A5042012584- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Helminth infection and control
- Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
- Fungal Infections and Studies
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
Oregon State University
2022-2025
Brown University
2024
Invasive, exotic plant pathogens pose a major threat to native and agricultural ecosystems. Phytophthora × cambivora is an invasive, destructive pathogen of forest fruit trees causing severe damage worldwide chestnuts (Castanea), apricots, peaches, plums, almonds cherries (Prunus), apples (Malus), oaks (Quercus), beech (Fagus). It was one the first damaging invasive species be introduced Europe North America, although its origin unknown. We determined population genetic history in Europe,...
Members of the Phytophthora genus are responsible for many important diseases in agricultural and natural ecosystems. ramorum causes devastating oak, tanoak stands US forests larch UK. The four evolutionary lineages involved express different virulence phenotypes on plant hosts, characterization gene content is foundational to understanding basis these differences. Recent discovery P. at its candidate center origin Asia provides a new opportunity investigating history species. We assembled,...
Upon introduction, clonal pathogen populations are expected to go through a genetic bottleneck followed by gradual divergence. Two distinct and purely lineages of the sudden oak death Phytophthora ramorum recently emerged in forests Western United States, providing unique opportunity study naturally replicated invasion into same ecosystem. We characterized population genomic patterns during early using whole genome sequencing two P. sampled first five years following their detection....
Phytophthora root rot (PRR), caused by cinnamomi, is one of the most devastating avocado diseases worldwide. We previously reported a group genetically distinct, more virulent, and less fungicide-sensitive isolates corresponding to A2 clade II clonal population in southern avocado-growing regions California that may have originated from Mexico. To test this hypothesis, we assessed genetic phenotypic diversity Mexico P. cinnamomi populations. found populations at these two locations belong...
species are notorious plant pathogens, with some causing devastating tree diseases that threaten the survival of their host species. One such example is
ABSTRACT Candida auris is a fungal pathogen of significant worldwide concern, typically resistant to one or more antifungal drugs. We report completed genome for clade Ia isolate B8441 and gene annotations Ic B11205. These resources will support public health investigations population genomic studies this pathogen.