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Understanding the Role of Key Enzyme Components in Plant Pathogen Fusarium
Greg Howard
19th July, 2024
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Key Findings
- Researchers from Zhejiang University studied the roles of five succinate dehydrogenase (Sdh) subunits in the rice pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi
- Deleting the FfSdhA, FfSdhB, and FfSdhD genes caused significant defects in fungal growth, spore production, and virulence
- Deleting FfSdhA, FfSdhB, FfSdhC1, or FfSdhD made the fungus less sensitive to SDHI fungicides, indicating these subunits help the fungus resist these treatments
References
Main Study
1) Functional analysis of all succinate dehydrogenase subunits in Fusarium fujikuroi
Published 18th July, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-024-00254-9
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