Forward Genetics Approach Reveals Host Genotype-Dependent Importance of Accessory Chromosomes in the Fungal Wheat Pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

M Habig, J Quade, EH Stukenbrock - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici possesses a large complement of accessory
chromosomes showing presence/absence polymorphism among isolates. These …

Expression Profiling of the Wheat Pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici Reveals Genomic Patterns of Transcription and Host-Specific Regulatory Programs

R Kellner, A Bhattacharyya, S Poppe… - Genome biology and …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Host specialization by pathogens requires a repertoire of virulence factors as well as fine-
tuned regulation of gene expression. The fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici …

The identification of a transposon affecting the asexual reproduction of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

C Wang, AW Milgate, PS Solomon… - Molecular plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Zymoseptoria tritici, the causal agent of Septoria tritici blotch, is a fungal wheat pathogen that
causes significant global yield losses. Within Z. tritici populations, quantitative differences in …

A fungal wheat pathogen evolved host specialization by extensive chromosomal rearrangements

FE Hartmann, A Sánchez-Vallet, BA McDonald… - The ISME …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Fungal pathogens can rapidly evolve virulence towards resistant crops in agricultural
ecosystems. Gains in virulence are often mediated by the mutation or deletion of a gene …

Quantitative trait locus mapping reveals complex genetic architecture of quantitative virulence in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

EL Stewart, D Croll, MH Lendenmann… - Molecular plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a comprehensive analysis of virulence in the fungal wheat pathogen
Zymoseptoria tritici using quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping. High‐throughput …

Remarkable recent changes in the genetic diversity of the avirulence gene AvrStb6 in global populations of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

C Stephens, F Ölmez, H Blyth… - Molecular Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Septoria tritici blotch (STB), caused by the fungus Zymoseptoria tritici, is one of the most
economically important diseases of wheat. Recently, both factors of a gene‐for‐gene …

Utilizing Gene Tree Variation to Identify Candidate Effector Genes in Zymoseptoria tritici

MC McDonald, L McGinness, JK Hane… - G3: Genes …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Zymoseptoria tritici is a host-specific, necrotrophic pathogen of wheat. Infection by Z. tritici is
characterized by its extended latent period, which typically lasts 2 wks, and is followed by …

Meiosis Leads to Pervasive Copy-Number Variation and Distorted Inheritance of Accessory Chromosomes of the Wheat Pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

S Fouché, C Plissonneau… - Genome biology and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Meiosis is one of the most conserved molecular processes in eukaryotes. The fidelity of
pairing and segregation of homologous chromosomes has a major impact on the proper …

Development of a rapid multiplex SSR genotyping method to study populations of the fungal plant pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

A Gautier, TC Marcel, J Confais, C Crane, G Kema… - BMC research …, 2014 - Springer
Background Zymoseptoria tritici is a hemibiotrophic ascomycete fungus causing leaf blotch
of wheat that often decreases yield severely. Populations of the fungus are known to be …

Population-level deep sequencing reveals the interplay of clonal and sexual reproduction in the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

NK Singh, P Karisto, D Croll - Microbial genomics, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
Pathogens cause significant challenges to global food security. On annual crops, pathogens
must re-infect from environmental sources in every growing season. Fungal pathogens have …