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  1. Genome–host association mapping reveals wheat pathogen genes involved in host specialization

    Article • Nature Plants, April 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  2. A Novel Phenotyping Approach for Reconciling Precision and Variance in Disease Severity Estimates from High-resolution Imaging

    Article • February 2026, openRxiv

    Bruce A McDonald

  3. Recurrent Chromosome Destabilization Through Repeat-Mediated Rearrangements in a Fungal Pathogen

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, February 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruce A McDonald

  4. Zymoseptoria tritici stealth infection is facilitated by stage‐specific downregulation of a β‐glucanase

    Article • New Phytologist, October 2025, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  5. Tracking Lesion Growth in the Field: Imaging and Deep Learning Reveal Components of Quantitative Resistance

    Article • May 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  6. From Canopy Images to Organ-Level Disease Assessments: A Scalable Approach to Measure Quantitative Resistance in the Field

    Article • May 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  7. How knowledge of pathogen population biology informs management of Septoria nodorum blotch on wheat

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  8. Responses to temperature shocks inZymoseptoria triticireveal specific transcriptional reprogramming and novel candidate genes for thermal adaptation

    Article • December 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  9. Zymoseptoria triticistealth infection is facilitated by stage-specific down-regulation of a β-glucanase

    Article • December 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  10. Mapping genomic regions associated with temperature stress in the wheat pathogenZymoseptoria tritici

    Article • September 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  11. Thermal adaptation in worldwide collections of a major fungal pathogen

    Article • September 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  12. Molecular epidemiology of Cercospora leaf spot on resistant and susceptible sugar beet hybrids

    Article • Plant Pathology, September 2024, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  13. A genome-wide association study identifies markers and candidate genes affecting tolerance to the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

    Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  14. Cultivar-specific fungicide resistance emerges during a growing season in field populations ofZymoseptoria tritici

    Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  15. A novel genome-wide association approach reveals wheat pathogen genes involved in host specialization

    Article • June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  16. Towards high throughput in-field detection and quantification of wheat foliar diseases with deep learning

    Article • May 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  17. GWAS reveals a rapidly evolving candidate avirulence effector in the Cercospora leaf spot pathogen

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, November 2023, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  18. Molecular epidemiology of Cercospora leaf spot on resistant and susceptible sugar beet hybrids

    Article • November 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  19. Recurrent chromosome destabilization through repeat-mediated rearrangements in a fungal pathogen

    Article • July 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  20. Genome-wide association studies reveal a rapidly evolving candidate avirulence effector in the Cercospora leaf spot pathogenCercospora beticola

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  21. Zymoseptoria triticisuppresses the host immune response and facilitates the success of avirulent strains in mixed infections

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  22. Bacterial predation of a fungal wheat pathogen: Prelude to experimental evolution of enhanced biocontrol agents

    Article • Plant Pathology, April 2023, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  23. Combining high-resolution imaging, deep learning, and dynamic modelling to separate disease and senescence in wheat canopies

    Article • March 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  24. Natural variation in Avr3D1 from Zymoseptoria sp. contributes to quantitative gene‐for‐gene resistance and to host specificity

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2023, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  25. How large and diverse are field populations of fungal plant pathogens? The case of Zymoseptoria tritici

    Article • Evolutionary Applications, July 2022, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  26. Quantitative trait locus mapping of osmotic stress response in the fungal wheat pathogenZymoseptoria tritici

    Article • June 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  27. Combined reference-free and multi-reference approaches uncover cryptic variation underlying rapid adaptation in microbial pathogens

    Article • May 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  28. Asexual reproductive potential trumps virulence as a predictor of competitive ability in mixed infections

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2022, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  29. How large and diverse are field populations of fungal plant pathogens? The case of Zymoseptoria tritici

    Article • March 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  30. A transcription factor and a phosphatase regulate temperature-dependent morphogenesis in a fungal plant pathogen

    Article • February 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  31. A population-level invasion by transposable elements triggers genome expansion in a fungal pathogen

    Article • eLife, September 2021, eLife

    Bruce A McDonald

  32. Population genomics of transposable element activation in the highly repressive genome of an agricultural pathogen

    Article • Microbial Genomics, August 2021, Society for General Microbiology

    Bruce A McDonald

  33. The population genomics of transposable element activation in the highly repressive genome of an agricultural pathogen

    Article • November 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  34. Widespread distribution of resistance to triazole fungicides in Brazilian populations of the wheat blast pathogen

    Article • Plant Pathology, October 2020, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  35. Chromatin Dynamics Contribute to the Spatiotemporal Expression Pattern of Virulence Genes in a Fungal Plant Pathogen

    Article • mBio, October 2020, ASM Journals

    Bruce A McDonald

  36. The Genetic Architecture of Emerging Fungicide Resistance in Populations of a Global Wheat Pathogen

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruce A McDonald

  37. A polyetic modelling framework for plant disease emergence

    Article • Plant Pathology, August 2020, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  38. Mapping the adaptive landscape of a major agricultural pathogen reveals evolutionary constraints across heterogeneous environments

    Article • July 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  39. SnToxA,SnTox1, andSnTox3originated inParastagonospora nodorumin the Fertile Crescent

    Article • Plant Pathology, July 2020, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  40. A polyetic modelling framework for plant disease emergence

    Article • April 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  41. Maintenance of variation in virulence and reproduction in populations of an agricultural plant pathogen

    Article • April 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  42. The genetic architecture of emerging fungicide resistance in populations of a global wheat pathogen

    Article • March 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  43. SnToxA, SnTox1andSnTox3originated inParastagonospora nodorumin the Fertile Crescent

    Article • March 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  44. Genetic architecture of oxidative stress tolerance in the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

    Article • February 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  45. A population-level invasion by transposable elements triggers genome expansion in a fungal pathogen

    Article • February 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  46. A tradeoff between tolerance and resistance to a major fungal pathogen in elite wheat cultivars

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2020, Wiley

    Alexey Mikaberidze, Bruce A McDonald

  47. A 19-isolate reference-quality global pangenome for the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

    Article • October 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  48. Hyperspectral Canopy Sensing of Wheat Septoria Tritici Blotch Disease

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, August 2018, Frontiers

    Bruce A McDonald

  49. Transposable element insertions shape gene regulation and melanin production in a fungal pathogen of wheat

    Article • BMC Biology, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  50. Evidence for local adaptation and pleiotropic effects associated with melanization in a plant pathogenic fungus

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, June 2018, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  51. Meiosis Leads to Pervasive Copy-Number Variation and Distorted Inheritance of Accessory Chromosomes of the Wheat Pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, May 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruce A McDonald

  52. Genome-wide evidence for divergent selection between populations of a major agricultural pathogen

    Article • Molecular Ecology, May 2018, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  53. Genome-Wide Detection of Genes Under Positive Selection in Worldwide Populations of the Barley Scald Pathogen

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, May 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruce A McDonald

  54. Ranking Quantitative Resistance to Septoria tritici Blotch in Elite Wheat Cultivars Using Automated Image Analysis

    Article • Phytopathology, May 2018, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  55. A fungal avirulence factor encoded in a highly plastic genomic region triggers partial resistance to septoria tritici blotch

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2018, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  56. Comparative Transcriptomics Reveals How Wheat Responds to Infection by Zymoseptoria tritici

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, April 2018, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  57. Evolutionary analyses of the avirulence effector AvrStb6 in global populations ofZymoseptoria triticiidentify candidate amino acids involved in recognition

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, March 2018, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  58. When resistance gene pyramids are not durable-the role of pathogen diversity

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, February 2018, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  59. Widespread signatures of selection for secreted peptidases in a fungal plant pathogen

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  60. The wheat blast pathogen Pyricularia graminis-tritici has complex origins and a disease cycle spanning multiple grass hosts

    Article • October 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  61. Reversing resistance: different routes and common themes across pathogens

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2017, Royal Society Publishing

    Bruce A McDonald

  62. Comparative Transcriptome Analyses in Zymoseptoria tritici Reveal Significant Differences in Gene Expression Among Strains During Plant Infection

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, March 2017, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  63. A small secreted protein in Zymoseptoria tritici is responsible for avirulence on wheat cultivars carrying the Stb6 resistance gene

    Article • New Phytologist, February 2017, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  64. Quantitative trait locus mapping reveals complex genetic architecture of quantitative virulence in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, February 2017, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  65. A fungal wheat pathogen evolved host specialization by extensive chromosomal rearrangements

    Article • The ISME Journal, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  66. Pyricularia graminis-tritici, a new Pyricularia species causing wheat blast

    Article • Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, December 2016, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

    Bruce A McDonald

  67. Mutations in theCYP51gene reduce DMI sensitivity inParastagonospora nodorumpopulations in Europe and China

    Article • Pest Management Science, December 2016, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  68. Multilocus resistance evolution to azole fungicides in fungal plant pathogen populations

    Article • Molecular Ecology, November 2016, Wiley

    norfarhan mohd-assaad, Bruce A McDonald

  69. Linear Correlation Analysis of Zymoseptoria tritici Aggressiveness with In Vitro Growth Rate

    Article • Phytopathology, November 2016, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  70. Rapid emergence of pathogens in agro-ecosystems: global threats to agricultural sustainability and food security

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Bruce A McDonald

  71. The genetic basis of local adaptation for pathogenic fungi in agricultural ecosystems

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 2016, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  72. Emergence of wheat blast in Bangladesh was caused by a South American lineage of Magnaporthe oryzae

    Article • BMC Biology, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tofazzal Islam, Bruce A McDonald

  73. Validation of Genome-Wide Association Studies as a Tool to Identify Virulence Factors in Parastagonospora nodorum

    Article • Phytopathology, October 2016, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  74. How Knowledge of Pathogen Population Biology Informs Management of Septoria Tritici Blotch

    Article • Phytopathology, September 2016, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  75. Population Genomics of Fungi

    Article • Annual Review of Phytopathology, August 2016, Annual Reviews

    Niklaus J Grunwald, Bruce A McDonald, Niklaus J Grünwald

  76. An Improved Method for Measuring Quantitative Resistance to the Wheat PathogenZymoseptoria triticiUsing High-Throughput Automated Image Analysis

    Article • Phytopathology, July 2016, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  77. Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Candidate Genes for Aggressiveness, Deoxynivalenol Production, and Azole Sensitivity in Natural Field Populations ofFusarium graminearum

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, May 2016, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  78. QTL mapping reveals complex genetic architecture of quantitative virulence in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici.

    Article • May 2016, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  79. A Global Analysis ofCYP51Diversity and Azole Sensitivity inRhynchosporium commune

    Article • Phytopathology, April 2016, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  80. Comparative transcriptomic analyses ofZymoseptoria triticistrains show complex lifestyle transitions and intraspecific variability in transcription profiles

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, February 2016, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  81. Corrigendum

    Article • Genetics, February 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruce A McDonald

  82. QTL mapping of temperature sensitivity reveals candidate genes for thermal adaptation and growth morphology in the plant pathogenic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici

    Article • Heredity, January 2016, Nature

    Bruce A McDonald

  83. Genome-wide analysis of Fusarium graminearum field populations reveals hotspots of recombination

    Article • BMC Genomics, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  84. Corrigendum: Significant variation in sensitivity to a DMI fungicide in field populations ofFusarium graminearum

    Article • Plant Pathology, November 2015, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  85. The Urochloa Foliar Blight and Collar Rot Pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA Emerged in South America Via a Host Shift from Rice

    Article • Phytopathology, November 2015, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  86. The Impact of Recombination Hotspots on Genome Evolution of a Fungal Plant Pathogen

    Article • Genetics, September 2015, Genetics Society of America

    Bruce A McDonald

  87. QTL mapping of fungicide sensitivity reveals novel genes and pleiotropy with melanization in the pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, July 2015, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  88. How can research on pathogen population biology suggest disease management strategies? The example of barley scald (Rhynchosporium commune)

    Article • Plant Pathology, June 2015, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  89. Is Zymoseptoria tritici a hemibiotroph?

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  90. Resistance to QoI Fungicides Is Widespread in Brazilian Populations of the Wheat Blast Pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae

    Article • Phytopathology, March 2015, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  91. Recent advances in the Zymoseptoria tritici–wheat interaction: insights from pathogenomics

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, February 2015, Frontiers

    Bruce A McDonald

  92. Emergence and early evolution of fungicide resistance in North American populations ofZymoseptoria tritici

    Article • Plant Pathology, January 2015, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  93. Fitness Cost of Resistance: Impact on Management

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  94. Developing smarter host mixtures to control plant disease

    Article • Plant Pathology, December 2014, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  95. The Influence of Genetic Drift and Selection on Quantitative Traits in a Plant Pathogenic Fungus

    Article • PLOS One, November 2014, PLOS

    Bruce A McDonald

  96. Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of Melanization in the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Zymoseptoria tritici

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, October 2014, Genetics Society of America

    Bruce A McDonald

  97. Measuring Quantitative Virulence in the Wheat Pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici Using High-Throughput Automated Image Analysis

    Article • Phytopathology, September 2014, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  98. Significant variation in sensitivity to a DMI fungicide in field populations ofFusarium graminearum

    Article • Plant Pathology, August 2014, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  99. Using dynamic diversity to achieve durable disease resistance in agricultural ecosystems

    Article • June 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Bruce A McDonald

  100. Hitchhiking Selection Is Driving Intron Gain in a Pathogenic Fungus

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, April 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruce A McDonald

  101. Can High-Risk Fungicides be Used in Mixtures Without Selecting for Fungicide Resistance?

    Article • Phytopathology, April 2014, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  102. Population Structure and Pathotype Diversity of the Wheat Blast Pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae 25 Years After Its Emergence in Brazil

    Article • Phytopathology, January 2014, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  103. Comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes from closely related Rhynchosporium species reveals extensive intron invasion

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  104. First Report of Resistance to QoI Fungicides in North American Populations of Zymoseptoria tritici , Causal Agent of Septoria Tritici Blotch of Wheat

    Article • Plant Disease, November 2013, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  105. DNA Fingerprinting of Pearls to Determine Their Origins

    Article • PLOS One, October 2013, PLOS

    Bruce A McDonald

  106. Field-based experimental evolution of three cereal pathogens using a mark-release-recapture strategy

    Article • Plant Pathology, September 2013, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  107. An assay for quantitative virulence inRhynchosporium communereveals an association between effector genotype and virulence

    Article • Plant Pathology, August 2013, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  108. Experimental Measures of Pathogen Competition and Relative Fitness

    Article • Annual Review of Phytopathology, August 2013, Annual Reviews

    Bruce A McDonald

  109. The Population Genetic Structure of Rhizoctonia solani AG-3PT from Potato in the Colombian Andes

    Article • Phytopathology, August 2013, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  110. Breakage-fusion-bridge Cycles and Large Insertions Contribute to the Rapid Evolution of Accessory Chromosomes in a Fungal Pathogen

    Article • PLoS Genetics, June 2013, PLOS

    Bruce A McDonald

  111. Global diversity and distribution of three necrotrophic effectors inPhaeosphaeria nodorumand related species

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2013, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  112. Coevolution and Life Cycle Specialization of Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes in a Hemibiotrophic Pathogen

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, March 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruce A McDonald

  113. Association between Virulence and Triazole Tolerance in the Phytopathogenic Fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • PLOS One, March 2013, PLOS

    Bruce A McDonald

  114. Local adaptation and evolutionary potential along a temperature gradient in the fungal pathogen Rhynchosporium commune

    Article • Evolutionary Applications, January 2013, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  115. Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses of Phaeosphaeria nodorum and its close relatives indicate cryptic species and an origin in the Fertile Crescent

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  116. Comparative Pathogenomics Reveals Horizontally Acquired Novel Virulence Genes in Fungi Infecting Cereal Hosts

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, September 2012, PLOS

    Bruce A McDonald

  117. Population genetic structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola and Quinone Outside Inhibitor (QoI) resistance in the Czech Republic

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  118. Zymoseptoria ardabiliae and Z. pseudotritici, two progenitor species of the septoria tritici leaf blotch fungus Z. tritici (synonym: Mycosphaerella graminicola)

    Article • Mycologia, June 2012, Mycological Society of America

    Bruce A McDonald

  119. The Accessory Genome as a Cradle for Adaptive Evolution in Pathogens

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2012, PLOS

    Bruce A McDonald

  120. Quantitative Variation in Effector Activity of ToxA Isoforms from Stagonospora nodorum and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, April 2012, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  121. Population genetic evidence that basidiospores play an important role in the disease cycle of rice-infecting populations ofRhizoctonia solaniAG-1 IA in Iran

    Article • Plant Pathology, March 2012, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  122. Faculty Opinions recommendation of A population genetics-phylogenetics approach to inferring natural selection in coding sequences.

    Article • March 2012, F1000Research

    Bruce A McDonald

  123. The Cysteine Rich Necrotrophic Effector SnTox1 Produced by Stagonospora nodorum Triggers Susceptibility of Wheat Lines Harboring Snn1

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, January 2012, PLOS

    Bruce A McDonald

  124. Intron Gains and Losses in the Evolution of Fusarium and Cryptococcus Fungi

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, January 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruce A McDonald

  125. Evidence for Extensive Recent Intron Transposition in Closely Related Fungi

    Article • Current Biology, December 2011, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  126. The making of a new pathogen: Insights from comparative population genomics of the domesticated wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola and its wild sister species

    Article • Genome Research, October 2011, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Bruce A McDonald

  127. Frequency of mutations associated with fungicide resistance and population structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola in Tunisia

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  128. Effect of hosts on competition among clones and evidence of differential selection between pathogenic and saprophytic phases in experimental populations of the wheat pathogen Phaeosphaeria nodorum

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  129. Thermal adaptation in the fungal pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • Molecular Ecology, March 2011, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  130. Faculty Opinions recommendation of Genome evolution following host jumps in the Irish potato famine pathogen lineage.

    Article • March 2011, F1000Research

    Bruce A McDonald

  131. Evolutionary history of the mitochondrial genome in Mycosphaerella populations infecting bread wheat, durum wheat and wild grasses

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, February 2011, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  132. Two new species ofRhynchosporium

    Article • Mycologia, January 2011, JSTOR

    Bruce A McDonald

  133. Whole-Genome and Chromosome Evolution Associated with Host Adaptation and Speciation of the Wheat Pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • PLoS Genetics, December 2010, PLOS

    Bruce A McDonald

  134. Electrophoretic karyotypes of Rhynchosporium commune, R. secalis and R. agropyri

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  135. Faculty Opinions recommendation of A unique wheat disease resistance-like gene governs effector-triggered susceptibility to necrotrophic pathogens.

    Article • November 2010, F1000Research

    Bruce A McDonald

  136. Evolution of Linked Avirulence Effectors in Leptosphaeria maculans Is Affected by Genomic Environment and Exposure to Resistance Genes in Host Plants

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, November 2010, PLOS

    Bruce A McDonald

  137. Sexual Recombinants Make a Significant Contribution to Epidemics Caused by the Wheat Pathogen Phaeosphaeria nodorum

    Article • Phytopathology, September 2010, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  138. No biogeographical pattern for a root-associated fungal species complex

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, August 2010, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  139. Invasion of Rhynchosporium commune onto wild barley in the Middle East

    Article • Biological Invasions, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  140. Divergence Between Sympatric Rice- and Maize-Infecting Populations of Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA from Latin America

    Article • Phytopathology, February 2010, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  141. How can we achieve durable disease resistance in agricultural ecosystems?

    Article • New Phytologist, December 2009, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  142. Wheat Domestication Accelerated Evolution and Triggered Positive Selection in the β-Xylosidase Enzyme of Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • PLOS One, November 2009, PLOS

    Bruce A McDonald

  143. SnTox3 Acts in Effector Triggered Susceptibility to Induce Disease on Wheat Carrying the Snn3 Gene

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, September 2009, PLOS

    Bruce A McDonald, Avelino Núñez-Delgado

  144. Genetic Structure of Populations of the Rice-Infecting Pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA from China

    Article • Phytopathology, September 2009, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  145. Molecular evidence for recent founder populations and human-mediated migration in the barley scald pathogen Rhynchosporium secalis

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, June 2009, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  146. Population Genetics of Fungal and Oomycete Effectors Involved in Gene-for-Gene Interactions

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, April 2009, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  147. Phylogeographical analyses reveal global migration patterns of the barley scald pathogenRhynchosporium secalis

    Article • Molecular Ecology, January 2009, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  148. Sequence conservation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and lack of G143A QoI resistance allele in a global sample ofRhynchosporium secalis

    Article • Australasian Plant Pathology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  149. Divergence Between Sympatric Rice- and Soybean-Infecting Populations of Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis Group-1 IA

    Article • Phytopathology, December 2008, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  150. QoI resistance emerged independently at least 4 times in European populations ofMycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • Pest Management Science, October 2008, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  151. The Origins of Plant Pathogens in Agro-Ecosystems

    Article • Annual Review of Phytopathology, September 2008, Annual Reviews

    Bruce A McDonald

  152. Genetic Structure of Populations of Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis Group-1 IA from Soybean in Brazil

    Article • Phytopathology, August 2008, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  153. RAPID SPECIATION FOLLOWING RECENT HOST SHIFTS IN THE PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGUS RHYNCHOSPORIUM

    Article • Evolution, June 2008, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  154. Intraspecific comparison and annotation of two complete mitochondrial genome sequences from the plant pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  155. Highly polymorphic microsatellite loci in the rice- and maize-infecting fungal pathogen Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group 1 IA

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, May 2008, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  156. Evolution of theCYP51gene inMycosphaerella graminicola: evidence for intragenic recombination and selective replacement

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, February 2008, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  157. Dothideomycete Plant Interactions Illuminated by Genome Sequencing and EST Analysis of the Wheat Pathogen Stagonospora nodorum

    Article • The Plant Cell, November 2007, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Bruce A McDonald

  158. Concordant evolution of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in the wheat pathogen Phaeosphaeria nodorum

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, August 2007, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  159. The origin and colonization history of the barley scald pathogen Rhynchosporium secalis

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, July 2007, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  160. Sexual reproduction facilitates the adaptation of parasites to antagonistic host environments: Evidence from empirical study in the wheat-Mycosphaerella graminicola system

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, July 2007, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  161. Significant difference in pathogenicity between MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 isolates in the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, May 2007, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  162. Geographical variation and positive diversifying selection in the host-specific toxin SnToxA

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, May 2007, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  163. Origin and Domestication of the Fungal Wheat Pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola via Sympatric Speciation

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, November 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruce A McDonald

  164. Differential Selection on Rhynchosporium secalis During Parasitic and Saprophytic Phases in the Barley Scald Disease Cycle

    Article • Phytopathology, November 2006, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  165. Global Hierarchical Gene Diversity Analysis Suggests the Fertile Crescent Is Not the Center of Origin of the Barley Scald Pathogen Rhynchosporium secalis

    Article • Phytopathology, September 2006, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  166. Emergence of a new disease as a result of interspecific virulence gene transfer

    Article • Nature Genetics, July 2006, Nature

    Bruce A McDonald

  167. Selection for increased cyproconazole tolerance inMycosphaerella graminicolathrough local adaptation and in response to host resistance

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, July 2006, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  168. Global migration patterns in the fungal wheat pathogen Phaeosphaeria nodorum

    Article • Molecular Ecology, June 2006, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  169. Genetic Structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola Populations from Iran, Argentina and Australia

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, May 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  170. The Frequencies and Spatial Distribution of Mating Types in Stagonospora nodorum Are Consistent with Recurring Sexual Reproduction

    Article • Phytopathology, March 2006, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  171. Isolation and characterization of EST-derived microsatellite loci from the fungal wheat pathogen Phaeosphaeria nodorum

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, December 2005, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  172. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the barley scald pathogen, Rhynchosporium secalis

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, September 2005, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  173. Variation for neutral markers is correlated with variation for quantitative traits in the plant pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • Molecular Ecology, August 2005, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  174. Population structure of the rice sheath blight pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA from India

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, June 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  175. Migration patterns among global populations of the pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • Molecular Ecology, April 2005, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  176. Genetic structure of Iranian Pyricularia grisea populations based on rep-PCR fingerprinting

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, November 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  177. Molecular Population Genetic Analysis Differentiates Two Virulence Mechanisms of the Fungal Avirulence Gene NIP1

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, October 2004, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  178. Evidence for subdivision of the root-endophyte Phialocephala fortinii into cryptic species and recombination within species

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, July 2004, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  179. The interaction among evolutionary forces in the pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, June 2004, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  180. Population Genetics of Plant Pathogenic Fungi

    Article • February 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Bruce A McDonald

  181. Phylogenetic analysis of globally distributed Mycosphaerella graminicola populations based on three DNA sequence loci

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, February 2004, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  182. Population Genetics of Plant Pathogens

    Article • Plant Health Instructor, January 2004, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  183. Further evidence for sexual reproduction in Rhynchosporium secalis based on distribution and frequency of mating-type alleles

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, November 2003, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  184. An Analysis of the Durability of Resistance to Plant Viruses

    Article • Phytopathology, August 2003, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  185. The global genetic structure of the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola is characterized by high nuclear diversity, low mitochondrial diversity, regular recombination, and gene flow

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, April 2003, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  186. Frequency of Sexual Reproduction by Mycosphaerella graminicola on Partially Resistant Wheat Cultivars

    Article • Phytopathology, November 2002, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  187. PATHOGENPOPULATIONGENETICS, EVOLUTIONARYPOTENTIAL, ANDDURABLERESISTANCE

    Article • Annual Review of Phytopathology, September 2002, Annual Reviews

    Bruce A McDonald

  188. Population Structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola : From Lesions to Continents

    Article • Phytopathology, September 2002, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  189. Distribution of mating type alleles in the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola over spatial scales from lesions to continents

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, July 2002, Elsevier

    Cees Waalwijk, Bruce A McDonald

  190. Local adaptation and effect of host genotype on the rate of pathogen evolution: an experimental test in a plant pathosystem

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, June 2002, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  191. Intra- and intersporal diversity of ITS rDNA sequences in Glomus intraradices assessed by cloning and sequencing, and by SSCP analysis

    Article • Mycological Research, June 2002, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  192. Article • Euphytica, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  193. Using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms to Assess Temporal Variation and Estimate the Number of Ascospores that Initiate Epidemics in Field Populations of Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • Phytopathology, October 2001, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  194. The Genetic Structure of Field Populations of Rhynchosporium secalis from Three Continents Suggests Moderate Gene Flow and Regular Recombination

    Article • Phytopathology, August 2000, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  195. Estimation of Rates of Recombination and Migration in Populations of Plant Pathogens—A Reply

    Article • Phytopathology, April 2000, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  196. High Levels of Gene Flow and Heterozygote Excess Characterize Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA (Thanatephorus cucumeris) from Texas

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, December 1999, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  197. Genetic Structure of Rhynchosporium secalis in Australia

    Article • Phytopathology, August 1999, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  198. Measuring Immigration and Sexual Reproduction in Field Populations of Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Article • Phytopathology, December 1998, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  199. The effect of an oak wilt epidemic on the genetic structure of a Texas live oak population

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, November 1998, Canadian Science Publishing

    Bruce A McDonald

  200. Genetic Structure and Temporal Dynamics of a Colletotrichum graminicola Population in a Sorghum Disease Nursery

    Article • Phytopathology, October 1998, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  201. The effect of an oak wilt epidemic on the genetic structure of a Texas live oak population

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, January 1998, Canadian Science Publishing

    Bruce A McDonald

  202. High Genetic Similarity Among Populations of Phaeosphaeria nodorum Across Wheat Cultivars and Regions in Switzerland

    Article • Phytopathology, November 1997, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  203. The Population Genetics of Fungi: Tools and Techniques

    Article • Phytopathology, April 1997, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  204. Gene Flow and Sexual Reproduction in the Wheat Glume Blotch Pathogen Phaeosphaeria nodorum (Anamorph Stagonospora nodorum )

    Article • Phytopathology, March 1997, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  205. The role of selection on the genetic structure of pathogen populations: Evidence from field experiments with Mycosphaerella graminicola on wheat

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  206. The role of selection on the genetic structure of pathogen populations: Evidence from field experiments with Mycosphaerella graminicola on wheat

    Article • Euphytica, January 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  207. The population genetics of Septoria tritici (teleomorph Mycosphaerella graminicola )

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, December 1995, Canadian Science Publishing

    Bruce A McDonald

  208. RFLPs in mitochondrial and nuclear DNA indicate low levels of genetic diversity in the oak wilt pathogen Ceratocystis fagacearum

    Article • Current Genetics, March 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  209. Genetic stability in a population of a plant pathogenic fungus over time

    Article • Molecular Ecology, June 1994, Wiley

    Bruce A McDonald

  210. Genetic Variability in Nuclear DNA in Field Populations of Stagonospora nodorum

    Article • Phytopathology, January 1994, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  211. Gene Flow in Plant Pathosystems

    Article • Annual Review of Phytopathology, September 1993, Annual Reviews

    Bruce A McDonald

  212. Population Genetics of Plant Pathogenic Fungi

    Article • BioScience, May 1993, JSTOR

    Bruce A McDonald

  213. Gene Flow Between Geographic Populations of Mycosphaerella graminicola (Anamorph Septoria tritici ) Detected with Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Markers

    Article • Phytopathology, January 1993, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  214. Gene Flow in Plant Pathosystems

    Article • Annual Review of Phytopathology, January 1993, Annual Reviews

    Bruce A McDonald

  215. DNA fingerprinting of the plant pathogenic fungusMycosphaerella graminicola (anamorphSeptoria tritici)

    Article • Experimental Mycology, June 1991, Elsevier

    Bruce A McDonald

  216. Chromosome length polymorphisms in a Septoria tritici population

    Article • Current Genetics, April 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  217. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms in Septoria tritici occur at a high frequency

    Article • Current Genetics, February 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruce A McDonald

  218. DNA Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms Among Mycosphaerella graminicola (Anamorph Septoria tritici ) Isolates Collected from a Single Wheat Field

    Article • Phytopathology, January 1990, Scientific Societies

    Bruce A McDonald

  219. The Population Biology of Host-Pathogen Interactions

    Article • Annual Review of Phytopathology, September 1989, Annual Reviews

    Bruce A McDonald

  220. Coevolution of host and pathogen populations in the Hordeum vulgare-Rhynchosporium secalis pathosystem.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 1989, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Bruce A McDonald

  221. The Population Biology Of Host-Pathogen Interactions

    Article • Annual Review of Phytopathology, January 1989, Annual Reviews

    Bruce A McDonald

  222. Responses of Two-, Three-, and Four-Component Barley Mixtures to a Variable Pathogen Population

    Article • Crop Science, January 1988, Crop Science Society of America

    Bruce A McDonald

  223. Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus: a side-effect of environmental fungicide use?

    Article • Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Bruce A McDonald