Pathogenicity of non-biotrophic fungi infecting cereals

Project (past)

Project dates01 Apr 2008 to end of 31 Mar 2012
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Project numberS4973
4973
DepartmentPlant Pathology and Microbiology (PPM)
Research fish codeBBS/E/C/00004973
Grant IDBBS/E/C/00004973

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Virus-induced gene silencing as a tool to study wheat gene function in the interaction with the pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Lee, W-S., Marshall, R., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Rudd, J. J. and Kanyuka, K. 2012. Virus-induced gene silencing as a tool to study wheat gene function in the interaction with the pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola. Abstracts Plant Biology Congress, Freiburg, 29 July-3 August 2012 . pp. 709

The role of chitin signalling in the wheat - M. graminicola interaction

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Lee, W-S., Rudd, J. J., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Kanyuka, K. 2012. The role of chitin signalling in the wheat - M. graminicola interaction. Abstracts Rank Prize Funds Mini-Symposium on New Horizons in Plant-Pathogen Interactions, Grasmere, 30 April-3 May 2012 .

Chromosomal evolutionary processes in filamentous fungi: macrosynteny and mesosynteny in basidiomycetes and concatenated ascomycete genomes

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Oliver, R. P., Williams, A., Antoniw, J. F. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2012. Chromosomal evolutionary processes in filamentous fungi: macrosynteny and mesosynteny in basidiomycetes and concatenated ascomycete genomes. Abstracts Dothideomycetes Satellite Meeting, Marburg, 3 April 2012 .

The role of chitin signalling in the wheat - M. graminicola interaction

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Lee, W-S., Rudd, J. J., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Kanyuka, K. 2012. The role of chitin signalling in the wheat - M. graminicola interaction. Abstracts Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens, Reading, 16-17 April 2012 .

Exploring the early symptomless phase of Fusarium graminearum infection of wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Brown, N. A., Urban, M. and Antoniw, J. F. 2012. Exploring the early symptomless phase of Fusarium graminearum infection of wheat ears. Abstracts 11th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Marburg, 30 March - 2 April 2012 . pp. 74

Functional characterisation of Cytochrome P450 genes from the wheat leaf pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Derbyshire, M., Bailey, A., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Courbot, M. and Rudd, J. J. 2012. Functional characterisation of Cytochrome P450 genes from the wheat leaf pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola. Abstracts 11th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Marburg, 30 March - 2 April 2012 . pp. 233

The top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Dean, R., Van Kan, J. A. L., Pretorius, Z. A., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Di Pietro, A., Spanu, P. D., Rudd, J. J., Dickman, M., Kahmann, R., Ellis, J. and Foster, G. D. 2012. The top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology. Molecular Plant Pathology. 13 (4), pp. 414-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00783.x

The 26th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, USA, 15th-20th March 2011

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Gurr, S. J., Dyer, P. S., Brown, N. A., Urban, M. and Tauati, S. 2012. The 26th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, USA, 15th-20th March 2011. BSPP News. 67, pp. 20-25.

The velvet gene, FgVe1, affects fungal development and positively regulates trichothecene biosynthesis and pathogenicity in Fusarium graminearum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Merhej, J., Urban, M., Dufresne, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Richard-Forget, F. and Barreau, C. 2012. The velvet gene, FgVe1, affects fungal development and positively regulates trichothecene biosynthesis and pathogenicity in Fusarium graminearum. Molecular Plant Pathology. 13 (4), pp. 363-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00755.x

The induction of mycotoxins by trichothecene producing Fusarium species

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Lowe, R., Jubault, M., Canning, G., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2012. The induction of mycotoxins by trichothecene producing Fusarium species. in: Thomma, B. P. H. J. and Bolton, M. D. (ed.) Plant fungal pathogens: methods and protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 835) Springer, Berlin. pp. 439-455

Virus-induced gene silencing system for functional genomics studies in wheat and related cereals

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Lee, W-S., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Kanyuka, K. 2011. Virus-induced gene silencing system for functional genomics studies in wheat and related cereals. Abstracts UK Monogram Network Workshop, Sutton Bonington, 11-13 April 2011 . pp. 14

OmniMapFree a unified tool to visualise and explore sequenced genomes

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Antoniw, J. F., Beacham, A. M., Baldwin, T. K., Urban, M., Rudd, J. J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2011. OmniMapFree a unified tool to visualise and explore sequenced genomes. BMC Bioinformatics. 12, p. 447 (14pp). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-12-447

Characterisation of the Fusarium graminearum-wheat floral interaction

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Brown, N. A., Bass, C. G., Baldwin, T. K., Chen, Huaigu, Massot, F., Carion, P. W. C., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. M. L. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2011. Characterisation of the Fusarium graminearum-wheat floral interaction. Journal of Pathogens. 2011, p. 626345. https://doi.org/10.4061/2011/626345

Minimum information about a bioactive entity (MIABE)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Orchard, S., Al-Lazikani, B., Bryant, S., Clark, D., Calder, E., Dix, I., Engkvist, O., Forster, M., Gaulton, A., Gilson, M., Glen, R., Grigorov, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Harland, L., Hopkins, A., Larminie, C., Lynch, N., Mann, R. K., Murray-Rust, P., Lo Piparo, E., Southan, C., Steinbeck, C., Wishart, D., Hermjakob, H., Overington, J. and Thornton, J. 2011. Minimum information about a bioactive entity (MIABE). Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 10, pp. 661-669. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd3503

Aberrant protein N- glycosylation impacts upon infection-related growth transitions of the haploid plant-pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Motteram, J., Lovegrove, A., Pirie, E. J., Marsh, J., Devonshire, J., Van De Meene, A., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Rudd, J. J. 2011. Aberrant protein N- glycosylation impacts upon infection-related growth transitions of the haploid plant-pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola. Molecular Microbiology. 81 (2), pp. 415-433. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07701.x

Finished genome of the fungal wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola reveals dispensome structure, chromosome plasticity and stealth pathogenesis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Goodwin, S. B., Ben M'barek, S., Dhillon, B., Wittenberg, A. H. J., Crane, C. F., Hane, J. K., Foster, A. J., Van Der Lee, T. A. J., Grimwood, J., Aerts, A., Antoniw, J. F., Bailey, A., Bluhm, B., Bowler, J., Bristow, J., Van Der Burgt, A., Canto-Canche, B., Churchill, A. C. L., Conde-Ferraez, L., Cools, H. J., Coutinho, P. M., Csukai, M., Dehal, P., De Wit, P., Donzelli, B., Van De Geest, H. C., Van Ham, R. C. H. J., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Rudd, J. J. 2011. Finished genome of the fungal wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola reveals dispensome structure, chromosome plasticity and stealth pathogenesis. PLOS Genetics. 7, p. e1002070 (17pp). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002070

Analysis of two in planta expressed LysM effector homologs from the fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola reveals novel functional properties and varying contributions to virulence on wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Marshall, R., Kombrink, A., Motteram, J., Loza-Reyes, E., Lucas, J. A., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Thomma, B. P. H. J. and Rudd, J. J. 2011. Analysis of two in planta expressed LysM effector homologs from the fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola reveals novel functional properties and varying contributions to virulence on wheat. Plant Physiology. 156, pp. 756-769. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.111.176347

A new approach to reduce the risk of Take-all disease

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Mcmillan, V. E., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Kanyuka, K. and Gutteridge, R. J. 2011. A new approach to reduce the risk of Take-all disease. RRA Newsletter. April, pp. 1-2.

Advances in plant disease and pest management

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lucas, J. A. 2011. Advances in plant disease and pest management. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 149, pp. 91-114. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859610000997

Evidence that wheat cultivars differ in their ability to build up inoculum of the take-all fungus, Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, under a first wheat crop

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Mcmillan, V. E., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Gutteridge, R. J. 2011. Evidence that wheat cultivars differ in their ability to build up inoculum of the take-all fungus, Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, under a first wheat crop. Plant Pathology. 60 (2), pp. 200-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02375.x

The unseen threat of symptomless Fusarium wheat ear infection

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Brown, N. A., Bass, C. G., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2011. The unseen threat of symptomless Fusarium wheat ear infection. Crop protection in Southern Britain. Aspects of Applied Biology 106 . pp. 143-149

Inactivation of plant infecting fungal and viral pathogens to achieve biological containment in drainage water using UV treatment

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Urban, M., Motteram, J., Jing, H-C., Powers, S. J., Townsend, J. A., Devonshire, J., Pearman, I., Kanyuka, K., Franklin, J. F. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2011. Inactivation of plant infecting fungal and viral pathogens to achieve biological containment in drainage water using UV treatment. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 110 (3), pp. 675-687. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04917.x

Identification and characterization of novel natural alleles of eIF4E in barley providing broad-spectrum resistance to bymoviruses

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Hofinger, B. J., Bass, C., Baldwin, T., Jing, H-C., Beaudoin, F., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Kanyuka, K. 2010. Identification and characterization of novel natural alleles of eIF4E in barley providing broad-spectrum resistance to bymoviruses. Antoun, H., Trepanier, M., Prevost, D., Brisson, L. and Avis, T. (ed.) Biology of plant-microbe interactions, vol. 7 . International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul. pp. Paper 71

Be more specific! Using laser capture micro-dissection to investigate Fusarium ear blight

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Brown, N. A., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2010. Be more specific! Using laser capture micro-dissection to investigate Fusarium ear blight. Abstracts 9th International Mycological Congress: the Biology of Fungi, Edinburgh, 1-6 August 2010 .

A combined 1H nuclear magnetic resonance and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry analysis to understand the basal metabolism of plant-pathogenic Fusarium spp

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lowe, R. G. T., Allwood, J. W., Galster, A. M., Urban, M., Daudi, A., Canning, G., Ward, J. L., Beale, M. H. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2010. A combined 1H nuclear magnetic resonance and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry analysis to understand the basal metabolism of plant-pathogenic Fusarium spp. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 23 (12), pp. 1605-1618. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-04-10-0092

The Fusaria

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2010. The Fusaria.

The infection biology of Fusarium graminearum: defining the pathways of spikelet to spikelet colonisation in wheat ears

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Brown, N. A., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. M. L. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2010. The infection biology of Fusarium graminearum: defining the pathways of spikelet to spikelet colonisation in wheat ears. Fungal Biology. 114 (7), pp. 555-571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2010.04.006

A partial chromosomal deletion caused by random plasmid integration resulted in a reduced virulence phenotype in Fusarium graminearum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Baldwin, T. K., Gaffoor, I., Antoniw, J. F., Andries, C., Guenther, J., Urban, M., Hallen-Adams, H. E., Pitkin, J., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Trail, F. 2010. A partial chromosomal deletion caused by random plasmid integration resulted in a reduced virulence phenotype in Fusarium graminearum. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 23 (8), pp. 1083-1096. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-23-8-1083

Effects of crop debris and cultivations on the development of eyespot of wheat caused by Oculimacula spp.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jenkyn, J. F., Gutteridge, R. J., Bateman, G. L. and Jalaluddin, M. 2010. Effects of crop debris and cultivations on the development of eyespot of wheat caused by Oculimacula spp. Annals of Applied Biology - AAB. 156 (3), pp. 387-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2010.00396.x

The identification of a virulence factor-enriched micro-region in the Fusarium graminearum genome

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Antoniw, J. F., Freeman, A., Urban, M., Welham, S. J. and Beacham, A. 2010. The identification of a virulence factor-enriched micro-region in the Fusarium graminearum genome. Abstracts Fusarium Workshop, Amsterdam, 28-29 March 2010 .

A role for topoisomerase I in Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum pathogenesis and sporulation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Baldwin, T. K., Urban, M., Brown, N. A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2010. A role for topoisomerase I in Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum pathogenesis and sporulation. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 23 (5), pp. 566-577. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-23-5-0566

Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ma, L-J., Van Der Does, H. C., Borkovich, K. A., Coleman, J. J., Daboussi, M-J., Di Pietro, A., Dufresne, M., Freitag, M., Grabherr, M., Henrissat, B., Houterman, P. M., Kang, S., Shim, W-B., Woloshuk, C., Xie, X., Xu, J-R., Antoniw, J. F., Baker, S. E., Bluhm, B. H., Breakspear, A., Brown, D. W., Butchko, R. A. E., Chapman, S., Coulson, R., Coutinho, P., Danchin, E. G. J., Diener, A., Gale, L. R. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2010. Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium. Nature. 464, pp. 367-373. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08850

Pest wars - press paper

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Lucas, J. A., Field, L. M., Cools, H. J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2009. Pest wars - press paper. Pest Wars: British Science Festival, Guildford, 8 September 2009 .

Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum in Arabidopsis floral tissue

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Freeman, A., Desmouceaux, N., Urban, M. and Cuzick, A. 2009. Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum in Arabidopsis floral tissue. Abstracts 14th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Quebec, 19-23 July 2009 .

Molecular and genetic studies on Fusarium Ear Blight disease of wheat

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Kanyuka, K., Brown, N. A., Beacham, A. M., Cuzick, A., Antoniw, J. F. and Urban, M. 2009. Molecular and genetic studies on Fusarium Ear Blight disease of wheat. Abstracts 2009 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum, Orlando, 7-9 December 2009 .

Exploiting natural genetic diversity of barley germplasm to identify superior alleles of eIF4E conferring broad-spectrum virus resistance

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Hofinger, B. J., Bass, C., Baldwin, T., Beaudoin, F., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Kanyuka, K. 2009. Exploiting natural genetic diversity of barley germplasm to identify superior alleles of eIF4E conferring broad-spectrum virus resistance. Abstracts Rank Prize Funds Mini-Symposium on Domestication of Cereals and Exploitation of Genetic Diversity in Improvement, Grasmere, 21-24 September 2009 .

Identification and characterization of novel natural alleles of eIF4E in barley providing broad-spectrum resistance to Bymoviruses

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Hofinger, B. J., Bass, C., Baldwin, T., Jing, H-C., Beaudoin, F., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Kanyuka, K. 2009. Identification and characterization of novel natural alleles of eIF4E in barley providing broad-spectrum resistance to Bymoviruses. Abstracts 14th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Quebec, 19-23 July 2009 . pp. 18

Exploiting the genetic diversity of natural barley germplasm for the discovery of novel eIF4E alleles conferring broad spectrum resistance to bymoviruses

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Hofinger, B. J., Bass, C., Baldwin, T., Beaudoin, F., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Kanyuka, K. 2009. Exploiting the genetic diversity of natural barley germplasm for the discovery of novel eIF4E alleles conferring broad spectrum resistance to bymoviruses. Abstracts International Conference on Advances in Plant Virology, Harrogate, 1-3 April 2009 .

Construction and establishment of a containment level 3 plant growth facility at Rothamsted Research

D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Urban, M., Franklin, J. F. and Taberer, R. 2009. Construction and establishment of a containment level 3 plant growth facility at Rothamsted Research.

Effectors, effectors et encore des effectors: the XIV International Congress on Molecular-Plant Microbe Interactions, Quebec

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Walton, J. D., Avis, T. J., Alfano, J. R., Gijzen, M., Spanu, P., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Sanchez, M. 2009. Effectors, effectors et encore des effectors: the XIV International Congress on Molecular-Plant Microbe Interactions, Quebec. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 22 (12), pp. 1479-1483. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-22-12-1479