Publications by authors named "Frank Drechsler"
Article Synopsis
- - The study focuses on two host-adapted forms of a biotrophic fungus causing head smut in maize and sorghum, examining how sorghum responds differently to each fungal strain, SRS and SRZ.
- - Upon inoculation, sorghum leaves exhibited gene activation rather than suppression; SRZ triggered a larger number of plant defense-related genes compared to SRS, highlighting distinct plant responses to each strain.
- - Key findings indicate that SRZ activates genes linked to plasma membrane defense mechanisms, while SRS promotes detoxification and protein response in the endoplasmic reticulum, suggesting different plant areas contribute to resistance and susceptibility that warrant further research.
sporisorium reilianum f. sp. zeae is a biotrophic smut fungus that infects maize (Zea mays).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe biotrophic fungus Sporisorium reilianum causes head smut of maize (Zea mays) after systemic plant colonization. Symptoms include the formation of multiple female inflorescences at subapical nodes of the stalk because of loss of apical dominance. By deletion analysis of cluster 19-1, the largest genomic divergence cluster in S.
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