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Kettles, G. J., Hofinger, B. J., Hu, P., Bayon, C., Rudd, J. J., Balmer, D., Courbot, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Scalliet, G. and Kanyuka, K. 2019. sRNA profiling combined with gene function analysis reveals a lack of evidence for cross-kingdom RNAi in the wheat – Zymoseptoria tritici pathosystem. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10 (892). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00892
Kettles, G. J., Hofinger, B. J., Hu, P., Bayon, C., Rudd, J. J., Balmer, D., Courbot, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Scalliet, G. and Kanyuka, K. 2019. Analysis of small RNAs in the Zymoseptoria tritici – wheat interaction. 30th Fungal Genetics Conference. Pacific Grove, California, USA 12 Mar 2019
Kettles, G. J., Hofinger, B. J., Hu, P., Bayon, C., Rudd, J. J., Balmer, D., Courbot, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Scalliet, G. and Kanyuka, K. 2018. Analysis of small RNA silencing in Zymoseptoria tritici – wheat interactions. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/501650
Kettles, G. J., Bayon, C., Sparks, C. A., Canning, G., Kanyuka, K. and Rudd, J. J. 2018. Characterization of an antimicrobial and phytotoxic ribonuclease secreted by the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. New Phytologist. 217 (1), pp. 320-331. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14786
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Kettles, G. J., Bayon, C., Canning, G., Rudd, J. J. and Kanyuka, K. 2017. Apoplastic recognition of multiple candidate effectors from the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici in the nonhost plant Nicotiana benthamiana. New Phytologist. 213 (1), pp. 338-350. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14215
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Fraaije, B. A., Bayon, C., Atkins, S., Cools, H. J., Lucas, J. A. and Fraaije, M. W. 2012. Risk assessment studies on succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors, the new weapons in the battle to control Septoria leaf blotch in wheat. Molecular Plant Pathology. 13 (3), pp. 263-275. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00746.x
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Pei, M. H., Ruiz, C., Shield, I. F., Macalpine, W. J., Lindegaard, K., Bayon, C. and Karp, A. 2010. Mendelian inheritance of rust resistance to Melampsora larici-epitea in crosses between Salix sachalinensis and S. viminalis. Plant Pathology. 59 (5), pp. 862-872. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02317.x
Fraaije, B. A., Rogers, S., Bayon, C., Cools, H. J. and Lucas, J. A. 2010. Effects of DMI fungicides on selection of CYP51 variants in UK populations of Mycosphaerella graminicola. Abstracts 16th International Reinhardsbrunn Symposium: Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds, Friedrichroda, 25-29 April 2010 . pp. 84
Pei, M. H., Ruiz, C., Hunter, T. and Bayon, C. 2010. Interactions between Melamspora larici-epitea pathotypes and the mycoparasite Sphaerellopsis filum from willow rusts. Forest Pathology. 40 (1), pp. 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0329.2009.00604.x
Parry, M. A. J., Madgwick, P. J., Bayon, C., Tearall, K., Hernandez-Lopez, A., Baudo, M., Rakszegi, M., Hamada, W., Al-Yassin, A., Ouabbou, H., Labhilili, M. and Phillips, A. L. 2009. Mutation discovery for crop improvement. Journal of Experimental Botany. 60 (10), pp. 2817-2825. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erp189
Jing, H-C., Bayon, C., Kanyuka, K., Berry, S., Wenzl, P., Huttner, E., Kilian, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2009. DArT markers: diversity analyses, genomes comparison, mapping and integration with SSR markers in Triticum monococcum. BMC Genomics. 10, p. 458 (17pp). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-10-458
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Pei, M. H., Bayon, C. and Ruiz, C. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships in some Melampsora rusts on Salicaceae assessed using rDNA sequence information. Mycological Research. 109 (4), pp. 401-409. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0953756205002479
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Pei, M. H., Lindegaard, K., Ruiz, C. and Bayon, C. 2008. Rust resistance of some varieties and recently bred genotypes of biomass willows. Biomass & Bioenergy. 32, pp. 453-459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.11.002
Jing, H-C., Bayon, C., Gutteridge, R., Kornyukhin, D., Kanyuka, K., Orford, S., Zlatska, A., Mitrofanova, O. P., Phillips, A. L. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2007. Triticum monococcum as a reference species for wheat genetics and genomics. Abstracts 4th UK Small Grain Cereal Genetics and Genomics Workshop: From Genes to Traits, Cambridge, 14-16 March 2007 .
Bayon, C., Pei, M. H., Ruiz, C. and Hunter, T. 2007. Genetic structure and spatial distribution of the mycoparasite Sphaerellopsis filum on Melampsora larici-epitea in a short-rotation coppice willow planting. Plant Pathology. 56 (4), pp. 616-623. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01606.x
Pei, M. H., Bayon, C., Ruiz, C. and Tubby, I. 2007. Population structure of poplar rust Melampsora larici-populina in the UK inferred from AFLP. Plant Pathology. 56 (3), pp. 472-479. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01570.x
Trybush, S., Hanley, S. J., Cho, K-H., Jahodova, S., Grimmer, M., Emelianov, I., Bayon, C. and Karp, A. 2006. Getting the most out of fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism. Canadian Journal Of Botany. 84 (8), pp. 1347-1354. https://doi.org/10.1139/B06-096
Bayon, C., Yuan, Z-W., Ruiz, C., Liesebach, M. and Pei, M. H. 2006. Genetic diversity in the mycoparasite Sphaerellopsis filum inferred from AFLP analysis and ITS-5.8S sequences. Mycological Research. 110, pp. 1200-1206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mycres.2006.06.001
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Pei, M. H., Ruiz, C., Bayon, C., Hunter, T. and Lonsdale, D. 2005. Pathogenic variation in poplar rust Melampsora larici-populina from England. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 111, pp. 147-155.
Pei, M. H., Ruiz, C., Bayon, C. and Hunter, T. 2004. Rust resistance in Salix to Melampsora larici-epitea. Plant Pathology. 53 (6), pp. 770-779. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2004.01100.x
Pei, M. H., Ruiz, C., Hunter, T. and Bayon, C. 2003. Rust resistance in Salix induced by inoculations with avirulent and virulent isolates of Melampsora larici-epitea. Forest Pathology. 33 (6), pp. 383-394. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1437-4781.2003.00338.x
Pei, M. H., Hunter, T., Ruiz, C., Bayon, C. and Harris, J. 2003. Quantitative inoculation of willow rust Melampsora larici-epitea with the mycoparasite Sphaerellopsis filum (teleomorph Eudarluca caricis ). Mycological Research. 107, pp. 57-63.
Pei, M. H., Ruiz, C., Hunter, T., Arnold, G. M. and Bayon, C. 2002. Quantitative relationships between inoculum of Melampsora larici-epitea and corresponding disease on Salix. Plant Pathology. 51, pp. 443-453.
Pei, M. H., Bayon, C., Ruiz, C., Yuan, Z-W. and Hunter, T. 2002. Genetic variation in Melampsora larici-epitea on biomass willows assessed using AFLP. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 108, pp. 229-236.