Publications by authors named "K Kaverinathan"
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- Red rot, caused by Colletotrichum falcatum, is a significant disease affecting sugarcane, necessitating the development of resistant varieties, though resistance often fails due to new pathogen races.
- Researchers are investigating key genes related to the pathogen's virulence, focusing on Glucose Transporter (GT) and Sucrose Non-Fermenting1 (SNF1), which are important for sugar metabolism and pathogen growth during infection.
- By using RNA silencing to knock down these genes in the fungus, mutants displayed reduced virulence and failed to produce spores, confirming the critical roles of GT and SNF1 in C. falcatum's pathogenesis.
Sporisorium scitamineum, the sugarcane smut pathogen, relies predominantly on its secretome to successfully colonise its host, in accordance with other related smut fungi. Considering the significance of deciphering its secretome, we have examined alterations in the in vitro secretome of S. scitamineum in response to synthetic and sugarcane meristem tissue-amended growth media, so as to identify host signal responsive secretory proteins.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSmut caused by Sporisorium scitamineum is one of the important diseases of sugarcane with global significance. Despite the intriguing nature of sugarcane, S. scitamineum interaction, several pertinent aspects remain unexplored.
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