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  1. Independent Evolution Has Led to Distinct Genomic Signatures in Dutch Elm Disease-Causing Fungi and Other Vascular Wilts-Causing Fungal Pathogens

    Article • Journal of Fungi, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Louis Bernier

  2. Correction: A simple and low-cost technique to initiate single-spore cultures of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi using a superabsorbent polymer

    Article • Symbiosis, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  3. A simple and low-cost technique to initiate single-spore cultures of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi using a superabsorbent polymer

    Article • Symbiosis, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  4. Comparative Analysis of Transcriptomes of Ophiostoma novo-ulmi ssp. americana Colonizing Resistant or Sensitive Genotypes of American Elm

    Article • Journal of Fungi, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Louis Bernier

  5. Deciphering the Genome-Wide Transcriptomic Changes during Interactions of Resistant and Susceptible Genotypes of American Elm with Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

    Article • Journal of Fungi, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Louis Bernier

  6. Complexities underlying the breeding and deployment of Dutch elm disease resistant elms

    Article • New Forests, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  7. An Efficient Strategy for Obtaining Mutants by Targeted Gene Deletion in Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, July 2021, Frontiers

    Professor Louis Bernier

  8. La réaction au dégagement et les caractéristiques individuelles du noyer cendré favorisant la résistance au chancre causé par l’Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum

    Article • The Forestry Chronicle, July 2020, Canadian Institute of Forestry

    Professor Louis Bernier

  9. Reaction to release treatments and distinctive attributes of butternut that promote resistance to the canker caused byOphiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum

    Article • The Forestry Chronicle, July 2020, Canadian Institute of Forestry

    Professor Louis Bernier

  10. Hybridization and introgression drive genome evolution of Dutch elm disease pathogens

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  11. Ophiostoma ulmi DNA naturally introgressed into an isolate of Ophiostoma novo-ulmi is clustered around pathogenicity and mating type loci

    Article • Phytoprotection, May 2019, Consortium Erudit

    Professor Louis Bernier

  12. First Extensive Microscopic Study of Butternut Defense Mechanisms Following Inoculation with the Canker Pathogen Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum Reveals Compartmentalization of Tissue Damage

    Article • Phytopathology, November 2018, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  13. Influence of Culture Media and Temperature on Growth and Sporulation of Lasiodiplodia theobromae, Pestalotiopsis microspora and Fusarium oxysporum Isolated from Ricinodendron heudelotii in Cameroon

    Article • International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, June 2017, Excellent Publishers

    Professor Louis Bernier

  14. Large-scale genomic analyses of in vitro yeast-mycelium dimorphism in human, insect and plant pathogenic fungi: From ESTs to RNAseq experiments

    Article • Fungal Biology Reviews, June 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  15. From yeast to hypha: defining transcriptomic signatures of the morphological switch in the dimorphic fungal pathogen Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

    Article • BMC Genomics, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  16. Novel chytrid lineages dominate fungal sequences in diverse marine and freshwater habitats

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  17. Diversity in yeast–mycelium dimorphism response of the Dutch elm disease pathogens: the inoculum size effect

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, June 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Louis Bernier

  18. Genome-wide analysis of parasitic fitness traits in a non-model tree pathogen

    Article • Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Louis Bernier

  19. Simultaneous induction of jasmonic acid and disease-responsive genes signifies tolerance of American elm to Dutch elm disease

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  20. Effect of linoleic acid on reproduction and yeast–mycelium dimorphism in the Dutch elm disease pathogens

    Article • Botany, January 2016, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Louis Bernier

  21. RNAseq Analysis Highlights Specific Transcriptome Signatures of Yeast and Mycelial Growth Phases in the Dutch Elm Disease Fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis Bernier

  22. Genomics of the Dutch elm disease pathosystem: are we there yet?

    Article • iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, April 2015, Italian Society of Sivilculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)

    Professor Louis Bernier

  23. Horizontal gene transfer and gene dosage drives adaptation to wood colonization in a tree pathogen

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Louis Bernier

  24. Functional Annotation of the Ophiostoma novo-ulmi Genome: Insights into the Phytopathogenicity of the Fungal Agent of Dutch Elm Disease

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis Bernier

  25. Control of yeast-mycelium dimorphism in vitro in Dutch elm disease fungi by manipulation of specific external stimuli

    Article • Fungal Biology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  26. A rapid virulence assay for the Dutch elm disease fungusOphiostoma novo-ulmiby inoculation of apple (Malus × domestica‘Golden Delicious’) fruits

    Article • Plant Pathology, December 2013, Wiley

    Professor Louis Bernier

  27. Opportunités et contraintes agroforestières de <i>Ricinodendron heudelotii</i> au Cameroun

    Article • International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, July 2013, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Professor Louis Bernier

  28. Phylogenetic species recognition reveals host-specific lineages among poplar rust fungi

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  29. Sequencing of the Dutch Elm Disease Fungus Genome Using the Roche/454 GS-FLX Titanium System in a Comparison of Multiple Genomics Core Facilities

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular Techniques JBT, January 2013, Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities

    Professor Louis Bernier

  30. Identification and characterization of the Non-race specific Disease Resistance 1 (NDR1) orthologous protein in coffee

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  31. Poplar rust systematics and refinement of Melampsora species delineation

    Article • Fungal Diversity, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  32. Functional categorization of unique expressed sequence tags obtained from the yeast-like growth phase of the elm pathogen Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  33. Identification of transcripts up-regulated in asexual and sexual fruiting bodies of the Dutch elm disease pathogenOphiostoma novo-ulmi

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, August 2010, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Louis Bernier

  34. Recent advances related to poplar leaf spot and canker caused bySeptoria musiva

    Article • Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Louis Bernier

  35. Identification and monitoring of Ulmus americana transcripts during in vitro interactions with the Dutch elm disease pathogen Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

    Article • Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  36. First Report of Erysiphe palczewskii Powdery Mildew of Siberian Pea Tree (Caragana arborescens) in Wisconsin and Quebec

    Article • Plant Disease, December 2009, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  37. Susceptibility of Populus balsamifera to Septoria musiva: A Field Study and Greenhouse Experiment

    Article • Plant Disease, November 2009, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  38. Patterns of colonization and spread in the fungal spruce pathogen Onnia tomentosa

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 2009, Wiley

    Professor Louis Bernier

  39. Fungal Colonization and Host Defense Reactions in Ulmus americana Callus Cultures Inoculated with Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

    Article • Phytopathology, June 2009, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  40. Use of insertional mutagenesis to tag putative parasitic fitness genes in the Dutch elm disease fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulmi subsp. novo-ulmi

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, September 2008, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Louis Bernier

  41. Stress-induced mobility of OPHIO1 and OPHIO2, DNA transposons of the Dutch elm disease fungi

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  42. Characterization of three DNA transposons in the Dutch elm disease fungi and evidence of repeat-induced point (RIP) mutations

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, May 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  43. Genetic Diversity in Poplar Leaf Rust (Melampsora medusae f. sp. deltoidae) in the Zones of Host Sympatry and Allopatry

    Article • Phytopathology, May 2007, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  44. Pathogenicity of wild-type and albino strains of the fungus Ceratocystis resinifera, a potential biocontrol agent against bluestain

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, May 2007, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Louis Bernier

  45. Variability of Nuclear SSU-rDNA Group Introns Within Septoria Species: Incongruence with Host Sequence Phylogenies

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  46. Fungal Diversity, Dominance, and Community Structure in the Rhizosphere of Clonal Picea mariana Plants Throughout Nursery Production Chronosequences

    Article • Microbial Ecology, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  47. Attributes and congruence of three molecular data sets: Inferring phylogenies among Septoria-related species from woody perennial plants

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, September 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  48. Histopathology of Fusarium wilt of staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. callistephi race 3. I. Modes of tissue colonization and pathogen peculiarities

    Article • Phytoprotection, June 2006, Consortium Erudit

    Professor Louis Bernier

  49. A spontaneous albino mutant ofCeratocystis resiniferaresults from a point mutation in the polyketide synthase gene,PKS1

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, June 2006, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Louis Bernier

  50. Bioprotection of Spruce Logs Against Sapstain Using an Albino Strain of Ceratocystis resinifera

    Article • Phytopathology, May 2006, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  51. Screening of ESTs from Septoria musiva (teleomorph Mycosphaerella populorum) for detection of SSR and PCR–RFLP markers

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, March 2006, Wiley

    Professor Louis Bernier

  52. Specific and sensitive PCR-based detection of Septoria musiva, S. populicola and S. populi the causes of leaf spot and stem canker on poplars

    Article • Mycological Research, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  53. Direct genotyping of the poplar leaf rust fungus, Melampsora medusae f. sp. deltoidae, using codominant PCR‐SSCP markers

    Article • Forest Pathology, July 2005, Wiley

    Professor Louis Bernier

  54. External symptoms and histopathological changes following inoculation of elms putatively resistant to Dutch elm disease with genetically close strains of Ophiostoma

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, June 2005, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Louis Bernier

  55. Genetic Structure of Mycosphaerella populorum (Anamorph Septoria musiva) Populations in North-Central and Northeastern North America

    Article • Phytopathology, June 2005, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  56. Extracellular sheath formation by Sphaeropsis hypodermia and association with its infection in elm trees

    Article • Phytoprotection, April 2005, Consortium Erudit

    Professor Louis Bernier

  57. Genetic Variability and Structure of Canadian Populations of the Sapstain Fungus Ceratocystis resinifera

    Article • Phytopathology, December 2004, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  58. Génomique des champignons ophiostomatoïdes : un gène, c’est bien; deux, c’est mieux; deux mille, c’est encore mieux!

    Article • Phytoprotection, August 2004, Consortium Erudit

    Professor Louis Bernier

  59. First Report of Shining Willow as a Host Plant for Septoria musiva

    Article • Plant Disease, July 2004, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  60. Molecular Profiling of Rhizosphere Microbial Communities Associated with Healthy and Diseased Black Spruce (Picea mariana) Seedlings Grown in a Nursery

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Louis Bernier

  61. Genetic transformation, electrophoretic karyotyping and isolation of insertional mutants in the tree pathogenic fungus Neonectria galligena

    Article • Forest Pathology, November 2003, Wiley

    Professor Louis Bernier

  62. Real time RT-PCR quantification and Northern analysis of cerato-ulmin ( CU) gene transcription in different strains of the phytopathogens Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo-ulmi

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, July 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  63. Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  64. Rock phosphate solubilization and colonization of maize rhizosphere by wild and genetically modified strains of Penicillium rugulosum

    Article • Microbial Ecology, July 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  65. DNA polymorphism and molecular diagnosis inInonotusspp.

    Article • Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, June 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Louis Bernier

  66. A comparative study of genetic diversity of populations of Nectria galligena and N. coccinea var. faginata in North America

    Article • Mycological Research, February 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  67. Solubilization of phosphate rocks and minerals by a wild-type strain and two UV-induced mutants of Penicillium rugulosum

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, October 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  68. Establishment of a gene transfer system for Pseudozyma flocculosa, an antagonistic fungus of powdery mildew fungi

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, September 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  69. Variabilité phénétique duColletotrichum graminicoladu sorgho

    Article • Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, June 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Louis Bernier

  70. Genetic Variability of Canadian Populations of the Sapstain Fungus Ophiostoma piceae

    Article • Phytopathology, April 2001, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  71. Fungi that cause sapstain in Canadian softwoods

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, November 1999, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Louis Bernier

  72. Genetic Structure of Cronartium ribicola Populations in Eastern Canada

    Article • Phytopathology, October 1999, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  73. Biological Control of Stump Sprouting of Broadleaf Species in Rights-of-Way with Chondrostereum purpureum: Incidence of the Disease on Nontarget Hosts

    Article • Biological Control, September 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  74. Characteristics of phosphate solubilization by an isolate of a tropical Penicillium rugulosum and two UV-induced mutants

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, March 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis Bernier

  75. Effect of nitrogen source on the solubilization of different inorganic phosphates by an isolate of Penicillium rugulosum and two UV-induced mutants

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, March 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis Bernier

  76. Genetic variability and structure of Canadian populations of Chondrostereum purpureum, a potential biophytocide

    Article • Molecular Ecology, January 1999, Wiley

    Professor Louis Bernier

  77. Localization of a Pathogenicity Gene in Ophiostoma novo-ulmi and Evidence That It May Be Introgressed from O. ulmi

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, January 1999, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  78. Cerato-ulmin, a Hydrophobin Secreted by the Causal Agents of Dutch Elm Disease, Is a Parasitic Fitness Factor

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, August 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  79. Variability of virulence of Nectria galligena towards northern hardwoods

    Article • European Journal of Forest Pathology, August 1997, Wiley

    Professor Louis Bernier

  80. A meiotically reproducible chromosome length polymorphism in the ascomycete fungus Ophiostoma ulmi (sensu lato)

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, June 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  81. Assessment of Phaeotheca dimorphospora for biological control of the Dutch elm disease pathogens, Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo‐ulmi

    Article • Plant Pathology, August 1996, Wiley

    Professor Louis Bernier

  82. Production and use of calli from yellow birch buds for in vitro assessment of virulence of Nectria galligena isolates

    Article • Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), May 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  83. Assessment of genetic variation within Chondrostereum purpureum from Quebec by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

    Article • Mycological Research, February 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  84. Electrophoretic Karyotyping in Fungi

    Article • January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  85. Inheritance of chromosome-length polymorphisms in Ophiostoma ulmi (sensu lato)

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

    Professor Louis Bernier

  86. Phaeotheca dimorphospora increases Trichoderma harzianum density in soil and suppresses red pine damping-off caused by Cylindrocladium scoparium

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

    Professor Louis Bernier

  87. Induction and genetic characterization of ultraviolet-sensitive mutants in the elm tree pathogen Ophiostoma ulmi (sensu lato)

    Article • Mycological Research, August 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Louis Bernier

  88. Biological Control of Septoria Leaf Spot of Poplar byPhaeotheca dimorphospora

    Article • Plant Disease, January 1994, Scientific Societies

    Professor Louis Bernier

  89. Identification of Gremmeniella abietina Races with Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Markers

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 1993, ASM Journals

    Professor Louis Bernier

  90. Electrophoretic karyotypes of the elm tree pathogen Ophiostoma ulmi (sensu lato)

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, April 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  91. Conventional and Molecular Genetic Approaches to the Study of Pathogenicity in Ophiostoma ulmi sensu lato

    Article • January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Louis Bernier

  92. Meiotic analysis of induced mutations in Ophiostoma ulmi

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, February 1990, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Louis Bernier

  93. Mutations in Ophiostoma ulmi induced by N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, February 1990, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Louis Bernier

  94. Transformation of the entomopathogenic fungusMetarhizium anisopliaeto benomyl resistance

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 1989, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Louis Bernier

  95. A comparative study of cultural and electrophoretic characteristics of the Eurasian and North American races of Ophiostoma ulmi

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, July 1988, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Louis Bernier