Plant Responses of Maize to Two of Support Recent Fungal Host Jump.

Host jumps are a major factor for the emergence of new fungal pathogens. In the evolution of smut fungi, a putative host jump occurred in that today exists in two host-adapted , the sorghum-pathogenic f. sp.

Genome-wide identification, characterization, and expression profiling of SPX gene family in wheat.

The SPX gene family, ubiquitous in all vascular plants, plays a critical role in plant development and growth as well as in response to phosphorus stress. Based on genomic census, 46 TaSPX genes were identified in the wheat genome. All of them are evenly distributed on 13 of the 21 wheat chromosomes and chromosome 7A contains the largest members.