Bruce A McDonald
ETH Zurich
Professor, Life Sciences
Switzerland
My co-authors include
Niklaus J Grunwald
Niklaus J Grünwald
Professor Tofazzal Islam
My Publications
A population-level invasion by transposable elements triggers genome expansion in a fun...
eLife
September 2021
Population genomics of transposable element activation in the highly repressive genome ...
Microbial Genomics
August 2021
The population genomics of transposable element activation in the highly repressive gen...
November 2020
Widespread distribution of resistance to triazole fungicides in Brazilian populations o...
Plant Pathology
October 2020
Chromatin Dynamics Contribute to the Spatiotemporal Expression Pattern of Virulence Gen...
mBio
October 2020
The Genetic Architecture of Emerging Fungicide Resistance in Populations of a Global Wh...
Genome Biology and Evolution
September 2020
A polyetic modelling framework for plant disease emergence
Plant Pathology
August 2020
Mapping the adaptive landscape of a major agricultural pathogen reveals evolutionary co...
July 2020
SnToxA,SnTox1, andSnTox3originated inParastagonospora nodorumin the Fertile Crescent
Plant Pathology
July 2020
A polyetic modelling framework for plant disease emergence
April 2020
Maintenance of variation in virulence and reproduction in populations of an agricultura...
April 2020
The genetic architecture of emerging fungicide resistance in populations of a global wh...
March 2020
SnToxA, SnTox1andSnTox3originated inParastagonospora nodorumin the Fertile Crescent
March 2020
Genetic architecture of oxidative stress tolerance in the fungal wheat pathogen Zymosep...
February 2020
A population-level invasion by transposable elements triggers genome expansion in a fun...
February 2020
A tradeoff between tolerance and resistance to a major fungal pathogen in elite wheat c...
New Phytologist
January 2020
A 19-isolate reference-quality global pangenome for the fungal wheat pathogen Zymosepto...
October 2019
Hyperspectral Canopy Sensing of Wheat Septoria Tritici Blotch Disease
Frontiers in Plant Science
August 2018
Transposable element insertions shape gene regulation and melanin production in a funga...
BMC Biology
July 2018
Evidence for local adaptation and pleiotropic effects associated with melanization in a...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
June 2018
Meiosis Leads to Pervasive Copy-Number Variation and Distorted Inheritance of Accessory...
Genome Biology and Evolution
May 2018
Genome-wide evidence for divergent selection between populations of a major agricultura...
Molecular Ecology
May 2018
Genome-Wide Detection of Genes Under Positive Selection in Worldwide Populations of the...
Genome Biology and Evolution
May 2018
Ranking Quantitative Resistance to Septoria tritici Blotch in Elite Wheat Cultivars Usi...
Phytopathology
May 2018
A fungal avirulence factor encoded in a highly plastic genomic region triggers partial ...
New Phytologist
April 2018
Comparative Transcriptomics Reveals How Wheat Responds to Infection by Zymoseptoria tri...
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
April 2018
Evolutionary analyses of the avirulence effector AvrStb6 in global populations ofZymose...
Molecular Plant Pathology
March 2018
When resistance gene pyramids are not durable-the role of pathogen diversity
Molecular Plant Pathology
February 2018
Widespread signatures of selection for secreted peptidases in a fungal plant pathogen
BMC Evolutionary Biology
January 2018
The wheat blast pathogen Pyricularia graminis-tritici has complex origins and a disease...
October 2017
Reversing resistance: different routes and common themes across pathogens
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
September 2017
Comparative Transcriptome Analyses in Zymoseptoria tritici Reveal Significant Differenc...
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
March 2017
A small secreted protein inZymoseptoria triticiis responsible for avirulence on wheat c...
New Phytologist
February 2017
Quantitative trait locus mapping reveals complex genetic architecture of quantitative v...
Molecular Plant Pathology
February 2017
A fungal wheat pathogen evolved host specialization by extensive chromosomal rearrangem...
The ISME Journal
January 2017
Pyricularia graminis-tritici, a new Pyricularia species causing wheat blast
Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
December 2016
Mutations in theCYP51gene reduce DMI sensitivity inParastagonospora nodorumpopulations ...
Pest Management Science
December 2016
Multilocus resistance evolution to azole fungicides in fungal plant pathogen populations
Molecular Ecology
November 2016
Linear Correlation Analysis of Zymoseptoria tritici Aggressiveness with In Vitro Growth...
Phytopathology
November 2016
Rapid emergence of pathogens in agro-ecosystems: global threats to agricultural sustain...
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
October 2016
The genetic basis of local adaptation for pathogenic fungi in agricultural ecosystems
Molecular Ecology
October 2016
Emergence of wheat blast in Bangladesh was caused by a South American lineage of Magnap...
BMC Biology
October 2016
Validation of Genome-Wide Association Studies as a Tool to Identify Virulence Factors i...
Phytopathology
October 2016
How Knowledge of Pathogen Population Biology Informs Management of Septoria Tritici Blotch
Phytopathology
September 2016
Population Genomics of Fungi
Annual Review of Phytopathology
August 2016
An Improved Method for Measuring Quantitative Resistance to the Wheat PathogenZymosepto...
Phytopathology
July 2016
Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Candidate Genes for Aggressiveness, Deox...
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
May 2016
QTL mapping reveals complex genetic architecture of quantitative virulence in the wheat...
May 2016
A Global Analysis ofCYP51Diversity and Azole Sensitivity inRhynchosporium commune
Phytopathology
April 2016
Comparative transcriptomic analyses ofZymoseptoria triticistrains show complex lifestyl...
Molecular Plant Pathology
February 2016
Corrigendum
Genetics
February 2016
QTL mapping of temperature sensitivity reveals candidate genes for thermal adaptation a...
Heredity
January 2016
Genome-wide analysis of Fusarium graminearum field populations reveals hotspots of reco...
BMC Genomics
November 2015
Corrigendum: Significant variation in sensitivity to a DMI fungicide in field populatio...
Plant Pathology
November 2015
The Urochloa Foliar Blight and Collar Rot Pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA Emerged ...
Phytopathology
November 2015
The Impact of Recombination Hotspots on Genome Evolution of a Fungal Plant Pathogen
Genetics
September 2015
QTL mapping of fungicide sensitivity reveals novel genes and pleiotropy with melanizati...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
July 2015
How can research on pathogen population biology suggest disease management strategies? ...
Plant Pathology
June 2015
Is Zymoseptoria tritici a hemibiotroph?
Fungal Genetics and Biology
June 2015
Resistance to QoI Fungicides Is Widespread in Brazilian Populations of the Wheat Blast...
Phytopathology
March 2015
Recent advances in the Zymoseptoria tritici–wheat interaction: insights from pathogen...
Frontiers in Plant Science
February 2015
Emergence and early evolution of fungicide resistance in North American populations ofZ...
Plant Pathology
January 2015
Fitness Cost of Resistance: Impact on Management
January 2015
Developing smarter host mixtures to control plant disease
Plant Pathology
December 2014
The Influence of Genetic Drift and Selection on Quantitative Traits in a Plant Pathogen...
PLoS ONE
November 2014
Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of Melanization in the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Zymosep...
G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics
October 2014
Measuring Quantitative Virulence in the Wheat Pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici Using High...
Phytopathology
September 2014
Significant variation in sensitivity to a DMI fungicide in field populations ofFusarium...
Plant Pathology
August 2014
Using dynamic diversity to achieve durable disease resistance in agricultural ecosystems
June 2014
Hitchhiking Selection Is Driving Intron Gain in a Pathogenic Fungus
Molecular Biology and Evolution
April 2014
Can High-Risk Fungicides be Used in Mixtures Without Selecting for Fungicide Resistance?
Phytopathology
April 2014
Population Structure and Pathotype Diversity of the Wheat Blast Pathogen Magnaporthe o...
Phytopathology
January 2014
Comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes from closely related Rhynchosporium speci...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
January 2014
First Report of Resistance to QoI Fungicides in North American Populations of Zymosept...
Plant Disease
November 2013
DNA Fingerprinting of Pearls to Determine Their Origins
PLoS ONE
October 2013
Field-based experimental evolution of three cereal pathogens using a mark-release-recap...
Plant Pathology
September 2013
An assay for quantitative virulence inRhynchosporium communereveals an association betw...
Plant Pathology
August 2013
Experimental Measures of Pathogen Competition and Relative Fitness
Annual Review of Phytopathology
August 2013
The Population Genetic Structure of Rhizoctonia solani AG-3PT from Potato in the Colom...
Phytopathology
August 2013
Breakage-fusion-bridge Cycles and Large Insertions Contribute to the Rapid Evolution of...
PLoS Genetics
June 2013
Global diversity and distribution of three necrotrophic effectors inPhaeosphaeria nodor...
New Phytologist
April 2013
Coevolution and Life Cycle Specialization of Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes in a Hem...
Molecular Biology and Evolution
March 2013
Association between Virulence and Triazole Tolerance in the Phytopathogenic Fungus Myco...
PLoS ONE
March 2013
Local adaptation and evolutionary potential along a temperature gradient in the fungal ...
Evolutionary Applications
January 2013
Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses of Phaeosphaeria nodorum and its close rel...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
November 2012
Comparative Pathogenomics Reveals Horizontally Acquired Novel Virulence Genes in Fungi ...
PLoS Pathogens
September 2012
Population genetic structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola and Quinone Outside Inhibito...
European Journal of Plant Pathology
September 2012
Zymoseptoria ardabiliae and Z. pseudotritici, two progenitor species of the septoria tr...
Mycologia
June 2012
The Accessory Genome as a Cradle for Adaptive Evolution in Pathogens
PLoS Pathogens
April 2012
Quantitative Variation in Effector Activity of ToxA Isoforms from Stagonospora nodorum ...
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
April 2012
Population genetic evidence that basidiospores play an important role in the disease cy...
Plant Pathology
March 2012
Faculty Opinions recommendation of A population genetics-phylogenetics approach to infe...
March 2012
The Cysteine Rich Necrotrophic Effector SnTox1 Produced by Stagonospora nodorum Trigger...
PLoS Pathogens
January 2012
Intron Gains and Losses in the Evolution of Fusarium and Cryptococcus Fungi
Genome Biology and Evolution
January 2012
Evidence for Extensive Recent Intron Transposition in Closely Related Fungi
Current Biology
December 2011
The making of a new pathogen: Insights from comparative population genomics of the dome...
Genome Research
October 2011
Frequency of mutations associated with fungicide resistance and population structure of...
European Journal of Plant Pathology
September 2011
Effect of hosts on competition among clones and evidence of differential selection betw...
BMC Evolutionary Biology
July 2011
Thermal adaptation in the fungal pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola
Molecular Ecology
March 2011
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Genome evolution following host jumps in the Irish p...
March 2011
Evolutionary history of the mitochondrial genome in Mycosphaerella populations infectin...
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
February 2011
Two new species ofRhynchosporium
Mycologia
January 2011
Whole-Genome and Chromosome Evolution Associated with Host Adaptation and Speciation of...
PLoS Genetics
December 2010
Electrophoretic karyotypes of Rhynchosporium commune, R. secalis and R. agropyri
European Journal of Plant Pathology
November 2010
Faculty Opinions recommendation of A unique wheat disease resistance-like gene governs ...
November 2010
Evolution of Linked Avirulence Effectors in Leptosphaeria maculans Is Affected by Genom...
PLoS Pathogens
November 2010
Sexual Recombinants Make a Significant Contribution to Epidemics Caused by the Wheat P...
Phytopathology
September 2010
No biogeographical pattern for a root-associated fungal species complex
Global Ecology and Biogeography
August 2010
Invasion of Rhynchosporium commune onto wild barley in the Middle East
Biological Invasions
July 2010
Divergence Between Sympatric Rice- and Maize-Infecting Populations of Rhizoctonia solan...
Phytopathology
February 2010
How can we achieve durable disease resistance in agricultural ecosystems?
New Phytologist
December 2009
Wheat Domestication Accelerated Evolution and Triggered Positive Selection in the β-Xyl...
PLoS ONE
November 2009
SnTox3 Acts in Effector Triggered Susceptibility to Induce Disease on Wheat Carrying th...
PLoS Pathogens
September 2009
Genetic Structure of Populations of the Rice-Infecting Pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG-...
Phytopathology
September 2009
Molecular evidence for recent founder populations and human-mediated migration in the b...
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
June 2009
Population Genetics of Fungal and Oomycete Effectors Involved in Gene-for-Gene Interact...
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
April 2009
Phylogeographical analyses reveal global migration patterns of the barley scald pathoge...
Molecular Ecology
January 2009
Sequence conservation in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and lack of G143A QoI resi...
Australasian Plant Pathology
January 2009
Divergence Between Sympatric Rice- and Soybean-Infecting Populations of Rhizoctonia sol...
Phytopathology
December 2008
QoI resistance emerged independently at least 4 times in European populations ofMycosph...
Pest Management Science
October 2008
The Origins of Plant Pathogens in Agro-Ecosystems
Annual Review of Phytopathology
September 2008
Genetic Structure of Populations of Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis Group-1 IA from Soyb...
Phytopathology
August 2008
RAPID SPECIATION FOLLOWING RECENT HOST SHIFTS IN THE PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGUS RHYNCHOSPO...
Evolution
June 2008
Intraspecific comparison and annotation of two complete mitochondrial genome sequences ...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
May 2008
Highly polymorphic microsatellite loci in the rice- and maize-infecting fungal pathogen...
Molecular Ecology Resources
May 2008
Evolution of theCYP51gene inMycosphaerella graminicola: evidence for intragenic recombi...
Molecular Plant Pathology
February 2008
Dothideomycete Plant Interactions Illuminated by Genome Sequencing and EST Analysis of ...
The Plant Cell
November 2007
Concordant evolution of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in the wheat pathogen Phaeosp...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
August 2007
The origin and colonization history of the barley scald pathogen Rhynchosporium secalis
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
July 2007
Sexual reproduction facilitates the adaptation of parasites to antagonistic host enviro...
International Journal for Parasitology
July 2007
Significant difference in pathogenicity between MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 isolates in the wheat...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
May 2007
Geographical variation and positive diversifying selection in the host-specific toxin S...
Molecular Plant Pathology
May 2007
Origin and Domestication of the Fungal Wheat Pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola via Sy...
Molecular Biology and Evolution
November 2006
Differential Selection on Rhynchosporium secalis During Parasitic and Saprophytic Phase...
Phytopathology
November 2006
Global Hierarchical Gene Diversity Analysis Suggests the Fertile Crescent Is Not the Ce...
Phytopathology
September 2006
Emergence of a new disease as a result of interspecific virulence gene transfer
Nature Genetics
July 2006
Selection for increased cyproconazole tolerance inMycosphaerella graminicolathrough loc...
Molecular Plant Pathology
July 2006
Global migration patterns in the fungal wheat pathogen Phaeosphaeria nodorum
Molecular Ecology
June 2006
Genetic Structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola Populations from Iran, Argentina and Au...
European Journal of Plant Pathology
May 2006
The Frequencies and Spatial Distribution of Mating Types in Stagonospora nodorum Are C...
Phytopathology
March 2006
Isolation and characterization of EST-derived microsatellite loci from the fungal wheat...
Molecular Ecology Notes
December 2005
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the barley scald pathogen, R...
Molecular Ecology Notes
September 2005
Variation for neutral markers is correlated with variation for quantitative traits in t...
Molecular Ecology
August 2005
Population structure of the rice sheath blight pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA from...
European Journal of Plant Pathology
June 2005
Migration patterns among global populations of the pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella gra...
Molecular Ecology
April 2005
Genetic structure of Iranian Pyricularia grisea populations based on rep-PCR fingerprin...
European Journal of Plant Pathology
November 2004
Molecular Population Genetic Analysis Differentiates Two Virulence Mechanisms of the F...
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
October 2004
Evidence for subdivision of the root-endophyte Phialocephala fortinii into cryptic spec...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
July 2004
The interaction among evolutionary forces in the pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella grami...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
June 2004
Population Genetics of Plant Pathogenic Fungi
February 2004
Phylogenetic analysis of globally distributed Mycosphaerella graminicola populations ba...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
February 2004
Population Genetics of Plant Pathogens
Plant Health Instructor
January 2004
Further evidence for sexual reproduction in Rhynchosporium secalis based on distributio...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
November 2003
An Analysis of the Durability of Resistance to Plant Viruses
Phytopathology
August 2003
The global genetic structure of the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola is charac...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
April 2003
Frequency of Sexual Reproduction by Mycosphaerella graminicola on Partially Resistant ...
Phytopathology
November 2002
PATHOGENPOPULATIONGENETICS, EVOLUTIONARYPOTENTIAL, ANDDURABLERESISTANCE
Annual Review of Phytopathology
September 2002
Population Structure of Mycosphaerella graminicola : From Lesions to Continents
Phytopathology
September 2002
Distribution of mating type alleles in the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola ov...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
July 2002
Local adaptation and effect of host genotype on the rate of pathogen evolution: an expe...
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
June 2002
Intra- and intersporal diversity of ITS rDNA sequences in Glomus intraradices assessed ...
Mycological Research
June 2002
Euphytica
January 2002
Using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms to Assess Temporal Variation and Estim...
Phytopathology
October 2001
The Genetic Structure of Field Populations of Rhynchosporium secalis from Three Contin...
Phytopathology
August 2000
Estimation of Rates of Recombination and Migration in Populations of Plant Pathogens—A ...
Phytopathology
April 2000
High Levels of Gene Flow and Heterozygote Excess Characterize Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 I...
Fungal Genetics and Biology
December 1999
Genetic Structure of Rhynchosporium secalis in Australia
Phytopathology
August 1999
Measuring Immigration and Sexual Reproduction in Field Populations of Mycosphaerella g...
Phytopathology
December 1998
The effect of an oak wilt epidemic on the genetic structure of a Texas live oak population
Canadian Journal of Botany
November 1998
Genetic Structure and Temporal Dynamics of a Colletotrichum graminicola Population in ...
Phytopathology
October 1998
The effect of an oak wilt epidemic on the genetic structure of a Texas live oak population
Canadian Journal of Botany
January 1998
High Genetic Similarity Among Populations of Phaeosphaeria nodorum Across Wheat Cultiv...
Phytopathology
November 1997
The Population Genetics of Fungi: Tools and Techniques
Phytopathology
April 1997
Gene Flow and Sexual Reproduction in the Wheat Glume Blotch Pathogen Phaeosphaeria nod...
Phytopathology
March 1997
The role of selection on the genetic structure of pathogen populations: Evidence from f...
January 1997
The role of selection on the genetic structure of pathogen populations: Evidence from f...
Euphytica
January 1996
The population genetics of Septoria tritici (teleomorph Mycosphaerella graminicola )
Canadian Journal of Botany
December 1995
RFLPs in mitochondrial and nuclear DNA indicate low levels of genetic diversity in the ...
Current Genetics
March 1995
Genetic stability in a population of a plant pathogenic fungus over time
Molecular Ecology
June 1994
Genetic Variability in Nuclear DNA in Field Populations of Stagonospora nodorum
Phytopathology
January 1994
Gene Flow in Plant Pathosystems
Annual Review of Phytopathology
September 1993
Population Genetics of Plant Pathogenic Fungi
BioScience
May 1993
Gene Flow Between Geographic Populations of Mycosphaerella graminicola (Anamorph Septo...
Phytopathology
January 1993
Gene Flow in Plant Pathosystems
Annual Review of Phytopathology
January 1993
DNA fingerprinting of the plant pathogenic fungusMycosphaerella graminicola (anamorphSe...
Experimental Mycology
June 1991
Chromosome length polymorphisms in a Septoria tritici population
Current Genetics
April 1991
Restriction fragment length polymorphisms in Septoria tritici occur at a high frequency
Current Genetics
February 1990
DNA Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms Among Mycosphaerella graminicola (Anamor...
Phytopathology
January 1990
The Population Biology of Host-Pathogen Interactions
Annual Review of Phytopathology
September 1989
Coevolution of host and pathogen populations in the Hordeum vulgare-Rhynchosporium seca...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
May 1989
The Population Biology Of Host-Pathogen Interactions
Annual Review of Phytopathology
January 1989
Responses of Two-, Three-, and Four-Component Barley Mixtures to a Variable Pathogen Po...
Crop Science
January 1988
Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus: a side-effect...