Fusarium: Pathogenomics and Inherent Resistance
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 12886
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The suggested focus of this issue is to present recent data on the current status of Fusarium as plant pathogenic and toxigenic species of global importance. This requires examining the genus at 2 tiers: pathogenomics and inherent resistance targets in the host.
The suggested scope of this Special Issue is defined in two main categories of discussion:
- Identification and evolution of genes involved in virulence and host specialization. Understanding that the evolution and diversity of pathogenicity-associated mechanisms will inform disease management strategies against Fusarium
- Host-derived resistance as targets for improved plant defense. Information on molecular and biochemical strategies for the manipulation of plant defense systems by these fungal pathogens and understanding the more important and specific host defense signaling in response to pathogen recognition are key targets for developing and/or improving inherent resistance in host plant species to Fusarium infection and disease.
The overall purpose of this Special Issue is to present discussions on recent data obtained from this omics era in terms of pathogenesis and resistance to disease and how this information can be used in disease management and whether such management strategies would be specific to fungal species–host species interactions or can be broad-spectrum, while limiting the discussion of mycotoxins produced by Fusarium species as this has been worked through in many other platforms.
This Special Issue is important in the context of the current literature because of its focus and scope at two tiers that are directly related to each other and in combination impact novel strategies for disease management. The emphasis is on understanding molecular data related to pathogenesis and resistance at the -omics level and not on detection, identification, phylogeny of the genus/species, or mycotoxin detection and identification of a given Fusarium species which has been the context in past reviews/Special Issues. The research to inform these aspects should, therefore, be restricted from 2015 to present.
Dr. Sephra Rampersad
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pathogenomics
- defense signaling
- inherent resistance
