Richard O'Connell and colleagues report the genomes and transcriptomes of two Colletotrichum plant fungal pathogens. C. higginsianum infects Arabidopsis thaliana, and C. graminicola infects maize (Zea mays); comparative genomics in both species lead to molecular insights into the transition from biotrophic to necrotrophic life stages.
- Richard J O'Connell
- Michael R Thon
- Lisa J Vaillancourt