Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms

Temporal Shifts in Gene Expression Drive Quantitative Resistance to a Necrotrophic Fungus in a Tomato Crop Wild Relative

This study identifies genotype-specific gene expression patterns in Solanum pennellii that correlate with resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, highlighting early defense gene activation and a WRKY6-centered regulatory network.

Identifying and quantifying the disease responses of different pennycress accessions to Alternaria japonica and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

The paper develops a DNA-based qPCR assay to quantify disease responses of two pennycress accessions to Alternaria japonica and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, showing accession 2032 is more susceptible than MN106.

Fungal susceptibility and early flowering in pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) are conferred by naturally occurring mutations in histone demethylase Jumonji 14

Cryptic recombination and transposition drive structural variation to shape genomic plasticity and life history traits in a host generalist fungal plant pathogen

The paper analyzes structural variation in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum genomes to show distinct contributions of recombination and transposons to SV diversity and phenotypic variability.

Selective sweeps in populations of the broad host range plant pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

This study identifies four population clusters and detects selective sweeps in S. sclerotiorum isolates from different continents, with sweeps overlapping transcriptional regulation genes.