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Black walnut mortality in Colorado caused by the walnut twig beetle and Thousand Cankers Disease.
- N. Tisserat, W. Cranshaw, D. Leatherman, Curtis Utley, K. Alexander
- Biology
- 2009
Since 2001, widespread mortality of black walnut (Juglans nigra) has been reported in Colorado, USA. Affected trees initially show a yellowing and thinning of leaves in the upper crown, followed by… Expand
Genome sequence of the necrotrophic plant pathogen Pythium ultimum reveals original pathogenicity mechanisms and effector repertoire
- C. A. Lévesque, H. Brouwer, +45 authors C. Buell
- Biology, Medicine
- Genome Biology
- 13 July 2010
BackgroundPythium ultimum is a ubiquitous oomycete plant pathogen responsible for a variety of diseases on a broad range of crop and ornamental species.ResultsThe P. ultimum genome (42.8 Mb) encodes… Expand
Geosmithia morbida sp. nov., a new phytopathogenic species living in symbiosis with the walnut twig beetle (Pityophthorus juglandis) on Juglans in USA
- M. Kolařík, E. Freeland, Curtis Utley, N. Tisserat
- Biology, Medicine
- Mycologia
- 1 March 2011
Widespread morbidity and mortality of Juglans nigra has occurred in the western USA over the past decade. Tree mortality is the result of aggressive feeding by the walnut twig beetle (Pityophthorus… Expand
Comparative Genomics Reveals Insight into Virulence Strategies of Plant Pathogenic Oomycetes
- Bishwo N. Adhikari, J. Hamilton, M. Zerillo, N. Tisserat, C. A. Lévesque, C. Buell
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 4 October 2013
The kingdom Stramenopile includes diatoms, brown algae, and oomycetes. Plant pathogenic oomycetes, including Phytophthora, Pythium and downy mildew species, cause devastating diseases on a wide range… Expand
Susceptibility of Walnut and Hickory Species to Geosmithia morbida.
- Curtis Utley, T. Nguyen, +11 authors N. Tisserat
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant disease
- 5 April 2013
Thousand cankers disease (TCD) of walnut is a result of feeding in the phloem by the walnut twig beetle (WTB), Pityophthorus juglandis, and subsequent canker formation caused by Geosmithia morbida… Expand
Genomics-Based Diagnostic Marker Development for Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola.
- J. Lang, J. Hamilton, +6 authors J. Leach
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant disease
- 3 February 2010
A computational genomics pipeline was used to compare sequenced genomes of Xanthomonas spp. and to rapidly identify unique regions for development of highly specific diagnostic markers. A suite of… Expand
Genomic Analysis of Xanthomonas oryzae Isolates from Rice Grown in the United States Reveals Substantial Divergence from Known X. oryzae Pathovars †
- L. Triplett, J. Hamilton, +4 authors J. Leach
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- 22 April 2011
ABSTRACT The species Xanthomonas oryzae is comprised of two designated pathovars, both of which cause economically significant diseases of rice in Asia and Africa. Although X. oryzae is not… Expand
Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes in Pythium and Their Role in Plant Cell Wall and Storage Polysaccharide Degradation
- M. Zerillo, Bishwo N. Adhikari, J. Hamilton, C. Buell, C. A. Lévesque, N. Tisserat
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 12 September 2013
Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) are involved in the metabolism of glycoconjugates, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides and, in the case of plant pathogens, in the degradation of the host cell… Expand
Geographic Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Three Ophiosphaerella Species that Cause Spring Dead Spot of Bermudagrass.
- H. Wetzel, D. Skinner, N. Tisserat
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant disease
- 1 December 1999
The distribution of three Ophiosphaerella spp. that cause spring dead spot (SDS) of bermudagrass was studied by systematically sampling two golf courses in Oklahoma and one in Kansas. O. herpotricha… Expand
Population Structure of Geosmithia morbida, the Causal Agent of Thousand Cankers Disease of Walnut Trees in the United States
- M. Zerillo, J. I. Ibarra Caballero, +8 authors N. Tisserat
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 13 November 2014
The ascomycete Geosmithia morbida and the walnut twig beetle Pityophthorus juglandis are associated with thousand cankers disease of Juglans (walnut) and Pterocarya (wingnut). The disease was first… Expand