Transcriptomic and functional analyses uncover a conserved effector driving genotype-dependent virulence in the <i>Sphaerulina musiva-Populus trichocarpa</i> interaction
and uncovering mechanisms that drive its virulence, and provides deeper insights into the evolutionary dynamics of a conserved small-secreted protein with a diversity of functions. IMPORTANCE: .
Authors
- Timothy L. Friesen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5634-2200)
- Tomás A. Rush (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3207-1466)
- Milton T. Drott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9715-2200)
- Jared M. LeBoldus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3303-4269)
- Kelsey L. Søndreli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2397-1745)
- Joanna Tannous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0032-5126)
- Paul E. Abraham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2685-9123)
- Doug Hyatt
- Daniel Jacobson
- Hari B. Chhetri
- Cole Sawyer
- Jonathan K. Richards
- Alistair McTaggart
- William Alexander
- Robert Brueggeman
Institutions
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US)
- Oregon State University (US)
- Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (US)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture (AU)
- Institute of Crop Science (JP)
- Cereal Disease Laboratory (US)
- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- mBio
- Published
- 2026-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03120-25
- Primary Topic
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Agriculture