The top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology

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Dean, R., Van Kan, J. A. L., Pretorius, Z. A., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Di Pietro, A., Spanu, P. D., Rudd, J. J., Dickman, M., Kahmann, R., Ellis, J. and Foster, G. D. 2012. The top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology. Molecular Plant Pathology. 13 (4), pp. 414-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00783.x

AuthorsDean, R., Van Kan, J. A. L., Pretorius, Z. A., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Di Pietro, A., Spanu, P. D., Rudd, J. J., Dickman, M., Kahmann, R., Ellis, J. and Foster, G. D.
Abstract

The aim of this review was to survey all fungal pathologists with an association with the journal Molecular Plant Pathology and ask them to nominate which fungal pathogens they would place in a Top 10 based on scientific/economic importance. The survey generated 495 votes from the international community, and resulted in the generation of a Top 10 fungal plant pathogen list for Molecular Plant Pathology. The Top 10 list includes, in rank order, (1) Magnaporthe oryzae; (2) Botrytis cinerea; (3) Puccinia spp.; (4) Fusarium graminearum; (5) Fusarium oxysporum; (6) Blumeria graminis; (7) Mycosphaerella graminicola; (8) Colletotrichum spp.; (9) Ustilago maydis; (10) Melampsora lini, with honourable mentions for fungi just missing out on the Top 10, including Phakopsora pachyrhizi and Rhizoctonia solani. This article presents a short resume of each fungus in the Top 10 list and its importance, with the intent of initiating discussion and debate amongst the plant mycology community, as well as laying down a bench-mark. It will be interesting to see in future years how perceptions change and what fungi will comprise any future Top 10.

KeywordsPlant Sciences
Year of Publication2012
JournalMolecular Plant Pathology
Journal citation13 (4), pp. 414-430
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00783.x
PubMed ID22471698
Open accessPublished as green open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or codeCentre for Sustainable Pest and Disease Management (PDM)
A functional genomics approach to the identification of genes determining fungal pathogenesis of cereals
Pathogenicity of non-biotrophic fungi infecting cereals
BBSRC Industry CASE Studentship: Comparison of infection biology & transcriptome of wild-type & single gene deletion strains of Fusarium Graminearum
PhytoPath: an Integrated resource for comparative phytopathogen genomics [2011-2014]
Publisher's version
PublisherWiley
ISSN1464-6722

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