Zymoseptoria tritici is the causal agent of Septoria blotch (STB), a disease wheat (Triticum aestivum) that results in significant yield loss worldwide. Z. tritici’s life cycle, reproductive system, effective population size, and gene flow put it at high likelihood developing fungicide resistance. Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicides (FRAC code 7) were not widely used to control ...

The MADS-box genes encode transcription factors with key roles in plant growth and development. A comprehensive analysis of the MADS-box gene family in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) has not yet been conducted, and our understanding of their roles in stress is rather limited. Here, we report the identification and characterization of the MADS-box gene family in wheat. A total of 180 MADS-box g...

Rouhier N, Koh CS, Gelhaye E, Corbier C, Favier F, Didierjean C, Jacquot JP. 2008. Redox based anti-oxidant systems in plants: biochemical and structural analyses. Biochimica and Biophysica Acta 1780: 1249–1260. Shetty NP, Mehrabi R, Lütken H, Haldrup A, Kema GH, Collinge DB, Jørgensen HJ. 2007. Role of hydrogen peroxide during the interaction between the hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen Septoria...

An F(1) mapping population of the septoria tritici blotch pathogen of wheat, Mycosphaerella graminicola, was generated by crossing the two Dutch field isolates IPO323 and IPO94269. AFLP and RAPD marker data sets were combined to produce a high-density genetic linkage map. The final map contained 223 AFLP and 57 RAPD markers, plus the biological traits mating type and avirulence, in 23 linkage g...

Zymoseptoria tritici is the causal fungus of Septoria blotch (STB), a globally important foliar disease wheat. Infections by more than one strain pathogen, or co-infections, are known to be most prevalent form infection in field. The impact that co-infection Z. has on severity for plant host and its effect defence not fully understood. Here, isolates were extracted from STB-presenting leaves UK...