Research Project: Fungal Systematics and Diagnostic Resource Development for Safeguarding Plant Health

Location: Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Endophytic species of Colletotrichum associated with cashew tree in northeastern Brazil - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ramos, D.G., Amaral, A.G., Duarte, I.G., Silva, A.C., Vieira, W.A., Castlebury, L.A., Camara, M.P. 2024. Endophytic species of Colletotrichum associated with cashew tree in northeastern Brazil. Fungal Biology. 128(3):1780-1789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2024.04.002.

Phylogeography, origin, and population structure of the self-fertile emerging plant pathogen Phytophthora pseudosyringae - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Mullett, M.S., Harris, A.R., Scanu, B., Van Poucke, K., Leboldus, J., Stamm, E., Bourret, T.B., Christova, P.K., Oliva, J., Redondo, M.A., Talgo, V., Corcobado, T., Milenkovic, I., Horta Jung, M., Webber, J., Heungens, K., Jung, T. 2024. Phylogeography, origin, and population structure of the self-fertile emerging plant pathogen Phytophthora pseudosyringae. Molecular Plant Pathology. 25(4):e13450. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13450.

Clonal genomic population structure of Beauveria brongniartii and Beauveria pseudobassiana: Pathogens of the common European cockshafer (Melolontha melolontha L.) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Pedrazzini, C., Rehner, S.A., Strasser, H., Zemp, N., Holderegger, R., Widmer, F., Enkerli, J. 2024. Clonal genomic population structure of Beauveria brongniartii and Beauveria pseudobassiana: Pathogens of the common European cockshafer (Melolontha melolontha L.) Environmental Microbiology. 26:e16612. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16612.

Plasmopara echinaceae, a new species of downy mildew affecting cone flowers (Echinacea purpurea) in the United States - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Salgado-Salazar, C., Romberg, M.K., Hudelson, B. 2023. Plasmopara echinaceae, a new species of downy mildew affecting cone flowers (Echinacea purpurea) in the United States. Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 12:203-217.

Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two new graminicolus species, Curvularia aurantia sp. nov. and C. vidyodae sp. nov. with new records of Curvularia spp. from Sri Lanka - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Fernandez, H.S., Manamgoda, D.S., Udayanga, D., Munasinghe, M.S., Castlebury, L.A. 2023. Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two new graminicolus species, Curvularia aurantia sp. nov. and C. vidyodae sp. nov. with new records of Curvularia spp. from Sri Lanka. Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 12(1):219-246. https://doi.org//10.3114/fuse.2023.12.11.

Development of a qPCR assay for species-specific detection of the tar spot pathogen Phyllachora maydis - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Roggennkamp, E.M., Check, J.C., Biswal, A.K., Floyd, C.M., Miles, L.A., Nicolli, C.P., Shim, S., Salgado-Salazar, C., Alakonya, A.E., Malvick, D.K., Smith, D.L., Telenko, D.E., Chilvers, M.I. 2024. Development of a qPCR assay for species-specific detection of the tar spot pathogen Phyllachora maydis. PhytoFrontiers. 4:61-71.

Genomic analyses of the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides species complex: 13 tree endophytes from the Neotropics and Paleotropics - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rehner, S.A., Gazis, R., Doyle, V.P., Vieira, W.A., Campos, P.M., Shao, J.Y. 2023. Genomic analyses of the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides species complex: 13 tree endophytes from the Neotropics and Paleotropics. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01040-22.

Phylogeographic and phylogenomic structure of the quarantine plant pathogen Colletotrichum liriopes, including new reports in the United States - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Chaverri, P., Romberg, M.K., Monterro-Vargas, M., McKemy, J.M., Rane, K.K., Balbalian, C.J., Castlebury, L.A. 2023. Phylogeographic and phylogenomic structure of the quarantine plant pathogen Colletotrichum liriopes, including new reports in the United States. Plant Disease. 107:2816-2824. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-22-2324-RE

Colletotrichum karsti causing anthracnose on Dioscorea cayennensis in Brazil - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Amaral, A.G., Duarte, I.G., Vieira, W.A., Castlebury, L.A., Camara, M.P. 2023. Colletotrichum karsti causing anthracnose on Dioscorea cayennensis in Brazil. Journal of Plant Pathology. 105:381-382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-022-01298-6.

Colletotrichum siamense causing anthracnose on Etlingera elatior - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Duarte, I.G., Veloso, J., Amaral, A.G., Da Silva, A.C., Silva, H.R., Balbino, V.D., Vieira, W.D., Castlebury, L.A., Câmara, M.S. 2022. Colletotrichum siamense causing anthracnose on Etlingera elatior. Crop Protection. 162(1). Article e106092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2022.106092.

Fusarium and allied fusarioid taxa (FUSA). 1 - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Crous, P.W., Sandoval-Denis, W., Costa, M.M., Groenewald, J.Z., Van Iperen, A., Starink-Willemse, M., Hernández-Restrepo, M., Salgado-Salazar, C. 2022. Fusarium and allied fusarioid taxa (FUSA). 1. Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 9(1):161-200. https://doi.org/10.3114/fuse.2022.09.08