Genomics of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum -- The Genome of Botrytis cinerea, a ubiquitous broad host range necrotroph -- Alternaria Comparative Genomics: The Secret Life of Rots -- Verticillium alfalfae and V. dahliae, agents of Verticillium wilt diseases -- Fusarium oxysporum -- Illuminating the Phytophthora capsici genome -- The Phytophthora sojae genome sequence: foundation for a revolution -- Phytophthora ramorum -- Phytophthora infestans -- Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis: a model pathogen of Arabidopsis

This book describes how genomics has revolutionized our understanding of agriculturally important plant-associated fungi and oomycetes. It illustrates some fundamental discoveries about these eukaryotic microbes with regard to the overall structure of their genomes, their lifestyles and the molecular mechanisms that form the basis of their interactions with plants. Genomics has provided new insights into fungal lifestyles and led to practical advances in plant breeding and crop protection, such as predictions about the spread and evolution of new pathogens. This volume focuses on fungi and oomycetes that are typical dicot plant pathogens, and includes: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Botrytis cinerea, Alternaria sp., Verticillium alfalfae and Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium oxysporum, Phytophthora capsici, Phytophthora sojae, Phytophthora ramorum, Phytophthora infestans, Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis