Annotating the Stagonospora (Phaeosphaeria) nodorum genome and why did Pyrenophora tritici-repentis invade Australia

16 February 2007 10:15
LFW C5

Prof. Richard Oliver

Murdoch University, Western Australia

Prof. Oliver is the director of the Australian Centre for Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens. He is a fungal molecular geneticist who has coordinated the sequencing of the genome of the wheat pathogen Stagonospora nodorum.

Some recent publications

FRIESEN TL, STUKENBROCK EH, LIU Z, MEINHARDT S, LING H, FARIS JD, RASMUSSEN JB, SOLOMON PS, McDONALD BA & OLIVER RP (2006)
Emergence of a new disease as a result of interspecific virulence gene transfer.
Nature Genetics 38: 953-956

SOLOMON PS, JOERGENS CI & OLIVER RP (2006)
d-Aminolevulinic acid synthesis is required for virulence of the wheat pathogen Stagonospora nodorum.
Microbiology 152(Pt 5):1533-8

SOLOMON PS, LOWE RGT, TAN K-C, WATERS ODC, BAILEY A & OLIVER RP. (2006)
Stagonospora nodorum; cause of Septoria nodorum blotch of wheat.
Molecular Plant Pathology 7(3):147-156

OLIVER RP & SOLOMON PS (2004)
Does the oxidative stress used by plants for defense provide a source of nutrients for pathogenic fungi?
Trends in Plant Science. 9(10) 472-473