![]() ![]() All authors, reviewers, editorial board members and senior editors of the journal Molecular Plant Pathology, with an interest in fungi, were contacted and asked to nominate three plant‐pathogenic fungi they would expect to see in a list of the most scientifically/economically important fungal pathogens. This was carried out as many papers, reviews and grant applications claim that a particular plant virus is of huge importance, and this is probably rightly so.Īs a result of the interest generated in this exercise for plant viruses, a similar survey was instigated for plant‐pathogenic fungi, and with a similar mechanism to the virus review. Recently, the journal Molecular Plant Pathology considered which viruses would appear in a ‘Top 10’ of plant viruses on the basis of their perceived importance, scientifically or economically, in terms of the views of the contributors to the journal ( Scholthof et al., 2011). ![]() It will be interesting to see in future years how perceptions change and what fungi will comprise any future Top 10. This article presents a short resumé of each fungus in the Top 10 list and its importance, with the intent of initiating discussion and debate amongst the plant mycology community, as well as laying down a bench‐mark. (9) Ustilago maydis (10) Melampsora lini, with honourable mentions for fungi just missing out on the Top 10, including Phakopsora pachyrhizi and Rhizoctonia solani. ![]() (4) Fusarium graminearum (5) Fusarium oxysporum (6) Blumeria graminis (7) Mycosphaerella graminicola (8) Colletotrichum spp. The Top 10 list includes, in rank order, (1) Magnaporthe oryzae (2) Botrytis cinerea (3) Puccinia spp. The survey generated 495 votes from the international community, and resulted in the generation of a Top 10 fungal plant pathogen list for Molecular Plant Pathology. The aim of this review was to survey all fungal pathologists with an association with the journal Molecular Plant Pathology and ask them to nominate which fungal pathogens they would place in a ‘Top 10’ based on scientific/economic importance. ![]()
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