TABLE 1.
A selection of 14 pathogen species and their host ranges with a summary of the various evolutionary and molecular features discussed in this article.
| Pathogen | Asexuality | Mating type structure† | No. host families†† | No. host genera | ROS modulation††† | pH modulation†††† | Host antimicrobials††††† |
| Rhizoctonia solani | Prevalent | Het. | 169 | 823 | G | Acid. | Camalexin, cyclobrassinin, sakuranetin |
| Botrytis cinerea | Limited | Het. | 146 | 593 | G | Acid. + Alk. | Glucosinolates, camalexin, ɑ-tomatine, avenacin, avenacosides, digitonin, terpinolene, resveratrol, pterostilbene |
| Alternaria alternata | Prevalent | Het. | 117 | 407 | G | Acid. + Alk. | ɑ-tomatine |
| Sclerotinia sclerotiorum | Prevalent | Hom. | 88 | 357 | G | Acid. + Alk. | Glucosinolates, camalexin |
| Fusarium graminearum | Limited | Hom. | 28 | 93 | ND | ND | Benzoxazinoids |
| Alternaria brassicicola | Prevalent | Het. | 12 | 28 | G | Acid. | Glucosinolates, camalexin, isalexin. |
| Monilinia fructicola | Prevalent | Het. | 9 | 19 | G | Acid. | ND |
| Pyrenophora tritici-repentis | Limited | Hom. | 2 | 21 | HS | ND | ND |
| Zymoseptoria tritici | Limited | Het. | 2 | 8 | ND | ND | ND |
| Pyrenophora teres | Limited | Het. | 1 | 19 | HS | ND | ND |
| Parastagonospora nodorum | Limited | Het. | 1 | 6 | HS | ND | MBOA |
| Dothistroma septosporum | Limited | Het. | 1 | 4 | ND | ND | ND |
| Ascochyta rabiei | Prevalent | Het. | 1 | 4 | ND | ND | Medicarpin, maackiain |
†Het. = heterothallic; Hom. = homothallic. ††Number of host families and genera was derived from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service accessible at https://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/at time of writing. †††HS = host-specific; G = general; ND = not documented. ††††Acid. = acidification; Alk. = alkalinization. †††††Referring to breakdown of by pathogen.