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In vitro growth characteristics of Fusarium langsethiae isolates recovered from oats and wheat grain in the UK (2016)
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Imathiu, S. M., Ray, R. V., Back, M., Hare, M., & Edwards, S. G. (2016). In vitro growth characteristics of Fusarium langsethiae isolates recovered from oats and wheat grain in the UK. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica, 51(2), 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1556/038.51.2016.2.1

Fusarium langsethiae is a fungus that has recently been implicated in the contamination of small-grain cereal crops such as oats, wheat and barley with high levels of HT-2 and T-2 toxins in many European countries. The epidemiology of this fungus is... Read More about In vitro growth characteristics of Fusarium langsethiae isolates recovered from oats and wheat grain in the UK.

Contrasting roles of deoxynivalenol and nivalenol in host-mediated interactions between Fusarium graminearum and Sitobion avenae (2016)
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Drakulic, J., Kahar, M. H., Ajigboye, O., Bruce, T., & Ray, R. V. (2016). Contrasting roles of deoxynivalenol and nivalenol in host-mediated interactions between Fusarium graminearum and Sitobion avenae. Toxins, 8(12), https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins8120353

Fusarium graminearum is the predominant causal species of Fusarium head blight in Europe and North America. Different chemotypes of the species exist, each producing a plethora of mycotoxins. Isolates of differing chemotypes produce nivalenol (NIV) a... Read More about Contrasting roles of deoxynivalenol and nivalenol in host-mediated interactions between Fusarium graminearum and Sitobion avenae.

A TaqMan real-time PCR assay for Rhizoctonia cerealis and its use in wheat and soil (2016)
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Woodhall, J., Brown, M., Perkins, K., Valdeolmillos, E. S., Boonham, N., & Ray, R. V. (2017). A TaqMan real-time PCR assay for Rhizoctonia cerealis and its use in wheat and soil. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 148(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-016-1083-7

Rhizoctonia cerealis causes sharp eyespot in cereals and the pathogen survives as mycelia or sclerotia in soil. Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) assays based on TaqMan chemistry are highly suitable for use on DNA extracted from soil. We rep... Read More about A TaqMan real-time PCR assay for Rhizoctonia cerealis and its use in wheat and soil.

Altered gene expression by sedaxane increases PSII efficiency, photosynthesis and growth and improves tolerance to drought in wheat seedlings (2016)
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Ajigboye, O. O., Lu, C., Murchie, E. H., Schlatter, C., Swart, G., & Ray, R. V. (2017). Altered gene expression by sedaxane increases PSII efficiency, photosynthesis and growth and improves tolerance to drought in wheat seedlings. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 137, 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2016.09.008

Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicides have been shown to increase PSII efficiency and photosynthesis under drought stress in the absence of disease to enhance the biomass and yield of winter wheat. However, the molecular mechanism of im... Read More about Altered gene expression by sedaxane increases PSII efficiency, photosynthesis and growth and improves tolerance to drought in wheat seedlings.

Aphid Infestation Increases Fusarium langsethiae and T-2 and HT-2 Mycotoxins in Wheat (2016)
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Drakulic, J., Ajigboye, O., Swarup, R., Bruce, T., & Ray, R. V. (2016). Aphid Infestation Increases Fusarium langsethiae and T-2 and HT-2 Mycotoxins in Wheat. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82(22), 6548-6556. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02343-16

Fusarium langsethiae is a fungal pathogen of cereal crops that is an increasing problem in northern Europe, but much of its epidemiology is poorly understood. The species produces the mycotoxins T-2 and HT-2, which are highly toxic. It was hypothesiz... Read More about Aphid Infestation Increases Fusarium langsethiae and T-2 and HT-2 Mycotoxins in Wheat.

Direct and host-mediated interactions between Fusarium pathogens and herbivorous arthropods in cereals (2016)
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Drakulic, J., Bruce, T., & Ray, R. V. (2017). Direct and host-mediated interactions between Fusarium pathogens and herbivorous arthropods in cereals. Plant Pathology, 66(1), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12546

Fusarium head blight and fusarium ear rot diseases of cereal crops are significant global problems, causing yield and grain quality losses and accumulation of harmful mycotoxins. Safety limits have been set by the European Commission for several Fusa... Read More about Direct and host-mediated interactions between Fusarium pathogens and herbivorous arthropods in cereals.

Identification of novel quantitative trait loci for resistance to Fusarium seedling blight caused by Microdochium majus and M. nivale in wheat (2016)
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Ren, R., Foulkes, J., Mayes, S., Yang, X., & Ray, R. V. (2016). Identification of novel quantitative trait loci for resistance to Fusarium seedling blight caused by Microdochium majus and M. nivale in wheat. Field Crops Research, 191, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2016.03.011

Microdochium nivale and Microdochium majus are important causal agents of Fusarium seedling blight (FSB) and Fusarium head blight (FHB) in wheat and other cereals worldwide. A doubled-haploid population derived from a cross between the winter wheat R... Read More about Identification of novel quantitative trait loci for resistance to Fusarium seedling blight caused by Microdochium majus and M. nivale in wheat.

Genetic diversity and population structure of core watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) genotypes using DArTseq-based SNPs (2016)
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Yang, X., Ren, R., Ray, R., Xu, J., Li, P., Zhang, M., …Kilian, A. (2016). Genetic diversity and population structure of core watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) genotypes using DArTseq-based SNPs. Plant Genetic Resources, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479262115000659

Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus] is an economically important vegetable belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family. Genotypes that exhibit agronomically important traits are selected for the development of elite cultiva... Read More about Genetic diversity and population structure of core watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) genotypes using DArTseq-based SNPs.

Chlorophyll fluorescence parameters allow the rapid detection and differentiation of plant responses in three different wheat pathosystems (2016)
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Ajigboye, O. O., Bousquet, L., Murchie, E. H., & Ray, R. V. (2016). Chlorophyll fluorescence parameters allow the rapid detection and differentiation of plant responses in three different wheat pathosystems. Functional Plant Biology, 43(4), 356-369. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP15280

The present study was undertaken to identify chlorophyll fluorescence (CF) parameters that can quantify changes in PSII associated with plant responses in three different wheat pathosystems of foliar, stem-base and ear diseases. The pathosystems incl... Read More about Chlorophyll fluorescence parameters allow the rapid detection and differentiation of plant responses in three different wheat pathosystems.