Diane G. O. Saunders

TL;DR: Effectors have emerged as a central class of molecules in the authors' integrated view of plant-microbe interactions, and their study has significantly contributed to advancing knowledge of plant hormones, plant development, plant receptors, and epigenetics.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that genomic surveillance can be rapidly applied to monitor plant disease outbreaks and provide valuable information regarding the identity and origin of the infectious agent.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that Glomeromycota are more closely related to Mucoromycotina than to its postulated sister Dikarya, and demystifies a long-lasting hypothesis on the complex genetic makeup of arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi.

TL;DR: A comprehensive in silico analysis pipeline is designed to identify the putative effector repertoire from the genome of two plant pathogenic rust fungi, revealing a diverse set of candidate effectors, including families of haustorial expressed secreted proteins and small cysteine-rich proteins.

TL;DR: Integration of genomics, transcriptomics, and effector-directed annotation of PST isolates has enabled the development of a framework for mining effector proteins in closely related isolates and relate them to their distinct virulence profiles, which should ultimately lead to more comprehensive understanding of the PST pathogenesis system.