The durability of a control method for plant protection is defined as the persistence of its efficacy in space and time. It depends on (i) the selection pressure exerted by it on populations of plant pathogens and (ii) on the capacity of these pathogens to adapt to the control method. Erosion of effectiveness of conventional plant protection methods has been widely studied in the past. For exam...

There are an increasing number of outbreaks of human pathogens related to fresh produce. Thus, the growth of human pathogens on plants should be explored. Human pathogens can survive under the harsh environments in plants, and can adhere and actively invade plants. Plant-associated microbiota or insects contribute to the survival and transmission of enteric pathogens in plants. Human enteric pa...

Plant pathogens are a serious problem for seed export, plant disease control and plant quarantine. Rapid and accurate screening tests are urgently required to protect and prevent plant diseases spreading worldwide. A novel multiplex detection method was developed based on microsphere immunoassays to simultaneously detect four important plant pathogens: a fruit blotch bacterium Acidovorax avenae...

Auxin is a pivotal plant hormone that regulates many aspects of plant growth and development. Auxin signaling is also known to promote plant disease caused by plant pathogens. However, the mechanism by which this hormone confers susceptibility to pathogens is not well understood. Here, we present evidence that fungal and bacterial plant pathogens hijack the host auxin metabolism in Arabidopsis ...

the plant-pathogen interaction is a multifactor process that may lead to resistance or susceptible responses of plant to pathogens. during the arms race between plant and pathogens, various biochemical, molecular and physiological events are triggered in plant cells such as ros signaling, hormone activation and gene expression reprogramming. in plants, micrornas (mirnas) are key post-transcript...

A case is made for the counter-intuitive proposal that plant pathologists and pathological societies should consider development of policies conservation pathogens. First report Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, entitled The State World's Plants Fungi 2020, reviewed briefly. Next, reasons why take this seriously are outlined risks to pathogen diversity assessed. In section all follow, paper focuses o...

Numerous phytopathogenic fungi and Oomycete species cause disease on crop plants. Over the past 17 years a combination of protein purification and forward and reverse genetics has lead to the identification of > 150 distinct pathogenicity and virulence genes required by pathogens to cause disease. Many conserved molecular mechanisms are now recognised that underpin the pathogenesis of very dive...