Rice extracellular vesicles send defense proteins into fungus Rhizoctonia solani to reduce disease.

The exchange of molecular information across kingdoms is crucial for the survival of both plants and their pathogens. Recent research has identified that plants transfer their small RNAs and microRNAs into fungal pathogens to suppress infection. However, whether and how plants send defense proteins into pathogens remains unknown.

A Calcineurin Regulator MoRCN1 Is Important for Asexual Development, Stress Response, and Plant Infection of .

The calcium/calcineurin signaling pathway plays a key role in the development and virulence of plant pathogenic fungi, but the regulation of this signaling pathway is still not clear. In this study, we identified a calcineurin regulator MoRCN1 in the plant pathogenic fungus and found it is important for virulence by regulating the calcineurin pathway. deletion mutants were severely decreased in colony growth and conidia formation.