Studies on global transcriptional regulator EBR1 and genome-wide gene expression in the fungal plant pathogen Fusarium graminearum

摘要: Fusarium graminearum is a destructive plant fungal pathogen that can infect a variety of important cereal crops, such as wheat, barley and oat, causing Fusarium head blight (FHB), which leads to yield reduction and contamination of kernels by mycotoxins produced by this fungus. In order to control this disease, a better understanding of the interaction of this fungus with its host plants is critical. The research described in this thesis aims to identify the virulence genes that are required for F. graminearum to infect its hosts. Also the post-transcriptional regulation and whole genome-wide gene expression of F. graminearum were studied to enable us to understand how this fungus adapts to different ecological niches through the regulation of gene expression.