PhD project embedded in Project 2: Evolution in Action: Environment, Agriculture, and Human Disease

Topic of PhD thesis:

Evolutionary Genomics of Grass Powdery Mildew (Blumeria graminis)

Publications:

Bourras S, Kunz L, Xue M, Praz CR, Müller MC, Kälin C, Schläfli M, Ackermann P, Flückiger S, Parlange F, Menardo F, Schaefer LK, Ben-David R, Roffler S, Oberhaensli S, Widrig V, Lindner S, Isaksson J, Wicker T, Yu D & Keller B (2019).

The AvrPm3-Pm3 effector-NLR interactions control both race-specific resistance and host-specificity of cereal mildews on wheat (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10274-1)

Nature Communications, May 2019

Müller MC, Praz CR, Sotiropoulos AG, Menardo F, Kunz L, Schudel S, Oberhänsli S, Poretti M, Wehrli A, Bourras S, Keller B, Wicker T (2019).

A chromosome‐scale genome assembly reveals a highly dynamic effector repertoire of wheat powdery mildew (https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15529)

New Phytologist, March 2019

Praz CR, Menardo F, Robinson MD, Müller MC, Wicker T, Bourras S, Keller B (2018).

Non-parent of Origin Expression of Numerous Effector Genes Indicates a Role of Gene Regulation in Host Adaption of the Hybrid Triticale Powdery Mildew Pathogen (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00049)

Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2018

Menardo F, Praz CR, Wicker T & Keller B (2017).

Rapid turnover of effectors in grass powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis) (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1064-2)

BMC Evolutionary Biology, October 2017

Menardo F, Wicker T, Keller B (2017).

Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Powdery Mildew Lineages (Blumeria graminis) at Different Evolutionary Time Scales with NGS Data (https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx008)

Genome Biology and Evolution, February 2017, Pages 446–456

Menardo F, Praz CR, Wyder S, Ben-David R, Bourras S, Matsumae H, McNally KE, Parlange F, Riba A, Roffler S, Schaefer L, Shimizu KK, Valenti L, Zbinden H, Wicker T, Keller B (2016).

Hybridization of powdery mildew strains gives rise to pathogens on novel agricultural crop species (http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3485)

Nature Genetics, January 2016