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Ustilaginoidea virens, an emerging pathogen of rice: the dynamic interplay between the pathogen virulence strategies and host defense.

Sunil Kumar Sunani, Prasanna S Koti, N C Sunitha, Manoj Choudhary, B Jeevan, C Anilkumar, S Raghu, Basana Gowda Gadratagi, Manas Kumar Bag, Licon Kumar Acharya and 3 more

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Review in Planta, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Proteomic Strategies on the Management of Phytopathogenic Fungi.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  5. Unraveling the pathogenomics ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Sunil Kumar Sunani *Department of Plant Pathology, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Prasanna S Koti *University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
N C Sunitha *ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Manoj Choudhary *Plant Pathology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
B JeevanDepartment of Plant Pathology, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. jeevan.bscag@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8689-2497
C AnilkumarICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India. anilcgpb@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7359-1249
S RaghuICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Basana Gowda GadratagiICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Manas Kumar BagICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Licon Kumar AcharyaICAR-National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, New Delhi, India.
Dama RamDepartment of Plant Pathology, Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Bishnu Maya BashyalICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
Shyamaranjan Das MohapatraICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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conclusionThe Ustilaginoidea virens -rice pathosystem has been used as a model for flower-infecting fungal pathogens. The molecular biology of the interactions between U. virens and rice, with an emphasis on the attempt to get a deeper comprehension of the false smut fungus's genomes, proteome, host range, and pathogen biology, has been investigated. Meta-QTL analysis was performed to identify potential QTL hotspots for use in marker-assisted breeding. The Rice False Smut (RFS) caused by the fungus Ustilaginoidea virens currently threatens rice cultivators across the globe. RFS infects rice panicles, causing a significant reduction in grain yield. U. virens can also parasitize other hosts though they play only a minor role in its life cycle. Furthermore, because it produces mycotoxins in edible rice grains, it puts both humans and animals at risk of health problems. Although fungicides are used to control the disease, some fungicides have enabled the pathogen to develop resistance, making its management challenging. Several QTLs have been reported but stable gene(s) that confer RFS resistance have not been discovered yet. This review offers a comprehensive overview of the pathogen, its virulence mechanisms, the genome and proteome of U. virens, and its molecular interactions with rice. In addition, information has been compiled on reported resistance QTLs, facilitating the development of a consensus genetic map using meta-QTL analysis for identifying potential QTL hotspots. Finally, this review highlights current developments and trends in U. virens-rice pathosystem research while identifying opportunities for future investigations.

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Host-Pathogen InteractionsHypocrealesOryzaPlant DiseasesQuantitative Trait LociDisease ResistanceGenome, FungalVirulenceEffectorsFalse smut QTLsGenomicsHost–pathogen interactionsRice false smutSignaling genesUstilaginoidea virens

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