Transcriptome Analysis of -Defective Mutant to Reveal Importance of Pd in Developing Fungal Prochloraz Resistance.

Demethylation inhibitors (DMIs), including prochloraz, are popular fungicides to control citrus postharvest pathogens such as (green mold). However, many strains have developed prochloraz resistance, which decreases drug efficacy. Specific major facilitator superfamily (MFS) transporter gene , encoding drug-efflux pump protein MFS2, has been identified in strain F6 (PdF6) to confer fungal strain prochloraz resistance.

Characterization and Functional Analysis of a New Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase (CaMK1) in the Citrus Pathogenic Fungus .

Calcium (Ca)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases (CaMKs) act as a class of crucial elements in Ca-signal transduction pathways that regulate fungal growth, sporulation, virulence, and environmental stress tolerance. However, little is known about the function of such protein kinase in phytopathogenic species. In the present study, a new CaMK gene from the citrus pathogenic fungus , designated , was cloned and functionally characterized by gene knockout and transcriptome analysis.