Distribution and Sequestration of Cercosporin by Cercospora cf. flagellaris
Maria Izabel Costa de Novaes,
Clark Robertson,
Vinson P. Doyle
et al.
Abstract:Plant pathogenic fungi produce toxins as virulence factors in many plant diseases. In Cercospora leaf blight (CLB) of soybean caused by Cercospora cf. flagellaris, symptoms are a consequence of the production of a perylenequinone toxin, cercosporin, which is light-activated to produce damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS). Cercosporin is universally toxic to cells, except to the cells of the producer. The current model of self-resistance to cercosporin is largely attributed to the maintenance of cercosporin i… Show more
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