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K.L. Broz (Hilburn)
2013	Cellular development associated with induced mycotoxin synthesis in the filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum.
2012	The Wor1-like protein Fgp1 regulates pathogenicity, toxin synthesis and reproduction in the phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum.
2011	Novel Fusarium head blight pathogens from Nepal and Louisiana revealed by multilocus genealogical concordance. Npc1 is involved in sterol trafficking in the filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum.
2010	Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium. (Follow link to download pdf file from Natrure's website.)
2009	Global gene regulation by Fusarium transcription factors Tri6and Tri10reveals adaptations for toxin biosynthesis.
2007	The Fusarium graminearum genome reveals a link between localized polymorphism and pathogen specialization.
2006	Genomic analysis of host-pathogen interaction between Fusarium graminearum and wheat during early stages of disease development.
M. L. Carson
2010	Century-old mystery of Puccinia striiformis life history solved with the identification of Berberis as an alternate host.
2009	Crown rust development and selection for virulence in Puccinia coronataf. sp. avenae in an oat multiline cultivar. Broad-spectrum resistance to crown rust, Puccinia coronataf. sp. avenae, in accessions of the tetraploid slender oat, Avena barbata.

M. E. Hughes
2010	Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2008.
2009	Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2007.
2007	Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2006. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2005.
2006	Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2004.
2005	Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2003. Wheat Rusts in the United States in 2004.
2004	Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2002.
2003	Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2001.
2002	Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2000.
Yue Jin
2013	Identification of resistance to races of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici with broad virulence in Triticale (x Triticosecale).
2012	Introgression and characterization of a goatgrass gene for a high level of resistance to Ug99 stem rust in tetraploid wheat. Resistance to race TTKSK of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in emmer wheat. Identification of markers linked to the race Ug99 effective stem rust resistance gene Sr28 in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Inheritance of resistance to Ug99 stem rust in wheat cultivar Norin 40 and genetic mapping of Sr42. A mutagenesis-derived broad-spectrum disease resistance locus in wheat. Seedling resistance to stem rust race Ug99 and marker analysis for Sr2, Sr24 and Sr31 in South African wheat cultivars and lines. Races of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici with combined virulence to Sr13 and Sr9e in a field stem rust screening nursery in Ethiopia.
2011	Genetics of resistance to race TTKSK of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in Triticum monococcum. The emergence of Ug99 races of the stem rust fungus is a threat to world wheat production. Stem rust resistance in Aegilops tauschii germplasm. Discovery and molecular mapping of a new gene conferring resistance to stem rust, Sr53, derived from Aegilops geniculata and characterization of spontaneous translocation stocks with reduced alien chromatin. Stem rust resistance in A-genome diploid relatives of wheat. Sources of resistance to stem rust race Ug99 in spring wheat germplasm. A novel Robertsonian translocation event leads to transfer of a stem rust resistance gene (Sr52) effective against race Ug99 from Dasypyrum villosum into bread wheat. Development and characterization of wheat-Ae. searsii Robertsonian translocations and a recombinant chromosome conferring resistance to stem rust. International surveillance of wheat rust pathogens: progress and challenges. Targeted introgression of a wheat stem rust resistance gene by DNA marker-assisted chromosome engineering. Role of Berberis spp. as alternate hosts in generating new races of Puccinia graminis and P. striiformis. Race non-specific resistance to rust diseases in CIMMYT spring wheats. Determing the basis of nonhost resistance in rice to cereal rusts. An accurate DNA marker assay for stem rust resistance gene Sr2 in wheat. Expression of a Thatcher wheat adult plant stem rust resistance QTL on chromosome arm 2BL is enhanced by Lr34. Genetic mapping of stem rust resistance gene Sr13 in tetraploid wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum L.).
2010	Identification of flanking markers for the stem rust resistance gene Sr6 in wheat. Genetic maps of stem rust resistance gene Sr35 in diploid and hexaploid wheat. Development of wheat lines having a small introgressed segment carrying stem rust resistance gene Sr22. Haplotype diversity of stem rust resistance loci in uncharacterized wheat lines. Century-old mystery of Puccinia striiformis life history solved with the identification of Berberis as an alternate host. Molecular and cytogenetic characterization of wheat introgression lines carrying the stem rust resistance gene Sr39. Registration of ‘Brick’ wheat. Identification and evaluation of sources of resistance to stem rust race Ug99 in wheat. Genotyping of U.S. wheat germplasm for presence of stem rust resistance genes Sr24, Sr36 and Sr1RS^Amigo Diagnostic and co-dominant PCR markers for wheat stem rust resistance genes Sr25 and Sr26.
2009	Diseases which challenge global wheat production - the wheat rusts. Evaluation and characterization of seedling resistances to stem rust Ug99 races in wheat–alien species derivatives. Resistance to stem rust race TTKSK maps to the rpg4/Rpg5 complex of chromosome 5H of barley. Detection of virulence to resistance gene Sr36 within the TTKS race lineage of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici. Identification and validation of SSR markers linked to the stem rust resistance gene Sr6 on the short arm of chromosome 2D in wheat.
2008	Detection of virulence to resistance gene Sr24 within race TTKS of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici. Genetics of leaf rust resistance in Brambling wheat. Molecular and cytogenetic characterization of a durum wheat-Aegilops speltoides chromosome translocation conferring resistance to stem rust. Will stem rust destroy the world’s wheat crop? Inheritance of leaf rust resistance in the CIMMYT wheat Weebill 1. Diagnostic microsatellite markers for the detection of stem rust resistance gene Sr36 in diverse genetic backgrounds of wheat. New Fusarium head blight resistant spring wheat germplasm identified in the USDA National Small Grains Collection.
2007	Microsatellite markers linked to stem rust resistance alllele Sr9ain wheat. Letter Code System of Nomenclature for Puccinia graminis f. sp. avenae. Registration of ‘Briggs’ Wheat Geographic distribution of stem rust resistance in wheat landraces. Chromosomal locations of genes for stem rust resistance in monogenic lines derived from tetraploid wheat accession ST464. Characterization of seedling infection types and adult plant infection responses of monogenic Sr gene lines to race TTKS of Puccinia graminisf. sp. tritici. Wheat leaf and stem rust in the United States.
2006	Molecular cytogenetic characterization of four patrial wheat-Thinopyrum ponticum amphiploids and their reactions to Fusariumhead blight, tan spot, and Stagonospora nodorum blotch. Current status, likely migration and strategies to mitigate the threat to wheat production from race Ug99 (TTKS) of stem rust pathogen. The spread of stem rust caused by Puccinia graminisf. sp. tritici, with virulence on Sr31 in wheat in eastern Africa. Resistance in U.S. wheat to recent eastern Africa isolates of Puccinia graminis f. sp. triticiwith virulence to resistance gene Sr31. Registration of ‘Wendy’ wheat.
2005	Wheat Rusts in the United States in 2004. Races of Puccinia graminisidentified in the United States during 2003.
2004	Molecular mapping of the crown rust resistance gene Rpc1 in barley. Development of a resistance-based sensor for detection of wetness at the soil-air interface.
2003	Molecular mapping of leaf rust resistance gene Rph5 in barley. Molecular mapping of the leaf rust resistance gene Rph6 in barley and its linkage relationships with Rph5 and Rph7. Genetic variation for Puccinia emaculata infection in switchgrass.
2002	Sources and genetics of crown rust resistance in barley.
2001	Inheritance of Septoria triticiblotch resistance in winter wheat.
2000	Molecular mapping of the leaf rust resistance gene Rph7in barley.
1999	Puccinia coronatavar. hordeivar. nov.: morphology and pathogenicity. Daily inoculum levels of Gibberella zeaeon wheat spikes.
1998	Chromosomal location and genetic relationship of leaf rust resistance genes Rph9and Rph12in barley.
1997	Identification and mapping of a leaf rust resistance gene in barley line Q21861.
1996	New leaf rust resistance genes in barley and their allelic and linkage relationships with other Rphgenes. Genetics of resistance to Puccinia graminisf. sp. secalisin barley line Q21861.
1995	Evaluation of cultivated and wild barley for resistance to pathotypes of Puccinia hordeiwith wide virulence. Identification of molecular markers linked to the stem rust resistance gene rpg4in barley. Genetics of multiple disease resistance in a double-haploid population of barley.
1994	Sources of resistance to pathotype QCC of Puccinia graminisf. sp. triticiin barley. Inheritance of resistance to Puccinia hordei in cultivated and wild barley. Inheritance of resistance to pathotypes QCC and MCC of Puccinia graminisf. sp. triticiin barley line Q21861 and temperature effects on the expression of resistance.
1993	Linkage between leaf rust resistance genes and morphological markers in barley. Linkage between the Rpg1gene for stem rust resistance and the f5locus on barley chromosome 1. Pathotypes of Puccinia hordeiwith virulence for the barley leaf rust resistance gene Rph7in the United States. Detection of the stem rust resistance gene Rpg1in barley seedlings.
1992	Puccinia coronataon barley.
H. C. Kistler
2013	Cellular development associated with induced mycotoxin synthesis in the filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum.
2012	Fusarium graminearum Tri12p influences virulence to wheat and trichothecene accumulation. Systematics, phylogeny and trichothecene mycotoxin potential of Fusarium head blight pathogens. Interactions between Fusarium verticillioides, Ustilago maydis, and Zea mays: An endophyte, a pathogen, and their shared plant host. Metabolome and transcriptome of the interaction between Ustilago maydis and Fusarium verticillioides in vitro. The Wor1-like protein Fgp1 regulates pathogenicity, toxin synthesis and reproduction in the phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum.
2011	Novel Fusarium head blight pathogens from Nepal and Louisiana revealed by multilocus genealogical concordance. In vitro interactions between Fusarium verticillioides and Ustilago maydis through real-time PCR and metabolic profiling. Functional analysis of the kinome of the wheat scab fungus Fusarium graminearum. The HDF1 histone deacetylase gene is important for conidiation, sexual reproduction, and pathogenesis in Fusarium graminearum. The transcriptome of Fusarium graminearum during the infection of wheat. Npc1 is involved in sterol trafficking in the filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum. Nivalenol-type populations of Fusarium graminearum and F. asiaticum are prevelant on wheat in southern Louisiana. A novel transcriptional factor important for pathogenesis and ascosporogenesis in Fusariumm graminearum. The transcription factor FgStuAp influences spore development, pathogenicity, and secondary metabolism in Fusarium graminearum.
2010	The genomic organization of plant pathogenicity in Fusarium species. Systematic discovery of regulatory motifs in Fusarium graminearum by comparing four Fusarium genomes. Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium. (Follow link to download pdf file from Natrure's website.)
2009	A novel Asian clade within the Fusarium graminearum species complex includesa newly discovered cereal head blight pathogen from the Russian Far East. A two-locus DNA sequence database for typing plant and human pathogens within the Fusarium oxysporum species complex. Transducin beta-like gene FTL1is essential for pathogenesis in Fusarium graminearum. Global gene regulation by Fusarium transcription factors Tri6and Tri10 reveals adaptations for toxin biosynthesis.
2008	Multilocus genotyping and molecular phylogenetics resolve a novel head blight pathogen within the Fusarium graminearum species complex from Ethiopia. Conidial germination in the filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum.
2007	Population subdivision of Fusarium graminearum sensu stricto in the upper midwestern United States. Global molecular surveillance reveals novel Fusarium head blight species and trichothecene toxin diversity. The Fusarium graminearum genome reveals a link between localized polymorphism and pathogen specialization. Bacterial artificial chromosome-based physical map of Gibberella zeae (Fusarium graminearum).
2006	Genomic analysis of host-pathogen interaction between Fusarium graminearum and wheat during early stages of disease development. Development of a Fusarium graminearum Affymetrix GeneChip for profiling fungal gene expression in vitro and in planta. Cryptic promoter activity in the coding region of the HMG-CoA reductase gene in Fusarium graminearum.
2005	Pathogenicity and in planta mycotoxin accumulation among members of the Fusarium graminearum species complex on wheat and rice. Chromosome complement of the fungal plant pathogen Fusarium graminearum based on genetic and physical mapping and cytological observations. Random insertional mutagenesis identifies genes associated with virulence in the wheat scab fungus Fusarium graminearum.
2004	Development of VNTR markers for two Fusarium graminearum clade species. Pathogen Profile. Heading for disaster: Fusarium graminearum on cereal crops. Genealogical concordance between mating type locus and seven other nuclear genes supports formal recognition of nine phylogenetically distinct species within the Fusarium graminearum clade.
2003	Origin of race 3 of Fusarium oxysporumf. sp. lycopersici at a single site in California. The probable center of origin of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici VCG 0033. Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Gibberella zeae (anamorph Fusarium graminearum).
2002	Population analysis of Fusarium graminearum from wheat fields in eastern China. A mitogen-activated protein kinase gene (MGV1) in Fusarium graminearum is required for female fertility, heterokaryon fromation, and plant infection. Evidence of ancient polymorphism and adaptive evolution in the trichothecene gene cluster of phytopathogenic Fusarium.
2001	Genes determining pathogenicity to pea are clustered on a supernumerary chromosome in the fungal plant pathogen Nectria haematococca.
2000	Gene genealogies reveal global phylogeographic structure and reproductive isolation among lineages of Fusarium graminearum, the fungus causing wheat scab. Role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of fungi.
1999	High levels of gene flow and heterozygote excess characterize Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA (Thanatephorus cucumeris) from Texas.
1998	Multiple origins of the fungus causing Panama disease of banana: concordant evidence from nuclear and mitochondrial gene genealogies.
J. A. Kolmer
2013	Leaf rust of wheat: Pathogen biology, variation and host resistance.
2012	Genetic differentiation of wheat leaf rust fungus Puccinia triticina in Europe. Leaf rust resistance in selected Uruguayan common wheat cultivars with early maturity.
2011	Genetic differentiation of Puccinia triticina populations in the Middle East and genetic similarity with populations in central Asia Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2009 Expression of a Thatcher wheat adult plant stem rust resistance QTL on chromosome arm 2BL is enhanced by Lr34.
2010	Chromosome location, linkage with simple sequence repeat markers, and leaf rust resistance conditioned by gene Lr63 in wheat. Association mapping of leaf rust response in durum wheat. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2008. Genetics of leaf rust resistance in the soft red winter wheat cultivars Coker 9663 and Pioneer 26R61. Genetic differentiation within the Puccinia triticina population in South America and comparison with the North American population suggests common ancestry and intercontinental migration. Virulence phenotypes and molecular genotypes in collections of Puccinia triticina from Italy.
2009	Diseases which challenge global wheat production - the wheat rusts. The rust fungi. Identification of novel QTLs for seedling and adult plant leaf rust resistance in a wheat doubled haploid population. Genetics of leaf rust resistance in the soft red winter wheat ‘Caldwell’. Differentiation of molecular genotypes and virulence phenotypes of Puccinia triticina from common wheat in North America. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2007.
2008	Analysis of the Lr34/Yr18 rust resistance region in wheat germplasm. Wheat leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2006. Genetics of leaf rust resistance in Brambling wheat. Inheritance of leaf rust resistance in the CIMMYT wheat Weebill 1. Genetics of stem rust resistance in the spring wheat cultivar Thatcher and the enhancement of stem rust resistance by Lr34. Stem rust resistance in TcLr34.
2007	Wheat leaf and stem rust in the United States. Resistance of Sharon goatgrass (Aegilops sharonensis) to fungal diseases of wheat. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2005. Development of simple sequence repeat markers for the plant pathogenic rust fungus Puccinia triticina. Virulence phenotypes of a worldwide collection of Puccinia triticina from durum wheat. Genetics of leaf rust resistance in three Americano landrace-derived wheat cultivars from Uruguay. Simplge sequence repeat diversity of a worldwide collection of Puccinia triticina from durum wheat. Early research on the genetics of Puccinia graminis and stem rust resistance in wheat in Canada and the United States. Genetic differentiation of Puccinia triticina populations in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
2006	Genetics of leaf rust resistance in the spring wheat cultivars 'Ivan' and 'Knudson' spring wheat. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2004.
2005	PCR markers for Triticum speltoides leaf rust resistance gene Lr51 and their use to develop isogenic hard red spring wheat lines. Molecular characterization of durum and common wheat recombinant lines carrying leaf rust resistance (Lr19) and yellow pigment (Y) genes from Lophopyrum ponticum. Powdery mildew resistance and Lr34/Yr18 genes for durable resistance to leaf and stripe rust cosegregate at a locus on the short arm of chromosome 7D of wheat. Registration of 'Oklee' wheat. Rust control in glyphosate tolerant wheat following application of herbicide glyphosate. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2003. Tracking wheat rust on a continental scale. Genetics of leaf rust resistance in spring wheat cultivars Alsen and Norm. Wheat Rusts in the United States in 2004. Margaret Newton: Pioneering Cereal Rust Researcher.
2004	Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2002. Characterization of leaf rust resistance in hard red spring wheat cultivars.
2003	PCR assays for the Lr37-Yr17-Sr38 cluster of rust resistance genes and their use to develop isogenic hard red spring wheat lines. Physiologic specialization ofPuccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2001. Postulation of leaf rust resistance genes in selected soft red winter wheats.
2002	Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2000. Inheritance of leaf rust resistance in the wheat cultivars AC Majestic, AC Splendor, and AC Karma. Virulence phenotypes of Puccinia triticina in the south Atlantic states in 1999.
2001	Molecular polymorphism and virulence phenotypes of the wheat leaf rust fungus Puccinia triticinain Canada. Simple inheritance of partial resistance to leaf rust in two wheat cultivars. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina in Canada in 1998.
2000	Virulence and molecular polymorphism in international collections of the wheat leaf rust fungus Puccinia triticina.
1999	Virulence dynamics, phenotypic diversity, and virulence complexity in two populations of Puccinia triticinain Canada from 1987 to 1997. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina in Canada in 1997.
1998	Genetics of stem rust resistance in wheat cvs. Pasqua and AC Taber. Molecular and virulence diversity and linkage disequilibria in asexual and sexual populations of the wheat leaf rust fungus, Puccinia recondita.
1997	Virulence in Puccinia recondita f. sp. tritici isolates from Canada to genes for adult-plant resistance to wheat leaf rust. Genetics of leaf rust resistance in Canadian spring wheats AC Domain and AC Taber. Inheritance of leaf rust resistance in wheat cultivars Grandin and CDC Teal.
1996	Genetics of resistance to wheat leaf rust.
1995	Virulence and molecular polymorphism in Puccinia recondita f. sp. tritici in Canada.
M. N. Rouse
2013	Validation of molecular markers for new stem rust resistance genes in U.S. hard winter wheat. Development and characterization of a compensating wheat-Thinopyrum intermedium Robertsonian translocation with Sr44 resistance to stem rust (Ug99).
2012	Identification of markers linked to the race Ug99 effective stem rust resistance gene Sr28 in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Inheritance of resistance to Ug99 stem rust in wheat cultivar Norin 40 and genetic mapping of Sr42. Races of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici with combined virulence to Sr13 and Sr9e in a field stem rust screening nursery in Ethiopia.
2011	Genetics of resistance to race TTKSK of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in Triticum monococcum. Stem rust resistance in Aegilops tauschii germplasm. Discovery and molecular mapping of a new gene conferring resistance to stem rust, Sr53, derived from Aegilops geniculata and characterization of spontaneous translocation stocks with reduced alien chromatin. Stem rust resistance in A-genome diploid relatives of wheat. Sources of resistance to stem rust race Ug99 in spring wheat germplasm. Development and characterization of wheat-Ae. searsii Robertsonian translocations and a recombinant chromosome conferring resistance to stem rust. A novel Robertsonian translocation event leads to transfer of a stem rust resistance gene (Sr52) effective against race Ug99 from Dasypyrum villosum into bread wheat. Genomic and resistance gene homolog diversity of the dominant tallgrass prairie species across the U.S. Great Plains precipitation gradient. Genetic mapping of stem rust resistance gene Sr13 in tetraploid wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum L.).
2010	Genetic maps of stem rust resistance gene Sr35 in diploid and hexaploid wheat. Development of wheat lines having a small introgressed segment carrying stem rust resistance gene Sr22.
2009	Detection of virulence to resistance gene Sr36 within the TTKS race lineage of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici.
L. J. Szabo
2012	Using hierarchical clustering of secreted protein familes to classify and rank candidate effectors of rust fungi.
2011	Predicting soybean rust incursions into the North American continental interior using crop monitoring, spore trapping and aerobiology modeling. Concerted action of two avirulent spore effectors activates Reaction to Puccinia graminis 1 (Rpg1)-mediated cereal stem rust resistance. Obligate biotrophy features unraveled by the genomic analysis of rust fungi. Real-time PCR detection and discrimination of the southern and common corn rust pathogens Puccinia poly- sora and Puccinia sorghi.
2010	Century-old mystery of Puccinia striiformis life history solved with the identification of Berberis as an alternate host.
2008	A Rapid Method for Detecting and Quantifying Bacterial DNA in Rust Fungal DNA Samples.
2007	Development of simple sequence repeat markers for the plant pathogenic rust fungus, Puccinia graminis. Development of simple sequence repeat markers for the plant pathogenic rust fungus Puccinia triticina. Detection and identification of four common rust pathogens of cereals and grasses using real-time polymerase chain reaction.
2006	An overview of the higher level classification of Pucciniomycotina based on combined analyses of nuclear large and small subunit rDNA sequences. Introduction of Asian soybean rust urediniospores into the midwestern United States—a case study. Innate nonhost immunity in barley to different heterologous rust fungi is controlled by sets of resistance genes with different and overlapping specificities. Deciphering species complexes: Puccinia andropogonis and Puccinia coronata, examples of differing modes of speciation. Transient expression and insertional mutagenesis of Puccinia triticina using biolistics.
2005	Molecular characterization of the ribosomal protein L25 from the stem rust fungus. Stem rust of small grains and grasses caused by Puccinia graminis.
2004	Inbreeding levels of two Ustilago maydis populations. Morphology, life cycle biology, and DNA sequence analysis of rust fungi on garlic and chives from California. Genetic variation and virulence on Lr26 in Puccinia triticina.
2003	Transcription of the defense response genes chitinase IIb, PAL and peroxidase is induced by the barley powdery mildew fungus and is only indirectly modulated by R genes.
2001	Hidden robbers: The role of fungal haustoria in parasitism of plants.
2000	Gene action and linkage of avirulence genes to DNA markers in the rust fungus Puccinia graminis.
1999	Pycnial nectar of rust fungi induces cap formation on pycniospores of opposite mating type. Comparison of Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici from South America and Europe.
1993	Physical characteristics of the genome of the phytopathogenic fungus Puccinia graminis.
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C. W. Barnes
	A Rapid Method for Detecting and Quantifying Bacterial DNA in Rust Fungal DNA Samples. Detection and identification of four common rust pathogens of cereals and grasses using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Introduction of Asian soybean rust urediniospores into the midwestern United States—a case study. Inbreeding levels of two Ustilago maydispopulations.
W. R. Bushnell
	Molecular characterization of the ribosomal protein L25 from the stem rust fungus. Spore dimensions of Puccinia species of cereal hosts as determined by image analysis.
L. R. Gale
	Nivalenol-type populations of Fusarium graminearum and F. asiaticum are prevelant on wheat in southern Louisiana. Population subdivision of Fusarium graminearum sensu stricto in the upper midwestern United States. Global molecular surveillance reveals novel Fusarium head blight species and trichothecene toxin diversity. The Fusarium graminearum genome reveals a link between localized polymorphism and pathogen specialization. Development of VNTR markers for two Fusarium graminearum clade species. Genomic analysis of host-pathogen interaction between Fusarium graminearum and wheat during early stages of disease development. Chromosome complement of the fungal plant pathogen Fusarium graminearum based on genetic and physical mapping and cytological observations. Origin of race 3 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici at a single site in California. The probable center of origin of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersiciVCG 0033. Population analysis of Fusarium graminearum from wheat fields in eastern China. Role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of fungi. High levels of gene flow and heterozygote excess characterize Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA (Thanatephorus cucumeris) from Texas.
K. J. Leonard
	Conceptual analysis of methods applied to assessment of diversity within and distance between populations with asexual or mixed mode of reproduction. Effect of barberry eradication on changes in populations of Puccinia graminisin Minnesota. Virulence of oat crown rust in Mexico . Virulence of oat crown rust in Brazil and Uruguay. Stem rust of small grains and grasses caused by Puccinia graminis. Resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, and stem rust in Aegilopsspp. in Israel. Aeciospore surface variation inPuccinia recondita andP. coronata species complexes: Documentation of specimens examined. Leaf rust and stem rust resistance in Triticum dicoccoides populations in Israel. Similarity coefficients for molecular markers in studies of genetic relationships between individuals for haploid, diploid, and polyploid species. Prevalence and distribution of common barberry, the alternate host of Puccinia graminis, in Minnesota. Patterns of virulence in natural populations of Puccinia coronata on wild oat in Israel and in agricultural populations on cultivated oat in the United States. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2000.
D. L. Long
	Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2008. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2007. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2006. Wheat leaf and stem rust in the United States. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2005. Resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, and stem rust in Aegilops spp. in Israel. Leaf rust and stem rust resistance in Triticum dicoccoides populations in Israel. Wheat Rusts in the United States in 2004. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2002. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2001. Physiologic specialization of Puccinia triticina on wheat in the United States in 2000.
J. W. McCain
	Aeciospore surface variation inPuccinia recondita and P. coronata species complexes: Documentation of specimens examined.
P. D. Peterson
	Effect of barberry eradication on changes in populations of Puccinia graminis in Minnesota. Prevalence and distribution of common barberry, the alternate host of Puccinia graminis, in Minnesota. P.D. Peterson Dissertation -- The Common Barberry: The Past and Present Situation in Minnesota and Risk of Wheat Stem Rust Epidemics.
A. P. Roelfs
	Effect of barberry eradication on changes in populations of Puccinia graminis in Minnesota. Aeciospore surface variation in Puccinia recondita and P. coronata species complexes: Documentation of specimens examined. Evaluation of ornamental switch grass susceptibility to rust, 2003.