Christiane Rohrbach

α-1,3-Glucan Is Required for Cell Wall Integrity and Full Virulence of Colletotrichum graminicola, but Not for Evasion of PAMP-Triggered Immunity.

Although α-1,3-glucan represents a major polymer in cell walls of filamentous plant pathogenic fungi, its role in vegetative and pathogenic development is poorly understood. The maize anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum graminicola differentiates elaborate appressoria on the leaf surface and exhibits a hemibiotrophic lif...