Exserohilum turcicum is the hemibiotrophic causal agent of Northern leaf blight of maize and sorghum. Despite the global importance of this yield-limiting pathogen, knowledge regarding genes contributing to disease development ...

Maize (Zea mays) is globally considered as an important cereal crop, and a major staple food in developing countries such as Africa (WARD et al. 1999). In South Africa, maize is considered the most important grain crop as ...

Cercospora zeina is the causal agent of a foliar disease of maize called grey leaf spot (GLS) in southern Africa (Meisel et al, 2009). Maize is the most important food crop in sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. Consequently ...

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an edible annual leguminous crop cultivated by many subsistence and rural communities in developing countries in subtropical areas of the world. Cowpea is a very versatile, well adapted and ...

Transient transformation approaches show promise for rapidly assessing specific genes and gene constructs in live tissue. This is especially true in the case of plant leaf tissues, which are hard to culture and provide ...