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View article: Oxygenase Ppo-Regulated Moldy Volatiles Affect Growth, Pathogenicity and Patulin Biosynthesis of Penicillium expansum Through G Protein Signaling
Oxygenase Ppo-Regulated Moldy Volatiles Affect Growth, Pathogenicity and Patulin Biosynthesis of Penicillium expansum Through G Protein Signaling Open
Precocious sexual inducer (psi)-producing oxygenases (Ppos) participate in the production of C8 moldy volatile compounds (MVOCs), and these compounds could act as signal molecules modulating G protein signaling cascades, which participates…
View article: AaSlt2 Is Required for Vegetative Growth, Stress Adaption, Infection Structure Formation, and Virulence in Alternaria alternata
AaSlt2 Is Required for Vegetative Growth, Stress Adaption, Infection Structure Formation, and Virulence in Alternaria alternata Open
Slt2 is an important component of the Slt2-MAPK pathway and plays critical regulatory roles in growth, cell wall integrity, melanin biosynthesis, and pathogenicity of plant fungi. AaSlt2, an ortholog of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Slt2 ge…
View article: Essential role of ABA signaling and related transcription factors in phenolic acid and lignin synthesis during muskmelon wound healing
Essential role of ABA signaling and related transcription factors in phenolic acid and lignin synthesis during muskmelon wound healing Open
Abscisic acid (ABA) is a key phytohormone involved in wound healing in fruits and vegetables, while fluridone (FLD) is its synthetic inhibitor. However, it is unknown whether ABA signaling and downstream transcription factors are involved …
View article: Composite Coating of Oleaster Gum Containing Cuminal Keeps Postharvest Quality of Cherry Tomatoes by Reducing Respiration and Potentiating Antioxidant System
Composite Coating of Oleaster Gum Containing Cuminal Keeps Postharvest Quality of Cherry Tomatoes by Reducing Respiration and Potentiating Antioxidant System Open
Exploring the green and affordable protection of perishable cherry tomato fruits during storage, herein, the protective efficacy, and its underpinning mechanisms, of a coating of oleaster gum, alone or incorporated with cuminal, on cherry …
View article: Composite Coating of Oleaster Gum Containing Cuminal Keeps Postharvest Quality of Cherry Tomatoes by Reducing Respiration and Potentiating Antioxidant System
Composite Coating of Oleaster Gum Containing Cuminal Keeps Postharvest Quality of Cherry Tomatoes by Reducing Respiration and Potentiating Antioxidant System Open
Exploring for green and affordable protection of perishable fruit like cherry tomato is of significance. Here the protective efficacy and its underpinnings of coating with oleaster gum, alone or incorporated with cuminal, on cherry tomatoe…
View article: Aabrm1-mediated melanin synthesis is essential to growth and development, stress adaption, and pathogenicity in Alternaria alternata
Aabrm1-mediated melanin synthesis is essential to growth and development, stress adaption, and pathogenicity in Alternaria alternata Open
Scytalone dehydratase (brm1) is one of the key enzymes in 1, 8-dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN) melanin synthesis, which mediates melanin biosythesis and regulates cell biological process of plant fungi, but its function in Alternaria alternata …
View article: Erg4 Is Involved in Ergosterol Biosynthesis, Conidiation and Stress Response in Penicillium expansum
Erg4 Is Involved in Ergosterol Biosynthesis, Conidiation and Stress Response in Penicillium expansum Open
erg4 is a key gene for ergosterol biosynthesis in filamentous fungi, but its function in Penicillium expansum remains unknown. Our results showed that P. expansum contains three erg4 genes, including erg4A, erg4B and erg4C. The expression …
View article: Sodium silicate accelerates the deposition of lignin and silicon by activating the biosynthesis of lignin monolignols and increasing the relative silicon content in muskmelon wounds
Sodium silicate accelerates the deposition of lignin and silicon by activating the biosynthesis of lignin monolignols and increasing the relative silicon content in muskmelon wounds Open
Silicate is the main constituent of soil and is widely distributed throughout the Earth's. Sodium silicate (SS) is a common water-soluble silicate. Our previous research found that SS could prevent water evaporation and pathogen infection …
View article: AaCaMKs Positively Regulate Development, Infection Structure Differentiation and Pathogenicity in Alternaria alternata, Causal Agent of Pear Black Spot
AaCaMKs Positively Regulate Development, Infection Structure Differentiation and Pathogenicity in Alternaria alternata, Causal Agent of Pear Black Spot Open
Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMK), a key downstream target protein in the Ca2+ signaling pathway of eukaryotes, plays an important regulatory role in the growth, development and pathogenicity of plant fungi. Three AaCaMKs …
View article: Preharvest Elicitors Spray Improves Antioxidant Activity, Alleviates Chilling Injury, and Maintains Quality in Harvested Fruit
Preharvest Elicitors Spray Improves Antioxidant Activity, Alleviates Chilling Injury, and Maintains Quality in Harvested Fruit Open
Antioxidant activity is an important feature for evaluating fruit quality and tolerance to biotic or abiotic stresses. Moreover, antioxidant activity is involved in chilling injury (CI) response and postharvest quality in fruit. Chemical e…
View article: Quiescence as a strategic stage for the infective process of Colletotrichum species
Quiescence as a strategic stage for the infective process of Colletotrichum species Open
Colletotrichum, a genus of Ascomycota fungi with a diversity of species grouped into several species complexes, or clades, is associated with diseases known as "Anthracnose". It affects significantly different tropical and subtropical frui…
View article: Dynamic Change of Carbon and Nitrogen Sources in Colonized Apples by Penicillium expansum
Dynamic Change of Carbon and Nitrogen Sources in Colonized Apples by Penicillium expansum Open
Penicillium expansum is a necrotrophic pathogen, which actively kills host cells and obtains nutrients from dead cells to achieve infection. However, few reports have elucidated the differential levels of carbon and nitrogen sources over i…
View article: Updating Insights into the Regulatory Mechanisms of Calcineurin-Activated Transcription Factor Crz1 in Pathogenic Fungi
Updating Insights into the Regulatory Mechanisms of Calcineurin-Activated Transcription Factor Crz1 in Pathogenic Fungi Open
Ca2+, as a second messenger in cells, enables organisms to adapt to different environmental stresses by rapidly sensing and responding to external stimuli. In recent years, the Ca2+ mediated calcium signaling pathway has been studied syste…
View article: Chitooligosaccharide Maintained Cell Membrane Integrity by Regulating Reactive Oxygen Species Homeostasis at Wounds of Potato Tubers during Healing
Chitooligosaccharide Maintained Cell Membrane Integrity by Regulating Reactive Oxygen Species Homeostasis at Wounds of Potato Tubers during Healing Open
Chitooligosaccharide (COS) is a degradation product of chitosan. Although COS increased fruit resistance by regulating the metabolism of reactive oxygen species (ROS), few reports are available on whether COS regulates ROS homeostasis at w…
View article: Preparation of chitosan/ fennel seed essential oil/ starch sodium octenyl succinate composite films for apple fruit preservation
Preparation of chitosan/ fennel seed essential oil/ starch sodium octenyl succinate composite films for apple fruit preservation Open
Although studies have reported on the preparation of composite films and its application, the preparation and application for fruit preservation of composite film with fennel seed essential oil (FEO) are unknown. In this study, six types o…
View article: AaHog1 Regulates Infective Structural Differentiation Mediated by Physicochemical Signals from Pear Fruit Cuticular Wax, Stress Response, and Alternaria alternata Pathogenicity
AaHog1 Regulates Infective Structural Differentiation Mediated by Physicochemical Signals from Pear Fruit Cuticular Wax, Stress Response, and Alternaria alternata Pathogenicity Open
The high-osmolarity glycerol response kinase, Hog1, affects several cellular responses, but the precise regulatory role of the Hog1 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase in the differentiation of the infective structure of Alternariaalter…
View article: Sodium Silicate Treatment Promotes Suberin Poly Phenolic and Silicon Deposition, and Enhances Hardness and Brittleness at Muskmelon Wounds
Sodium Silicate Treatment Promotes Suberin Poly Phenolic and Silicon Deposition, and Enhances Hardness and Brittleness at Muskmelon Wounds Open
View article: Shifts in the Concentration of Essential Metabolites in Healthy and Decay Ed Regions of Apple Fruits Colonized with Penicillium Expansum
Shifts in the Concentration of Essential Metabolites in Healthy and Decay Ed Regions of Apple Fruits Colonized with Penicillium Expansum Open
View article: Effects of modified sweet potato starch edible coating incorporated with cumin essential oil on storage quality of ‘early crisp’
Effects of modified sweet potato starch edible coating incorporated with cumin essential oil on storage quality of ‘early crisp’ Open
In this study, an edible formulation consisting of modified sweet potato starch (MSPS) and cumin essential oil (CEO) was developed. The effectiveness of the coating on the physiochemical and sensory traits of 'early crisp' stored at 25 °C …
View article: Host Factors Modulating Ochratoxin A Biosynthesis during Fruit Colonization by Aspergillus carbonarius
Host Factors Modulating Ochratoxin A Biosynthesis during Fruit Colonization by Aspergillus carbonarius Open
Aspergillus carbonarius is a strong and consistent ochratoxin A (OTA) producer and considered to be the main source of this toxic metabolite in grapes and grape products such as wine, grape juice and dried vine fruit. OTA is produced under…
View article: Functional roles of LaeA, polyketide synthase, and glucose oxidase in the regulation of ochratoxin A biosynthesis and virulence in <i>Aspergillus carbonarius</i>
Functional roles of LaeA, polyketide synthase, and glucose oxidase in the regulation of ochratoxin A biosynthesis and virulence in <i>Aspergillus carbonarius</i> Open
Aspergillus carbonarius is the major producer of ochratoxin A (OTA) among Aspergillus species, but the contribution of this secondary metabolite to fungal virulence has not been assessed. We characterized the functions and addressed the ro…
View article: Characterization of the Role of a Non-GPCR Membrane-Bound CFEM Protein in the Pathogenicity and Germination of Botrytis cinerea
Characterization of the Role of a Non-GPCR Membrane-Bound CFEM Protein in the Pathogenicity and Germination of Botrytis cinerea Open
The necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea, is considered a major cause of postharvest losses in a wide range of crops. The common fungal extracellular membrane protein (CFEM), containing a conserved eight-cysteine pattern, was found exclusi…
View article: New Insight Into Pathogenicity and Secondary Metabolism of the Plant Pathogen Penicillium expansum Through Deletion of the Epigenetic Reader SntB
New Insight Into Pathogenicity and Secondary Metabolism of the Plant Pathogen Penicillium expansum Through Deletion of the Epigenetic Reader SntB Open
Penicillium expansum is one of the most harmful post-harvest pathogens of pomaceous fruits and the causal agent of blue rot disease. During infection, P. expansum produces the toxic secondary metabolites patulin and citrinin …
View article: Cuminal Inhibits Trichothecium roseum Growth by Triggering Cell Starvation: Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis
Cuminal Inhibits Trichothecium roseum Growth by Triggering Cell Starvation: Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis Open
Trichothecium roseum is a harmful postharvest fungus causing serious damage, together with the secretion of insidious mycotoxins, on apples, melons, and other important fruits. Cuminal, a predominant component of Cuminum cyminum essential …
View article: Postharvest Dips of Persimmon Fruit in Gibberellic Acid: An Efficient Treatment to Improve Storability and Reduce Alternaria Black Spot
Postharvest Dips of Persimmon Fruit in Gibberellic Acid: An Efficient Treatment to Improve Storability and Reduce Alternaria Black Spot Open
In Israel, fruit softening during storage and the occurrence of Alternaria black spot (ABS) disease, caused by Alternaria alternata, are the main postharvest factors that reduce quality and impair storability of persimmon fruit. The pathog…
View article: Fungal attack and host defence pathways unveiled in near‐avirulent interactions of <i>Penicillium expansum creA</i> mutants on apples
Fungal attack and host defence pathways unveiled in near‐avirulent interactions of <i>Penicillium expansum creA</i> mutants on apples Open
Summary Amongst the universal diseases affecting apples, blue mould caused by Penicillium expansum is a major concern, resulting in yield and quality losses as a result of the production of the mycotoxin patulin. Despite the characterizati…
View article: Acidolysis-dominated pretreatment elevates distillation yield and impacts composition, antioxidant and antifungal activities of essential oil from <i>Cuminum cyminum</i> seeds
Acidolysis-dominated pretreatment elevates distillation yield and impacts composition, antioxidant and antifungal activities of essential oil from <i>Cuminum cyminum</i> seeds Open
Proper acidolysis-dominated pretreatment elevates distillation yield and impacts composition, antioxidant and antifungal activities of essential oil from Cuminum cyminum seeds.
View article: How alkalinization drives fungal pathogenicity
How alkalinization drives fungal pathogenicity Open
pH governs most, if not all, processes of life. In fungi, ambient pH acts as a potent regulator of\n\t\t\t\t growth and development [1]. Studies conducted primarily in the 2 model organisms Saccharomyces\n\t\t\t\t cerevisiae and Aspergillu…
View article: Microbiome Alterations Are Correlated with Occurrence of Postharvest Stem-End Rot in Mango Fruit
Microbiome Alterations Are Correlated with Occurrence of Postharvest Stem-End Rot in Mango Fruit Open
During storage and ripening, mango fruit develop stem-end rots (SER) that reduce quality, causing significant losses of harvested fruit. The presented results indicate that pathogens, endophytically colonizing the fruit’s stem end, awaken …
View article: Cation-Stress-Responsive Transcription Factors SltA and CrzA Regulate Morphogenetic Processes and Pathogenicity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Cation-Stress-Responsive Transcription Factors SltA and CrzA Regulate Morphogenetic Processes and Pathogenicity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Open
Growth of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in the presence of cation salts NaCl and KCl inhibited fungal growth and anthracnose symptom of colonization. Previous reports indicate that adaptation of Aspergillus nidulans to salt- and osmotic-s…