The rice blast pathosystem has been the subject of intense interest in part because of the importance of the disease to world agriculture, but also because both Magnaporthe oryzae and its host are amenable to advanced experimental approaches. The goal of this review is to provide an overview of the system and to point out recent significant studies that update our understanding of the biology of M. oryzae. The genome sequence of M. oryzae has provided insight into how genome structure and pathogen population genetic variability has been shaped by transposable elements. The sequence allows systematic approaches to long-standing areas of investigation, including pathogen development and the molecular basis of compatible and incompatible interactions with its host. Rice blast provides an integrated system to illustrate most of the important concepts governing fungal/plant interactions and serves as an excellent starting point for gaining a broad perspective of issues in plant pathology.

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Magnaporthe作为理解宿主-病原体相互作用的模型。

稻瘟病病原体引起了人们极大的兴趣，部分原因是该病对世界农业的重要性，而且还因为稻瘟病菌及其宿主都可以采用先进的实验方法。这篇综述的目的是提供系统的概述，并指出最近的重要研究，这些研究更新了我们对米曲霉生物学的理解。米曲霉的基因组序列提供了关于转座因子如何影响基因组结构和病原体种群遗传变异性的见解。该序列允许对长期研究领域采取系统的方法，包括病原体发展以及与其宿主之间相容和不相容相互作用的分子基础。