Zymoseptoria tritici isolate collections made by different research groups

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Publications associated with the isolate collections

1.  McDonald, B.A. and Martinez, J.P.  1990.  DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms among Mycosphaerella graminicola (anamorph Septoria tritici) isolates collected from a single wheat field.  Phytopathology 80:1368-1373.
 
2.  McDonald, B.A. and Martinez, J.P.  1991.  Chromosome length polymorphisms in a Septoria tritici population.  Current Genetics 19:265-271.
 
3.  McDonald, B.A. and Martinez, J.P.  1991.  DNA fingerprinting of the plant pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola (anamorph Septoria tritici).  Experimental Mycology 15:146-158.
 
4.  Boeger, J.M., Chen, R.S., and McDonald, B.A.  1993.  Gene flow between geographic populations of Mycosphaerella graminicola (anamorph Septoria tritici) detected with RFLP markers.  Phytopathology 83:1148-1154.
 
5.  Chen, R.S., Boeger, J.M., and McDonald, B.A.  1994.  Genetic stability in a population of a plant pathogenic fungus over time.  Molecular Ecology 3:209-218.
 
6.  Chen, R.S., McDonald, B.A.  1996.  Sexual reproduction plays a major role in the genetic structure of populations of the fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola.  Genetics 142:1119-1127.
 
7.  McDonald, B.A., Mundt, C.C., Chen, R.S.  1996.  The role of selection on the genetic structure of pathogen populations: evidence from field experiments with Mycosphaerella graminicola on wheat.  Euphytica 92: 73-80.
 
8.  Zhan, J., Mundt, C.C., and B. A. McDonald. 2001. Using RFLPs to assess temporal variation and estimate the number of ascospores that initiate epidemics in field populations of Mycosphaerella graminicola.  Phytopathology 91:1011-1017.
 
9.  Zhan, J., G. H. J. Kema , C. Waalwijk and B. A. McDonald. 2002. Distribution of mating type alleles in the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola over spatial scales from lesions to continents.  Fungal Genetics and Biology 36:128-136.
 
10.  Linde, C., Zhan, J., and B. A. McDonald.  2002. Population structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola: From lesions to continents.  Phytopathology 92:946-955.
 
11.  Zhan, J., Pettway, R.E., McDonald B.A. 2003.  The global genetic structure of the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola is characterized by high nuclear diversity, low mitochondrial diversity, regular recombination, and gene flow.  Fungal Genetics and Biology 38:286-297.
 
12.  McDonald, B.A., Pettway, R.E., Chen, R.S., Boeger, J.M., Martinez, J.P.  1995.  The population genetics of Septoria tritici (teleomorph Mycosphaerella graminicola).  Canadian Journal of Botany 73 (supplement):S292-S301.
 
13.  Zhan, J., Mundt, C.C., McDonald, B.A.  1998.  Measuring immigration and sexual reproduction in field populations of Mycosphaerella graminicola.  Phytopathology 88:1330-1337.
 
14. Zhan, J., Mundt, C.C., McDonald, B.A.  2000. Estimating rates of recombination and migration in populations of plant pathogens--a reply.  Phytopathology 90:324-326.
 
15.  Zhan, J., Mundt, C.C., and B. A. McDonald. 2001. Using RFLPs to assess temporal variation and estimate the number of ascospores that initiate epidemics in field populations of Mycosphaerella graminicola.  Phytopathology 91:1011-1017.
 
16. Zhan, J., Mundt, C.C., Hoffer, M.E., and B.A. McDonald. 2002. Local adaptation and effect of host genotype on the evolution of virulence: an experimental test in a plant pathosystem.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15:634-647.
 
17. Zhan, J., G. H. J. Kema , C. Waalwijk and B. A. McDonald. 2002. Distribution of mating type alleles in the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola over spatial scales from lesions to continents.  Fungal Genetics and Biology 36:128-136.
 
18.  Linde, C., Zhan, J., and B. A. McDonald.  2002. Population structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola: From lesions to continents.  Phytopathology 92:946-955.
 
19.  Zhan, J., Pettway, R.E., McDonald B.A. 2003.  The global genetic structure of the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola is characterized by high nuclear diversity, low mitochondrial diversity, regular recombination, and gene flow.  Fungal Genetics and Biology 38:286-297.
 
20.  Banke, S., Peschon, A., McDonald B.A. 2004.  Phylogenetic analysis of globally distributed Mycosphaerella graminicola populations based on three DNA sequence loci.  Fungal Genetics and Biology 41:226-238.
 
21.  Banke, S., McDonald, B.A. 2005. Migration patterns among global populations of the pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola.  Molecular Ecology 14:1881-1896.
 
22.  Zhan, J., C.C. Linde, T. Juergens, U. Merz, F. Steinebrunner, and B. A. McDonald.  2005. Variation for neutral markers is correlated with variation for quantitative traits in the pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola.  Molecular Ecology 14:2683-2693.
 
23.  Jürgens, T., Linde, C.C., McDonald, B.A. 2006. Genetic structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola populations from Iran, Argentina and Australia.  European Journal of Plant Pathology 115:223-233.
 
24.  Zhan, J., Stefanato, F., McDonald, B.A. 2006.  Selection for increased cyproconazole tolerance in Mycosphaerella graminicola through local adaptation and in response to host resistance. Molecular Plant Pathology 7:259-268.
 
25.  Stukenbrock, E.H., Banke, S., Javan-Nikkhah, M., McDonald, B.A. 2007. Origin and domestication of the fungal wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola via sympatric speciation.  Molecular Biology and Evolution 24:398-411.
 
26.  Zhan, J., Torriani, S.F.F., McDonald, B.A. 2007.  Significant difference in pathogenicity between MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 isolates in the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola.  Fungal Genetics and Biology 44:339-346.
 
27.  Zhan, J., Mundt, C.C., McDonald B.A.  2007. Sexual reproduction facilitates the adaptation of parasites to antagonistic host environments: evidence from a field experiment in the wheat-Mycosphaerella graminicola system. International Journal of Parasitology 37:861-870.
 
28.  Brunner, P.C., Stefanato, F.L., McDonald, B.A. 2008. Evolution of the CYP51 gene in Mycosphaerella graminicola: evidence for intragenic recombination and selective replacement.  Molecular Plant Pathology 9:305-316.
 
29.  Torriani, S.F.F., Brunner, P.C., McDonald, B.A., Sierotzki, H. 2009.  QoI resistance emerged independently at least four times in European populations of Mycosphaerella graminicola. Pest Management Science 65:155-162.
 
30.  Brunner, P.C., Keller, N., McDonald, B.A. 2009. Wheat domestication accelerated evolution and triggered positive selection in the β-xylosidase enzyme of Mycosphaerella graminicola. PLoS ONE 4(11): e7884. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007884.
 
31.  Zhan, J., McDonald, B.A. 2011. Thermal adaptation in the fungal pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola.  Molecular Ecology 20:1689–1701.
 
32.  Stukenbrock, E.H., Bataillon, T., Dutheil, J.Y., Hansen, T.T., Li, R., Zala, M., McDonald, B.A., Jun, W., Schierup, M.H. 2011.  The making of a new pathogen: Insights from comparative population genomics of the domesticated wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola and its wild sister species.  Genome Research 21: 2157-2166. doi:10.1101/gr.118851.110.
 
33.  Torriani, S.F.F., Stukenbrock, E.H., Brunner, P.C., McDonald, B.A., Croll, D. 2011. Evidence for extensive recent intron transposition in closely related fungi. Current Biology 21:2017–2022.
 
34.  Boukef, S., McDonald, B.A., Yahyaoui, A., Rezgui, S., Brunner, P.C. 2012. Frequency of mutations associated with fungicide resistance and population structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola in Tunisia. European Journal of Plant Pathology 132:111–122.
 
35.  Drabešová, J., Ryšánek, P., Brunner, P., McDonald, B.A., Croll, D. 2013. Population genetic structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola and Quinone Outside Inhibitor (QoI) resistance in the Czech Republic.  European Journal of Plant Pathology 135:211-224.
 
36.  Yang, L., Gao, F., Zhan, J., McDonald, B.A. 2013. Association between virulence and triazole tolerance in the phytopathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola.  PLoS ONE 8(3): e59568. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059568.
 
37.  Brunner, P.C., Torriani, S.F.F., Croll, D., Stukenbrock, E.H., McDonald, B.A. 2013. Co-evolution and life cycle specialization of plant cell wall degrading enzymes in a hemibiotrophic pathogen.  Molecular Biology and Evolution 30:1337-1347.
 
38.  Croll, D., Zala, M., McDonald, B.A. 2013. Breakage-fusion-bridge cycles and large insertions contribute to the rapid evolution of accessory chromosomes in a fungal pathogen.  PLoS Genetics 9:e1003567.
 
39.  Lendenmann, M., Croll, D., Stewart, E.L., McDonald, B.A. 2014. Quantitative Trait Locus mapping of melanization in the plant pathogenic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici.   G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 4:2519-2533. doi: 10.1534/g3.114.015289.
 
40.  Stewart, E., McDonald B.A. 2014. Measuring quantitative virulence in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici using high throughput automated image analysis.  Phytopathology 104: 985-992.
 
41.  Brunner, P.C., Torriani, S.F.F., Croll, D., Stukenbrock, E.H., McDonald, B.A. 2014. Hitchhiking selection is driving intron gain in a pathogenic fungus.  Molecular Biology and Evolution 31:1741-1749.
 
42.  Lendenmann, M.H., Croll, D., McDonald, B.A.  2015. QTL mapping of fungicide sensitivity reveals novel genes and pleiotropy with melanization in the pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genetics and Biology 80:53–67.
 
43. Croll, D., Lendenmann, M., Stewart, E.L., McDonald, B.A. 2015. The impact of recombination hotspots on genome evolution of a fungal plant pathogen. Genetics 201:1213-1228.
 
44. Lendenmann, M.H., Croll, D., Palma-Guerrero, J., Stewart, E.L., McDonald, B.A.  2016. QTL mapping of temperature sensitivity reveals candidate genes for thermal adaptation and growth morphology in the plant pathogenic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici.  Heredity 116:384–394.
 
45.  Zhan, F.F., Xie, Y.K., Zhu, W., McDonald, B.A., Zhan, J. 2016.  Linear correlation analysis of Zymoseptoria tritici aggressiveness with in vitro growth rate. Phytopathology 106:1255-1261.
 
46.  Zhong, Z., Marcel, T., Hartmann, F.E., Ma, X., Plissonneau,C., Zala, M., Ducasse, A., Compain, J., Lapalu, N., Amselem, J., McDonald, B.A., Croll, D., Palma-Guerrero, J. 2017. A small secreted protein in Zymoseptoria tritici is responsible for avirulence on wheat cultivars carrying the Stb6 resistance gene.  New Phytologist 214:619-631.
 
47.  Hartmann, F.E., Sánchez-Vallet, A., McDonald, B.A., Croll, D. 2017. A fungal wheat pathogen evolved host specialization by extensive chromosomal rearrangements. The ISME Journal 11:1189–1204.
 
48.  Palma-Guerrero, J., Ma, X., Torriani, S.F.F., Zala, M., Francisco, C.S., Hartmann, F., Croll, D., McDonald, B.A.  2017. Comparative transcriptome analyses in Zymoseptoria tritici reveal significant differences in gene expression among strains during plant infection.  Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 30:231-244.
 
49.  Stewart, E.L., Croll, D., Lendenmann, M.H., Sanchez-Vallet, A., Hartmann, F.E., Palma-Guerrero, J., Ma, X., McDonald, B.A. 2017. QTL mapping reveals complex genetic architecture of quantitative virulence in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici.  Molecular Plant Pathology (in press). DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12515.
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