Berlin D. Nelson

TL;DR: This review summarizes current knowledge of mechanisms employed by the fungus to parasitize its host with emphasis on biology, physiology and molecular aspects of pathogenicity.

TL;DR: To characterize the viromes of five widely dispersed plant-pathogenic fungi, a high-throughput sequencing-based metatranscriptomic approach was used to detect viral sequences, and 66 previously undescribed mycoviruses were identified.

TL;DR: Annual decreases in corn yield caused by diseases were estimated by surveying members of the Corn Disease Working Group in 22 corn-producing states in the United States and in Ontario, Canada from 2012 through 2015 by finding foliar diseases commonly caused the largest estimated yield loss.

TL;DR: Results indicate that AG-5 could be an important soybean pathogen and that other rotational crops are hosts to R. solani, which is generally less virulent on soybean than AG-2-2 and AG-4, but when inoculum was placed in direct contact with seeds, AG- 5 caused high levels of pre- and postemergence damping-off.

TL;DR: This study provides a comprehensive characterization of oomycete species present in soybean seedling roots in the major production areas in the United States and Ontario, Canada and provides a basis for disease management and breeding programs.