The bacterium is therefore neither new nor unknown and has also been around in South Africa for a long time, albeit in other guises, such as tomato wilt that is caused by clavibacter michiganensis ...

The loss of function of RF1A1/ALDH2B2, a fertility restorer (RF) protein causes maize susceptibility to Helminthosporium maydis, the causal agent that was responsible for the maize southern corn leaf ...

GPI anchoring is indispensable for cell-wall integrity and full virulence of the maize pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus. Deletion of ChGPI7 or ChFEM1 crippled appressorium formation, exposes ...

Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is a disease of corn caused by the fungus, Exserohilum turcicum. Severe outbreaks of the disease can cause up to 30-50% yield loss in dent corn if the disease is ...