A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is crucial for maintaining cell wall stress tolerance and host plant pathogenesis.

ABSTRACT: Filamentous plant pathogenic fungi pose significant threats to global food security, particularly through diseases like Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) and Septoria Tritici Blotch (STB) which affects cereals. With mounting challenges in fungal control and increasing restrictions on fungicide use due to environmental concerns, there is an urgent need for innovative control strategies. Here, we present a comprehensive analysis of the stage-specific infection process of Fusarium graminearum in wheat spikes by generating a dual weighted gene co-expression network (WGCN). Notably, the network contained a mycotoxin-enriched fungal module (F12) that exhibited a significant correlation with a detoxification gene-enriched wheat module (W12). This correlation in gene expression was validated through quan

SUBMITTER: Kroll E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11717356 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature