Former staff publications

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.
• 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.