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Ustilaginales

Known as: Ustilaginale, Smut fungi, smut 
An order of basidiomycetous fungi; some species are parasitic on grasses (POACEAE) and maize.
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
A maize wall-associated kinase confers quantitative resistance to head smut
Head smut is a systemic disease in maize caused by the soil-borne fungus Sporisorium reilianum that poses a grave threat to maize… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
A secreted Ustilago maydis effector promotes virulence by targeting anthocyanin biosynthesis in maize
The biotrophic fungus Ustilago maydis causes smut disease in maize with characteristic tumor formation and anthocyanin induction… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Compatibility in the Ustilago maydis–Maize Interaction Requires Inhibition of Host Cysteine Proteases by the Fungal Effector Pit2
The basidiomycete Ustilago maydis causes smut disease in maize, with large plant tumors being formed as the most prominent… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
The Ustilago maydis Effector Pep1 Suppresses Plant Immunity by Inhibition of Host Peroxidase Activity
The corn smut Ustilago maydis establishes a biotrophic interaction with its host plant maize. This interaction requires efficient… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Ustilago maydis as a Pathogen.
The Ustilago maydis-maize pathosystem has emerged as the current model for plant pathogenic basidiomycetes and as one of the few… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE OF HOST-SPECIFIC CRYPTIC SPECIES IN THE ANTHER SMUT FUNGUS
Abstract Cryptic structure of species complexes confounds an accurate accounting of biological diversity in natural systems. Also… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Why Alien Invaders Succeed: Support for the Escape‐from‐Enemy Hypothesis
Successful biological invaders often exhibit enhanced performance following introduction to a new region. The traditional… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Discrete developmental stages during teliospore formation in the corn smut fungus, Ustilago maydis.
Ustilago maydis is a dimorphic fungus with a yeast-like non-pathogenic form and a filamentous (hyphal) pathogenic form that… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
European smut fungi
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Pheromones trigger filamentous growth in Ustilago maydis.
Cell recognition and mating in the smut fungus Ustilago maydis have been proposed to involve specific pheromones and pheromone… 
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