Hydrophobins are a remarkable class of small cysteine-rich proteins found exclusively in fungi.
They self-assemble to form robust polymeric monolayers that are highly amphipathic and …

New Zealand is under increasing pressure from terrestrial and aquatic pests, weeds and
diseases that threaten the country's ecosystems and economy. Ongoing improvement in …

Background We describe novel plasmid vectors for transient gene expression using
Agrobacterium, infiltrated into Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. We have generated a series of …

The glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (gpdA) has been identified from a
genomic DNA library prepared from the plant pathogenic fungus Glomerella cingulata. …

Class I hydrophobins are a unique family of fungal proteins that form a polymeric, water-repellent
monolayer on the surface of structures such as spores and fruiting bodies. Similar …

The origins of crop diseases are linked to domestication of plants. Most crops were
domesticated centuries – even millennia – ago, thus limiting opportunity to understand the …

One of the most challenging problems facing plant pathology is to determine the molecular
basis of the specificity between fungal plant pathogens and their host plants. This specificity …

The fungus Venturia inaequalis infects members of the Maloideae, and causes the disease
apple scab, the most important disease of apple worldwide. The early elucidation of the gene…

Background Kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) are a relatively new, but economically important crop
grown in many different parts of the world. Commercial success is driven by the development …

Several published polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers to identify Pseudomonas syringae
pv. actinidiae, the causal organism of bacterial canker of kiwifruit, were found not to be …