Molecular Mechanisms of Interactions Between Pathogenic Fungi and Host Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 872
Special Issue Editors
Interests: interaction between rice blast fungus and rice; pathogenesis of rice blast fungus; rice blast resistance
Interests: effector; magnaporthe oryzae–rice interaction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant diseases caused by pathogenic fungi pose devastating threats to global crop production and food security. Current management strategies, such as deploying resistant cultivars or chemical treatments, often provide only short-term control due to the rapid evolution of pathogens and the complexity of agricultural ecosystems.
Understanding the molecular interaction mechanisms between pathogenic fungi and their host plants is essential for developing sustainable control strategies and identifying novel targets for pesticide development. This Special Issue of Plants will highlight advances in fungal effector biology, host immune evasion tactics, and plant defense responses across various plant–fungus pathosystems.
Dr. Ya Li
Dr. Jiexiong Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant fungal diseases
- pathogenic fungi
- fungal effector
- host resistance
- plant immunity
- plant–pathogen interactions
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