Genomic biosurveillance of forest invasive alien enemies: A story written in code

RC Hamelin, AD Roe - Evolutionary Applications, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The world's forests face unprecedented threats from invasive insects and pathogens that can
cause large irreversible damage to the ecosystems. This threatens the world's capacity to …

Ecology and Evolution of the Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum

NJ Grünwald, JM LeBoldus… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The sudden oak and sudden larch death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum emerged
simultaneously in the United States on oak and in Europe on Rhododendron in the 1990s …

Mitotic Recombination and Rapid Genome Evolution in the Invasive Forest Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum

AL Dale, N Feau, SE Everhart, B Dhillon, B Wong… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Invasive alien species often have reduced genetic diversity and must adapt to new
environments. Given the success of many invasions, this is sometimes called the genetic …

Long transposon-rich centromeres in an oomycete reveal divergence of centromere features in Stramenopila-Alveolata-Rhizaria lineages

Y Fang, MA Coelho, H Shu, K Schotanus… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Centromeres are chromosomal regions that serve as platforms for kinetochore assembly
and spindle attachments, ensuring accurate chromosome segregation during cell division …

Genomic instability in fungal plant pathogens

S Covo - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fungi and fungal-like organisms (oomycetes) that cause diseases in plants have impacted
human communities for centuries and probably from the dawn of agriculture. In modern …

Independent Whole-Genome Duplications Define the Architecture of the Genomes of the Devastating West African Cacao Black Pod Pathogen Phytophthora megakarya and Its …

A Morales-Cruz, SS Ali, A Minio… - G3: Genes …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Phytophthora megakarya and P. palmivora are oomycete pathogens that cause black pod
rot of cacao (Theobroma cacao), the most economically important disease on cacao …

Novel Introductions and Epidemic Dynamics of the Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum in Oregon Forests

NC Carleson, HA Daniels, PW Reeser… - …, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
Sudden oak death caused by Phytophthora ramorum has been actively managed in Oregon
since the early 2000s. To date, this epidemic has been driven mostly by the NA1 clonal …

Pathogenicity and infectivity of Phytophthora ramorum vary depending on host species, infected plant part, inoculum potential, pathogen genotype, and temperature

M Garbelotto, D Schmidt, T Popenuck - Plant Pathology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A total of 25 ornamental plant species representing 10 families were inoculated using three
genotypes, each representing one of the genetic lineages NA1, NA2, and EU1 of the …

From genomes to forest management – tackling invasive Phytophthora species in the era of genomics

S Keriö, HA Daniels, M Gómez-Gallego… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Species of Phytophthora pose one of the most serious biosecurity threats to forest
ecosystems worldwide. Despite management efforts and increased awareness of forest …

Haplotype-Phased Genome Assembly of Virulent Phytophthora ramorum Isolate ND886 Facilitated by Long-Read Sequencing Reveals Effector Polymorphisms and …

M Malar C, JD Yuzon, S Das, A Das… - Molecular Plant …, 2019 - Am Phytopath Society
Phytophthora ramorum is a destructive pathogen that causes sudden oak death disease.
The genome sequence of P. ramorum isolate Pr102 was previously produced, using Sanger …