Background We describe novel plasmid vectors for transient gene expression using
Agrobacterium, infiltrated into Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. We have generated a series of …

The glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (gpdA) has been identified from a
genomic DNA library prepared from the plant pathogenic fungus Glomerella cingulata. …

The origins of crop diseases are linked to domestication of plants. Most crops were
domesticated centuries – even millennia – ago, thus limiting opportunity to understand the …

Hydrophobins are a remarkable class of small cysteine-rich proteins found exclusively in fungi.
They self-assemble to form robust polymeric monolayers that are highly amphipathic and …

The fungus Venturia inaequalis infects members of the Maloideae, and causes the disease
apple scab, the most important disease of apple worldwide. The early elucidation of the gene…

We have used a PCR-based technique, involving the random amplification of polymorphic
DNA (RAPD), to assess genome variability between 21 isolates from F. solani f. sp. cucurbitae …

Background: Fungal hydrophobin proteins have the remarkable ability to self-assemble into
polymeric, amphipathic monolayers on the surface of aerial structures such as spores and …

Horizontal gene transfer can precipitate rapid evolutionary change. In 2010 the global
pandemic of kiwifruit canker disease caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) …

Recurring epidemics of kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) bleeding canker disease are caused by
Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa). In order to strengthen understanding of population …

Background Kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) are a relatively new, but economically important crop
grown in many different parts of the world. Commercial success is driven by the development …