Africa, cassava, virus disease, resistance genes, transcriptional analysis, RNA-Seq

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-866X, Bouvaine, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0788-3243, Tufan, Hale A., Mohammed, Ibrahim U. and Hillocks, Rory J. (2014) Transcriptional response of virus-infected cassava and identification of putative sources of resistance for cassava brown streak disease. PLoS ONE, 9 (5):e96642. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096642)

Indian mustard, Chlamydomonas-Reinhardtii, Selenoprotein synthesis, delivery protein, biosynthesis, plants, overexpression, volatilization, assimilation

Garifullina, Gulnara F., Owen, Jennifer D., Lindblom, Stormy Dawn, Tufan, Hale, Pilon, Marinus and Pilon-Smits, Elizabeth A.H. (2003) Expression of a mouse selenocysteine lyase in Brassica juncea chloroplasts affects selenium tolerance and accumulation. Physiologia Plantarum, 118 (4). pp. 538-544. ISSN 0031-9317 (Print), 1399-3054 (Online) (doi:10.1034/j.1399-3054.2003.00136.x)

Magnaporthe grisea, disease resistance, virus induced gene silencing, TaWIR1

Tufan, Hale A., McGrann, Graham R.D., MacCormack, Ruth and Boyd, Lesley A. (2012) TaWIR1 contributes to post-penetration resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae, but not Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici, in wheat. Molecular Plant Pathology, 13 (7). pp. 653-665. ISSN 1464-6722 (Print), 1364-3703 (Online) (doi:10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00775.x)

VIGS, BSMV, functional genomics, wheat blast, powdery mildew, priming, reduced susceptibility

Tufan, Hale A., Stefanato, Francesca L., McGrann, Graham R. D., MacCormack, Ruth and Boyd, Lesley A. (2011) The Barley stripe mosaic virus system used for virus-induced gene silencing in cereals differentially affects susceptibility to fungal pathogens in wheat. Journal of Plant Physiology, 168 (9). pp. 990-994. ISSN 0176-1617 (doi:10.1016/j.jplph.2010.11.019)

anthocyanins, tungsten accumulation, Brassica

Hale, Kerry L., Tufan, Hale A., Pickering, Ingrid J., George, Graham N., Terry, Norman, Pilon, Marinus and Pilon-Smits, Elizabeth A.H. (2002) Anthocyanins facilitate tungsten accumulation in Brassica. Physiologia Plantarum, 116 (3). pp. 351-358. ISSN 0031-9317 (Print), 1399-3054 (Online) (doi:10.1034/j.1399-3054.2002.1160310.x)

breeding, cereals, climate change, diseases, durable, resistance

Morgounov, Alexey, Tufan, Hale Ann, Sharma, Ram, Akin, Beyhan, Bagci, Ahmet, Braun, Hans-Joachim, Kaya, Yuksel, Keser, Mesut, Payne, Thomas S., Sonder, Kai and McIntosh, Robert (2012) Global incidence of wheat rusts and powdery mildew during 1969-2010 and durability of resistance of winter wheat variety Bezostaya 1. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 132 (3). pp. 323-340. ISSN 0929-1873 (Print), 1573-8469 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s10658-011-9879-y)

defence response, nonhost resistance, plant–pathogen interactions, transcription profiling, wheat blast

Tufan, Hale A., McGrann, Graham R. D., Magusin, Andreas, Morel, Jean-Benoit, Miche, Lucie and Boyd, Lesley A. (2009) Wheat blast: histopathology and transcriptome reprogramming in response to adapted and nonadapted Magnaporthe isolates. New Phytologist, 184 (2). pp. 473-484. ISSN 1469-8137 (on-line) (doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02970.x)