The causal agent of rice blast disease, the ascomycete fungus Magnaporthe grisea, infects rice (Oryza sativa) plants by means of specialized infection structures called appressoria, which are formed on the leaf surface and mechanically rupture the cuticle. We have identified a gene, Magnaporthe metallothionein 1 (MMT1), which is highly expressed throughout growth and development by M. grisea an...

The Indian subcontinent is the center of origin and diversity for rice (Oryza sativa L.). The O. sativa ssp. indica is a major food crop grown in India, which occupies the first and second position in area and production, respectively. Blast disease caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is a major constraint to rice production. Here, we report the analysis of genome architecture and sequence variation o...

Oestradiol application during embryonic development reverses the sex of male embryos and results in normal female differentiation in reptiles lacking heteromorphic sex chromosomes, but fails to do so in birds and mammals with heteromorphic sex chromosomes. It is not clear whether the evolution of heteromorphic sex chromosomes in amniotes is accompanied by insensitivity to oestradiol, or if the ...

Abstract Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved degradation process that degrades damaged proteins to maintain homeostasis and protect cells against stress. In this study, we identified characterized a critical autophagy-related protein, UvAtg14, in Ustilaginoidea virens , which the ortholog of MoAtg14 rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzea . UvAtg14 co-localized with UvAtg8 (an autophagy marke...

ABSTRACT Rice blast caused by the Magnaporthe oryzae pathogen is a major disease in this crop, and may cause devastating losses. This study aimed to investigate profile of Waitea circinata mycorrhiza volatile compounds antagonism M. oryzae, under different growth periods temperatures, using completely randomized design. Volatile organic were extracted headspace solid phase microextraction analy...