FungalTraits vs. FUNGuild: comparison of ecological functional assignments of leaf-and needle-associated fungi across 12 temperate tree species

B Tanunchai, L Ji, SA Schroeter, SFM Wahdan… - Microbial ecology, 2023 - Springer
Recently, a new annotation tool “FungalTraits” was created based on the previous FUNGuild
and FunFun databases, which has attracted high attention in the scientific community. These …

Horizontal gene transfer and gene dosage drives adaptation to wood colonization in a tree pathogen

B Dhillon, N Feau, AL Aerts… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Some of the most damaging tree pathogens can attack woody stems, causing lesions
(cankers) that may be lethal. To identify the genomic determinants of wood colonization …

Defense Pathways of Wheat Plants Inoculated with Zymoseptoria tritici under NaCl Stress Conditions: An Overview

B Baran, F Ölmez, B Çapa, M Dikilitas - Life, 2024 - mdpi.com
Due to being sessile, plants develop a broad range of defense pathways when they face
abiotic or biotic stress factors. Although plants are subjected to more than one type of stress …

Transcriptome Analysis of Poplar during Leaf Spot Infection with Sphaerulina spp.

AJ Foster, G Pelletier, P Tanguay, A Seguin - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Diseases of poplar caused by the native fungal pathogen Sphaerulina musiva and related
species are of growing concern, particularly with the increasing interest in intensive poplar …

Population genomic analyses reveal connectivity via human-mediated transport across Populus plantations in North America and an undescribed subpopulation of …

JF Tabima, KL Søndreli, S Keriö… - Molecular Plant …, 2020 - Am Phytopath Society
Domestication of plant species has affected the evolutionary dynamics of plant pathogens in
agriculture and forestry. A model system for studying the consequences of plant …

[HTML][HTML] Lenticel infection in Fraxinus excelsior shoots in the context of ash dieback

M Nemesio-Gorriz, B McGuinness, J Grant… - iForest …, 2019 - iforest.sisef.org
Common ash (Faxinus excelsior L.) in Europe is declining on a continental scale due to the
action of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, an invasive forest pathogen that causes ash dieback …

Growth parameters and resistance to Sphaerulina musiva-induced canker are more important than wood density for increasing genetic gain from selection of Populus …

M Niemczyk, BR Thomas - Annals of Forest Science, 2020 - Springer
Key message New genotypes of hybrid poplars from the Aigeiros and Tacamahaca sections
have great potential for increasing genetic gain from selection. The most promising traits are …

Metabolomic Patterns of Septoria Canker Resistant and Susceptible Populus trichocarpa Genotypes 24 Hours Postinoculation

RR Lenz, KB Louie, KL Søndreli, SS Galanie… - …, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
Sphaerulina musiva is an economically and ecologically important fungal pathogen that
causes Septoria stem canker and leaf spot disease of Populus species. To bridge the gap …

Cell wall response of field grown Populus to Septoria infection

N Bryant, W Muchero, RA Weber, J Barros… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Due to its ability to spread quickly and result in tree mortality, Sphaerulina musiva (Septoria)
is one of the most severe diseases impacting Populus. Previous studies have identified that …

Bark morphological and chemical features are differentially correlated with disease resistance and yield in hybrid poplar taxa

P Voothuluru, C Hamilton, K Kim, J Beason… - GCB …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the southeastern United States, the establishment of short‐rotation intensively
cultured plantations of hybrid poplar has been hindered by its susceptibility to stem cankers …