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In most plant pathogenic fungi, cellular differentiation of infection-specific structures is required for successful infection to host plant. The infection process is generally composed of several key steps; conidial attachment on host plants, germination; appressorium formation, penetration, and subsequent invasive growth in host plants. Colletotrichum lagenarium (Pass.) Ellis and Halsted is the causal agent of cucumber anthracnose disease. In our laboratory, extensive studies have been done for clarification of the molecular mechanism on infection-related morphogenesis and metabolism of this fungus.
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Tsuji, G., Fujii, S., Fujihara, N., Tsuge, S., Kubo, Y. (2004). Approach to Understand Metabolic Networks Involved in Appressorium Function of Colletotrichum Lagenarium . In: Kawasaki, S. (eds) Rice Blast: Interaction with Rice and Control. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48582-4_4
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