Centre for Crop Health (Operations)


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Director of ResearchProf Levente Kiss
HeadProf Levente Kiss
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Integrating soil microbial communities into fundamental ecology, conservation, and restoration: examples from Australia
Birnbaum, Christina, Dearnaley, John, Egidi, Eleonora, Frew, Adam, Hopkins, Anna, Powell, Jeff, Aguilar-Trigueros, Carlos, Liddicoat, Craig, Albornoz, Felipe, Heuck, Meike K., Dadzie, Frederick A., Florence, Luke, Singh, Pankaj, Mansfield, Tomas, Rajapaksha, Kumari, Stewart, Jana, Rallo, Paola, Peddle, Shawn D. and Chiarenza, Giancarlo. 2024. "Integrating soil microbial communities into fundamental ecology, conservation, and restoration: examples from Australia." New Phytologist. 241 (3), pp. 974-981. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19440

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Talcarpones A and B: bisnaphthazarin-derived metabolites from the Australian fungus Talaromyces johnpittii sp. nov. MST-FP2594
Lacey, Alastair E., Minns, Scott A., Chen, Rachel, Vuong, Daniel, Lacey, Ernest, Kalaitzis, John A., Tan, Yu Pei, Shivas, Roger G., Butler, Mark S. and Piggott, Andrew M.. 2024. "Talcarpones A and B: bisnaphthazarin-derived metabolites from the Australian fungus Talaromyces johnpittii sp. nov. MST-FP2594." The Journal of Antibiotics. 77 (3), pp. 147-155. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41429-023-00688-x

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Meta-QTL analysis enabled identification of candidate genes and haplotypes for enhancing biotic stress resistance in chickpea
Isha, Ishita, Singh, Sarvjeet, Jha, Uday, Laxuman, C., Kudapa, Himabindu, Varshney, Rajeev K. V and Thudi, Mahendar. 2024. "Meta-QTL analysis enabled identification of candidate genes and haplotypes for enhancing biotic stress resistance in chickpea." Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-024-00873-5

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Herbivory-driven shifts in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly: increased fungal competition and plant phosphorus benefits
Frew, Adam, Opik, Maarja, Oja, Jane, Vahter, Tanel, Hiiesalu, Inga and Aguilar-Trigueros, Carlos A.. 2024. "Herbivory-driven shifts in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly: increased fungal competition and plant phosphorus benefits." New Phytologist. 241 (5), pp. 1891-1899. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19474

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High confidence QTLs and key genes identified using Meta-QTL analysis for enhancing heat tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Kumar, Raj, Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Rangari, Sagar Krushnaji, Jha, Uday Chand, Sahu, Aakash, Paul, Pronob J., Gupta, Shreshth, Gangurde, Sunil S., Kudapa, Himabindu, Mir, Reyazul Rouf, Gaur, Pooran M., Varshney, Rajeev K., Varshney, Rajeev K. and Thudi, Mahendar. 2023. "High confidence QTLs and key genes identified using Meta-QTL analysis for enhancing heat tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)." Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1274759

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Fungal planet description sheets: 1550-1613
Crous, P. W., Costa, M. M., Kandemir, H., Vermaas, M., Vu, D., Zhao, L., Arumugam, E., Flakus, A., Jurjevic, Z., Kaliyaperumal, M., Mahadevakumar, S., Murugadoss, R., Shivas, R.G., Tan, Y., Wingfield, M. J., Abell, S. E., Marney, T. S., Danteswari, C., Darmostuk, V., ..., Groenewald, J. Z.. 2023. "Fungal planet description sheets: 1550-1613." Persoonia. 51, pp. 280 - 417. https://doi.org/10.3767/persoonia.2023.51.08

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Geographic range extension of Ustilago sporoboli-indici on Sporobolus natalensis in Australia
Officer, D. I., Shivas, R. G. and Vitelli, J. S.. 2023. "Geographic range extension of Ustilago sporoboli-indici on Sporobolus natalensis in Australia." Australasian Plant Disease Notes. 18 (1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13314-023-00521-2

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Soil abounds with life – and supports all life above it. But Australian soils need urgent repair
Frew, Adam, Birnbaum, Christina, Egidi, Eleonora and Heuck, Meike Katharina. 2023. "Soil abounds with life – and supports all life above it. But Australian soils need urgent repair." Conversation.

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Enzymatic Investigation of Spongospora subterranea Zoospore Attachment to Roots of Potato Cultivars Resistant or Susceptible to Powdery Scab Disease
Yu, Xian, Wilson, Wilson, Eyles, Eyles, Balotf, Sadegh., Tegg, Robert Stephen and Wilson, Calum Rae. 2023. "Enzymatic Investigation of Spongospora subterranea Zoospore Attachment to Roots of Potato Cultivars Resistant or Susceptible to Powdery Scab Disease." Proteomes. 11 (1). https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes11010007

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Fungal Planet description sheets: 1478-1549
Crous, P., Osieck, E., Shivas, R. G., Tan, Y., Bishop-Hurley, S., Esteve-Raventos, F., Larsson, E., Luangsa-ard, J., Pancorbo, F., Balashov, S., Baseia, I. G., Boekhout, T., Chandranayaka, S., Cowan, D. A., Cruz, R. H. S. F., Czachura, P., De la Pena-Lastra, S., Dovana, F., Drury, B., ..., Groenewald, J. Z.. 2023. "Fungal Planet description sheets: 1478-1549." Persoonia. 50, pp. 158-310. https://doi.org/10.3767/persoonia.2023.50.05

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Taxonomy of Macrophomina—traditional to molecular approaches
Poudel, Barsha and Vaghefi, Niloofar. 2023. "Taxonomy of Macrophomina—traditional to molecular approaches." Kumar, Pankaj and Dubey, Ramesh Chandra (ed.) Macrophomina Phaseolina: Ecobiology, Pathology and Management. United Kingdom. Elsevier. pp. 3-8

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Isolation of strains and their genome sequencing to analyze the mating system of Ophiocordyceps robertsii
Xu, Melvin, Ashley, Nathan A., Vaghefi, Niloofar, Wilkinson, Ian and Idnurm, Alexander. 2023. "Isolation of strains and their genome sequencing to analyze the mating system of Ophiocordyceps robertsii." PLoS One. 18 (5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284978

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Openness and Computational Reproducibility in Plant Pathology: Where We Stand and a Way Forward
Sparks, Adam H., Del Ponte, Emerson M., Alves, Kaique S., Foster, Zachary S. L. and Grunwald, Niklaus J.. 2023. "Openness and Computational Reproducibility in Plant Pathology: Where We Stand and a Way Forward." Phytopathology: International Journal of the American Phytopathological Society. 113 (7), pp. 1159-1170. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-10-21-0430-PER

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A global-temporal analysis on Phytophthora sojae resistance-gene efficacy
McCoy, Austin G., Belanger, Richard R., Bradley, Carl A., Cerritos-Garcia, Daniel G., Garnica, Vinicius C., Giesler, Loren J., Grijalba, Pablo E., Guillin, Eduardo, Henriquez, Maria A., Kim, Yong Min, Malvick, Dean K., Matthiesen, Rashelle L., Mideros, Santiago X., Noel, Zachary A., Robertson, Alison E., Roth, Mitchell G., Schmidt, Clarice L., Smith, Damon L., Sparks, Adam H., ..., Chilvers, Martin I.. 2023. "A global-temporal analysis on Phytophthora sojae resistance-gene efficacy." Nature Communications. 14 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41321-7

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The Good, the Bad, and the Misleading: How to Improve the Quality of 'Genome Announcements'?
Kusch, Stefan, Vaghefi, Niloofar and Kiss, Levente. 2023. "The Good, the Bad, and the Misleading: How to Improve the Quality of 'Genome Announcements'?" Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 36 (7), pp. 393-396. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-01-23-0009-LE

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Major viral diseases in grain legumes: designing disease resistant legumes from plant breeding and OMICS integration
Jha, Uday Chand, Nayyar, Harsh, Chattopadhyay, Anirudha, Beena, Radha, Lone, Ajaz A., Naik, Yogesh Dashrath, Thudi, Mahendar, Prasad, Pagadala Venkata Vara, Gupta, Sanjeev, Dixit, Girish Prasad and Siddique, Kadambot H. M.. 2023. "Major viral diseases in grain legumes: designing disease resistant legumes from plant breeding and OMICS integration." Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1183505

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Friends to the rescue: using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to future-proof Australian agriculture
Heuck, Meike Katharina, Birnbaum, Christina and Frew, Adam. 2023. "Friends to the rescue: using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to future-proof Australian agriculture." Microbiology Australia. 44 (1), pp. 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1071/MA23002

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Host filtering, not competitive exclusion, may be the main driver of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly under high phosphorus
Frew, Adam, Heuck, Meike and Aguilar-Trigueros, Carlos A.. 2023. "Host filtering, not competitive exclusion, may be the main driver of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community assembly under high phosphorus." Functional Ecology. 37 (7), pp. 1856-1869. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14349

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Australia offers unique insight into the ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: An opportunity not to be lost
Frew, Adam and Aguilar-Trigueros, Carlos A.. 2023. "Australia offers unique insight into the ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: An opportunity not to be lost." Austral Ecology: a journal of ecology in the Southern Hemisphere. 48 (8), pp. 1713-1720. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13451

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Water availability alters the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and determines plant mycorrhizal benefit
Frew, Adam. 2023. "Water availability alters the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and determines plant mycorrhizal benefit." Plants, People, Planet. 5 (5), pp. 683-689. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10372

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Silicon accumulation suppresses arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonisation in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon
Johnson, Scott N., Powell, Jef R., Frew, Adam and Cibils–Stewart, Ximena. 2022. "Silicon accumulation suppresses arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonisation in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon." Plant and Soil: international journal on plant-soil relationships. 477 (1-2), pp. 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05463-9

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Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of Puccinia sorghi in Eastern Australia: implications for maize breeding programs
Quade, Aurelie, Park, Robert F., Stodart, Benjamin, Ding, Yi, Zhang, Peng, Thang, Mike, Poudel, Barsha, Vaghefi, Niloofar and Ash, Gavin James. 2023. "Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of Puccinia sorghi in Eastern Australia: implications for maize breeding programs ." PhytoFrontiers. 3 (3), pp. 610-618. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-12-22-0151-R

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Peronosclerospora neglecta sp. nov.—a widespread and overlooked threat to corn (maize) production in the tropics
Muis, Amran, Ryley, Malcolm J., Tan, Yu Pei, Suharjo, Radix, Nonci, Nurnina, Danaatmadja, Yanuar, Hidayat, Iman, Widiastuti, Ani, Widinugraheni, Sri, Shivas, Roger G. and Thines, Marco. 2023. "Peronosclerospora neglecta sp. nov.—a widespread and overlooked threat to corn (maize) production in the tropics ." Mycological Progress: international journal of fungal sciences. 22 (2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-022-01862-5

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Cryptic diversity found in Didymellaceae from Australian native legumes
Keirnan, Elizabeth C., Tan, Yu Pei, Laurence, Matthew H., Mertin, Allison A., Liew, Edward C. Y., Summerell, Brett A. and Shivas, Roger G.. 2021. "Cryptic diversity found in Didymellaceae from Australian native legumes." MycoKeys. 78, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.78.60063

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The diversity of microfungi associated with grasses in the Sporobolus indicus complex in Queensland, Australia
Steinrucken, Tracey V., Vitelli, Joseph S., Holdom, David G. and Tan, Yu Pei. 2022. "The diversity of microfungi associated with grasses in the Sporobolus indicus complex in Queensland, Australia." Frontiers in Fungal Biology. 3, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffunb.2022.956837

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IMA Genome - F16 Draft genome assemblies of Fusarium marasasianum, Huntiella abstrusa, two Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana isolates, Macrophomina pseudophaseolina, Macrophomina phaseolina, Naganishia randhawae, and Pseudocercospora cruenta
Wingfield, Brenda D., De Vos, Lieschen, Wilson, Andi M., Duong, Tuan A., Vaghefi, Niloofar, Botes, Angela, Kharwar, Ravindra Nath, Chand, Ramesh, Poudel, Barsha, Aliyu, Habibu, Barbetti, Martin J., Chen, ShuaiFei, de Maayer, Pieter, Liu, FeiFei, Navathe, Sudhir, Sinha, Shagun, Steenkamp, Emma T., Suzuki, Hiroyuki, Tshisekedi, Kalonji A., ..., Wingfield, Michael J.. 2022. "IMA Genome - F16 Draft genome assemblies of Fusarium marasasianum, Huntiella abstrusa, two Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana isolates, Macrophomina pseudophaseolina, Macrophomina phaseolina, Naganishia randhawae, and Pseudocercospora cruenta." IMA Fungus: the global mycological journal. 13 (1), pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-022-00089-z

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Fungal Planet description sheets: 1383–1435
Crous, P. W., Boers, J., Holdom, D., Osieck, E. R., Steinrucken, T. V., Tan, Y. P., Vitelli, J. S., Shivas, R. G., Barrett, M., Broadbridge, J., Larsson, E., Lebel, T., Pinruan, U., Sommai, S., Alvarado, P., Bonito, G., Decock, C. A., De la Pena-Lastra, S., Delgado, G., ..., Groenewald, J. Z.. 2022. "Fungal Planet description sheets: 1383–1435." Persoonia. 48, pp. 1-153. https://doi.org/10.3767/persoonia.2022.48.08

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Research priorities for global food security under extreme events
Mehrabi, Zia, Delzeit, Ruth, Ignaciuk, Adriana, Levers, Christian, Braich, Ginni, Bajaj, Kushank, Amo-Aidoo, Araba, Anderson, Weston, Balgah, Roland A., Benton, Tim G., Chari, Martin M., Ellis, Erle C., Gahi, Narcisse, Gaupp, Franziska, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Gerber, James S., Godde, Cecile M., Grass, Ingo, Heimann, Tobias, ..., You, Liangzhi. 2022. "Research priorities for global food security under extreme events." One Earth. 5 (7), pp. 756-766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.06.008

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The First Annotated Genome Assembly of Macrophomina tecta Associated with Charcoal Rot of Sorghum
Poudel, Barsha, Purushotham, Neeraj, Jones, Ashley, Nasim, Jamila, Adorada, Dante L., Sparks, Adam H., Schwessinger, Benjamin and Vaghefi, Niloofar. 2022. "The First Annotated Genome Assembly of Macrophomina tecta Associated with Charcoal Rot of Sorghum." Genome Biology and Evolution. 14 (6), pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac081

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Magnaporthiopsis species associated with patch diseases of turfgrasses in Australia
Wong, P. T. W., Tan, Y. P., Weese, T. L. and Shivas, R. G.. 2022. "Magnaporthiopsis species associated with patch diseases of turfgrasses in Australia." Mycosphere Online: Journal of Fungal Biology. 13 (1), pp. 602-611. https://doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/5

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Fusarium and allied fusarioid taxa (FUSA). 1
Crous, P. W., Sandoval-Denis, M., Costa, M. M., Groenewald, J. Z., van Iperen, A. L., Starink-Willemse, M., Hernandez-Restrepo, M., Kandemir, H., Ulaszewski, B., de Boer, W., Abdel-Azeem, A. M., Abdollahzadeh, J., Akulov, A., Bakhshi, M., Bezerra, J. D. P., Bhunjun, C. S., Camara, M. P. S., Chaverri, P., Vieira, W. A. S., ..., Thines, M.. 2022. "Fusarium and allied fusarioid taxa (FUSA). 1." Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 9, pp. 161-200. https://doi.org/10.3114/fuse.2022.09.08

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Impacts and Management of Temperature and Water Stress in Crop Plants
Arun-Chinnappa, Kiruba Shankari, Ranawake, Lanka and Seneweera, Saman. 2017. "Impacts and Management of Temperature and Water Stress in Crop Plants." Minhas, Paramjit Singh, Rane, Jagadish and Pasala, Ratna Kumar (ed.) Abiotic Stress Management for Resilient Agriculture. Singapore. Springer. pp. 221-233

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More than meets the eye — unexpected diversity in downy mildews (Oomycetes) on grasses in Australia
Ryley, M. J., Tan, Y. P., Kruse, J., Thines, M. and Shivas, R. G.. 2022. "More than meets the eye — unexpected diversity in downy mildews (Oomycetes) on grasses in Australia." Mycological Progress: international journal of fungal sciences. 21 (1), pp. 297-310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-021-01750-4

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Plant pathogens as indicators of climate change
Garrett, K. A., Nita, M., De Wolf, E. D., Esker, P. D., Gomez-Montano, L. and Sparks, A. H.. 2021. "Plant pathogens as indicators of climate change." Letcher, Trevor M. (ed.) Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth. Netherlands. Elsevier. pp. 499-513

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Species diversity of Basidiomycota
He, Mao‑Qiang, Zhao, Rui‑Lin, Liu, Dong‑Mei, Denchev, Teodor T., Begerow, Dominik, Yurkov, Andrey, Kemler, Martin, Millanes, Ana M., Wedin, Mats, McTaggart, Alistair R., Shivas, Roger G., Buyck, Bart, Chen, Jie, Vizzini, Alfredo, Papp, Viktor, Zmitrovich, Ivan V., Davoodian, Naveed and Hyde, Kevin D.. 2022. "Species diversity of Basidiomycota." Fungal Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-021-00497-3

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Plan of attack for aggressive Ascochyta isolates
Ford, Rebecca, Sambasivam, Prabhakaran, Mehmood, Yasir, Christie, Melody, Vaghefi, Niloofar, Sparks, Adam and Bar, Ido. 2021. "Plan of attack for aggressive Ascochyta isolates." GRDC GroundCover.

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Population genomics reveals historical and ongoing recombination in the Fusarium oxysporum species complex
McTaggart, A. R., James, T. Y., Shivas, R. G., Drenth, A., Wingfield, B. D., Summerell, B. A. and Duong, T. A.. 2021. "Population genomics reveals historical and ongoing recombination in the Fusarium oxysporum species complex." Studies in Mycology. 99, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2021.100132

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Fungal diversity notes 1387–1511: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa
Boonmee, Saranyaphat, Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Calabon, Mark S., Huanraluek, Naruemon, Chandrasiri, Sajini K. U., Jones, Gareth E. B., Rossi, Walter, Leonardi, Marco, Singh, Sanjay K., Rana, Shiwali, Singh, Paras N., Maurya, Deepak K., Lagashetti, Ajay C., Choudhary, Deepika, Dai, Yu‑Cheng, Zhao, Chang‑Lin, Mu, Yan‑Hong, Yuan, Hai‑Sheng, He, Shuang‑Hui, ..., Hyde, Kevin D.. 2021. "Fungal diversity notes 1387–1511: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa." Fungal Diversity. 111 (1), pp. 1-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-021-00489-3

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Genomic resources in plant breeding for sustainable agriculture
Thudi, Mahendar, Palakurthi, Ramesh, Schnable, James C., Chitikineni, Annapurna, Dreisigacker, Susanne, Mace, Emma, Srivastava, Rakesh K., Satyavathi, C. Tara, Odeny, Damaris, Tiwari, Vijay K., Lam, Hon-Ming, Hong, Yan Bin, Singh, Vikas K., Li, Guowei, Xu, Yunbi, Chen, Xiaoping, Kaila, Sanjay, Nguyen, Henry, Sivasankar, Sobhana, ..., Varshney, Rajeev K.. 2021. "Genomic resources in plant breeding for sustainable agriculture." Journal of Plant Physiology. 257, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153351

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Neopestalotiopsis Species Associated with Flower Diseases of Macadamia integrifolia in Australia
Prasannath, Kandeeparoopan, Shivas, Roger G., Galea, Victor J. and Akinsanmi, Olufemi A.. 2021. "Neopestalotiopsis Species Associated with Flower Diseases of Macadamia integrifolia in Australia." Journal of Fungi. 7 (9), pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7090771

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