Heterobasidion annosum is one of the major pathogens to conifers in the Northern Hemisphere. Research has been carried out to characterise the molecular mechanism of the pathogenicity in this basidiomycete. One factor that ...

The white rot fungus Schizophyllum commune is used as a model to investigate sexual development in hymenomycetes. We isolated the gene gap1 encoding a GTPase-activating protein for Ras. Disruption of gap1 should therefore ...

The SC3 hydrophobin plays several roles in growth and development of S. commune. It lowers the surface tension of the aqueous substrate, enabling aerial growth, and it coats the aerial hyphae rendering them hydrophobic. ...

The basidiomycete Pleurotus ostreatus, commonly known as oyster mushroom, is the second largest edible mushroom crop behind the white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus. It accounts for nearly one-quarter of the ...

Phakopsora pachyrhizi, an obligate parasite, causes soybean rust, the most devastating foliar disease on soybeans. It is responsible for significant losses of soybean crop in Africa, Asia, Australia and South America, ...

FTIR spectroscopy provides the opportunity to simultaneously detect many molecular bonds or functional groups of different polysaccharides, proteins, lipids, aromatic and other compounds. The measurement principle is ...

The Verticillium fungicola mycoparasitism on Agaricus bisporus fruit bodies appears to be a complex process made up of successive steps in which the recognition and binding between complementary molecules, the A. bisporus ...

Since more than five years symptoms are seen in Dutch mushroom crops that correlate with the presence of a set of dsRNAs. These dsRNAs are indicative for the presence of viruses. Symptoms are discoloration of white mushrooms ...

Agaricus bisporus is susceptible to various pests and diseases. Dry bubble, caused by Verticillium fungicola, is currently the most serious disease and is distributed worldwide. All cultivars are susceptible and the ...