickpea production23
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Thioredoxin1 (SsTrx1) is required for pathogenicity and oxidative stress tolerance23
A novel pine wood nematode effector, BxSCD1, suppresses plant immunity and interacts with an ethylene‐forming enzyme in pine22
SnRK1.1‐mediated resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana to clubroot disease is inhibited by the novel Plasmodiophora brassicae effector PBZF122
Common bacterial blight of bean: a model of seed transmission and pathological convergence22
A haustorial‐expressed lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase from the cucurbit powdery mildew pathogen Podosphaera xanthii contributes to the suppression of chitin‐triggered immunity22
The identification of a transposon affecting the asexual reproduction of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici22
Analysis of the transcriptomic, metabolomic, and gene regulatory responses to Puccinia sorghi in maize21
Priming for enhanced ARGONAUTE2 activation accompanies induced resistance to cucumber mosaic virus in Arabidopsis thaliana21
Hop stunt viroid: A polyphagous pathogenic RNA that has shed light on viroid–host interactions21
Potato virus X: A global potato‐infecting virus and type member of thePotexvirusgenus21
RNA N6‐methyladenosine modification suppresses replication of rice black streaked dwarf virus and is associated with virus persistence in its insect vector21
Vm‐milR37 contributes to pathogenicity by regulating glutathione peroxidase gene VmGP in Valsa mali21
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato infection of tomato plants is mediated by GABA and l‐Pro chemoperception20
Strategies to combat the problem of yam anthracnose disease: Status and prospects20
When a knockout is an Achilles’ heel: Resistance to one potyvirus species triggers hypersusceptibility to another one in Arabidopsis thaliana19
The plasma membrane H+‐ATPase FgPMA1 regulates the development, pathogenicity, and phenamacril sensitivity of Fusarium graminearum by interacting with FgMyo‐5 and FgBmh219
Immunity functions of Arabidopsis pathogenesis‐related 1 are coupled but not confined to its C‐terminus processing and trafficking19
Effects of cotton–maize rotation on soil microbiome structure19
Dehydroascorbate induces plant resistance in rice against root‐knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola19
Manipulation of auxin signalling by plant viruses19
Current status and future prospects of grapevine anthracnose caused by Elsinoe ampelina: An important disease in humid grape‐growing regions19
Naringenin confers defence against Phytophthora nicotianae through antimicrobial activity and induction of pathogen resistance in tobacco19
Pathogen effectors: What do they do at plasmodesmata?19
The COMPASS‐like complex modulates fungal development and pathogenesis by regulating H3K4me3‐mediated targeted gene expression in Magnaporthe oryzae18
Alternative splicing as a key player in the fine‐tuning of the immunity response in Arabidopsis18
Xanthomonas transcriptome inside cauliflower hydathodes reveals bacterial virulence strategies and physiological adaptations at early infection stages18
A new avirulence gene of Leptosphaeria maculans, AvrLm14, identifies a resistance source in American broccoli (Brassica oleracea) genotypes18
Bacterial ring rot of potato caused by Clavibacter sepedonicus: A successful example of defeating the enemy under international regulations18
MoWhi2 regulates appressorium formation and pathogenicity via the MoTor signalling pathway in Magnaporthe oryzae18
The C5 protein encoded by Ageratum leaf curl Sichuan virus is a virulence factor and contributes to the virus infection17
Live‐cell imaging elaborating epidermal invasion and vascular proliferation/colonization strategy of Verticillium dahliae in host plants17
Photosynthesis‐related genes induce resistance against soybean mosaic virus: Evidence for involvement of the RNA silencing pathway17
Cotton GhSSI2 isoforms from the stearoyl acyl carrier protein fatty acid desaturase family regulate Verticillium wilt resistance17
BRASSINOSTEROID‐SIGNALLING KINASES 7 and 8 associate with the FLS2 immune receptor and are required for flg22‐induced PTI responses17
Study of natural diversity in response to a key pathogenicity regulator of Ralstonia solanacearum reveals new susceptibility genes in Arabidopsis thaliana17
Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis and pv. corylina: Brothers or distant relatives? Genetic clues, epidemiology, and insights for disease management17
A prophage‐encoded nonclassical secretory protein of “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” induces a strong immune response in Nicotiana benthamiana and citrus17
Potato StMPK7 is a downstream component of StMKK1 and promotes resistance to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans17
High Plains wheat mosaic virus: An enigmatic disease of wheat and corn causing the High Plains disease16
Overexpressing the N‐terminus of CATALASE2 enhances plant jasmonic acid biosynthesis and resistance to necrotrophic pathogen Botrytis cinerea B05.1016
Ethylene‐induced NbMYB4L is involved in resistance against tobacco mosaic virus in Nicotiana benthamiana16
Endocytic protein Pal1 regulates appressorium formation and is required for full virulence ofMagnaporthe oryzae16
Nicotiana benthamiana asparagine synthetase associates with IP‐L and confers resistance against tobacco mosaic virus via the asparagine‐induced salicylic acid signalling pathway16
Identification of RipAZ1 as an avirulence determinant of Ralstonia solanacearum in Solanum americanum16
A rice gene encoding glycosyl hydrolase plays contrasting roles in immunity depending on the type of pathogens16
A novel effector, CsSp1, from Bipolaris sorokiniana, is essential for colonization in wheat and is also involved in triggering host immunity16
Microtubule‐assisted mechanism for toxisome assembly in Fusarium graminearum15
Coordinated control of the type IV pili and c‐di‐GMP‐dependent antifungal antibiotic production in Lysobacter by the response regulator PilR15
Transcription factor SsFoxE3 activating SsAtg8 is critical for sclerotia, compound appressoria formation, and pathogenicity in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum15
The apple FERONIA receptor‐like kinase MdMRLK2 negatively regulates Valsa canker resistance by suppressing defence responses and hypersensitive reaction15
Identification and characterization of Cercospora beticola necrosis‐inducing effector CbNip115
Functional validation of pathogenicity genes in rice sheath blight pathogen Rhizoctonia solani by a novel host‐induced gene silencing system15
Molecular characterization reveals no functional evidence for naturally occurring cross‐kingdom RNA interference in the early stages of Botrytis cinerea–tomato interaction15
Overexpression of OsHAK5 potassium transporter enhances virus resistance in rice (Oryza sativa)15
Rice ubiquitin‐conjugating enzyme OsUBC26 is essential for immunity to the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae15
PhcQ mainly contributes to the regulation of quorum sensing‐dependent genes, in which PhcR is partially involved, in Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1‐115
The hop downy mildew pathogen Pseudoperonospora humuli15
Site‐specific analysis reveals candidate cross‐kingdom small RNAs, tRNA and rRNA fragments, and signs of fungal RNA phasing in the barley–powdery mildew interaction15
Molecular insights into the biochemical functions and signalling mechanisms of plant NLRs15
Pattern‐triggered immunity restricts host colonization by endophytic fusaria, but does not affect endophyte‐mediated resistance15
An unconventionally secreted effector from the root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita, Mi‐ISC‐1, promotes parasitism by disrupting salicylic acid biosynthesis in host plants15
The amino acid permease (AAP) genes CsAAP2A and SlAAP5A/B are required for oomycete susceptibility in cucumber and tomato14
A secreted ribonuclease effector from Verticillium dahliae localizes in the plant nucleus to modulate host immunity14
A novel robust and high‐throughput method to measure cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves by fluorescence imaging14
Modification of the N‐terminal FWKG−αH1 element of potyviral HC‐Pro affects its multiple functions and generates effective attenuated mutants for cross‐protection14
Knockout of SlTOM1 and SlTOM3 results in differential resistance to tobamovirus in tomato13
The diffusible signal factor synthase, RpfF, in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is required for the maintenance of membrane integrity and virulence13
The N‐terminus of a Fusarium graminearum‐secreted protein enhances broad‐spectrum disease resistance in plants13
An ERF121 transcription factor from Brassicaoleracea is a target for the conserved TAL‐effectors from different Xanthomonascampestris pv. campestris strains13
TOR inhibition primes immunity and pathogen resistance in tomato in a salicylic acid‐dependent manner13
The putative sensor histidine kinase PhcK is required for the full expression of phcA encoding the global transcriptional regulator to drive the quorum‐sensing circuit of Ralstonia solanacea13
Genome‐wide shifts in histone modifications at early stage of rice infection with Meloidogyne graminicola13
A CysB regulator positively regulates cysteine synthesis, expression of type III secretion system genes, and pathogenicity in Ralstonia solanacearum13
RNAi‐mediated stable silencing of TaCSN5 confers broad‐spectrum resistance to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici13
Rootstock influences the effect of grapevine leafroll‐associated viruses on berry development and metabolism via abscisic acid signalling13
Kinase‐dead mutation: A novel strategy for improving soybean resistance to soybean cyst nematode Heterodera glycines13
Synchytrium endobioticum, the potato wart disease pathogen13
Progress in pathogenesis research of Ustilago maydis, and the metabolites involved along with their biosynthesis13
Mucin Msb2 cooperates with the transmembrane protein Sho1 in various plant surface signal sensing and pathogenic processes in the poplar anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides13
Cotton leafroll dwarf disease: An enigmatic viral disease in cotton12
Valsa mali secretes an effector protein VmEP1 to target a K homology domain‐containing protein for virulence in apple12
The secreted ribonuclease T2 protein FoRnt2 contributes to Fusarium oxysporum virulence12
CcPmk1 is a regulator of pathogenicity in Cytospora chrysosperma and can be used as a potential target for disease control12
Exogenous double‐stranded RNA inhibits the infection physiology of rust fungi to reduce symptoms in planta12
Nuclear effectors of plant pathogens: Distinct strategies to be one step ahead12
Novel factors contributing to fungal pathogenicity at early stages of Setosphaeria turcica infection12
Pexophagy is critical for fungal development, stress response, and virulence in Alternaria alternata12
Two independent approaches converge to the cloning of a new Leptosphaeria maculans avirulence effector gene, AvrLmS‐Lep212
Cucumber RDR1s and cucumber mosaic virus suppressor protein 2b association directs host defence in cucumber plants12
Chorismate mutase and isochorismatase, two potential effectors of the migratory nematode Hirschmanniella oryzae, increase host susceptibility by manipulating secondary metabolite content of ric12
Activation of the BABA‐induced priming defence through redox homeostasis and the modules of TGA1 and MAPKK5 in postharvest peach fruit12
Rice stripe virus activates the bZIP17/28 branch of the unfolded protein response signalling pathway to promote viral infection12
The barley HvSTP13GR mutant triggers resistance against biotrophic fungi12
A group I WRKY transcription factor regulates mulberry mosaic dwarf‐associated virus‐triggered cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana12
Establishment of a novel virus‐induced virulence effector assay for the identification of virulence effectors of plant pathogens using a PVX‐based expression vector12
Identification of viral particles in the apoplast of Nicotianabenthamiana leaves infected by potato virus X11
Plant defensin MtDef4‐derived antifungal peptide with multiple modes of action and potential as a bio‐inspired fungicide11
Actin‐bundling protein fimbrin regulates pathogenicity via organizing F‐actin dynamics during appressorium development in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides11
Clavibacter nebraskensis causing Goss's wilt of maize: Five decades of detaining the enemy in the New World11
Spray‐induced gene silencing to identify powdery mildew gene targets and processes for powdery mildew control11
The retromer CSC subcomplex is recruited by MoYpt7 and sequentially sorted by MoVps17 for effective conidiation and pathogenicity of the rice blast fungus11
Maize seed endophytes11
A single gene in Fusarium oxysporum limits host range11
RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase 1 delays the accumulation of viroids in infected plants11
GhADF6‐mediated actin reorganization is associated with defence against Verticillium dahliae infection in cotton11
Characterization of two infection‐induced transcription factors of Magnaporthe oryzae reveals their roles in regulating early infection and effector expression11
Use of virus‐induced gene silencing to characterize genes involved in modulating hypersensitive cell death in maize11
Badnaviruses and banana genomes: a long association sheds light on Musa phylogeny and origin11
CsrD regulates amylovoran biosynthesis and virulence in Erwinia amylovora in a novel cyclic‐di‐GMP dependent manner11
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