Refereed journal articles

Daayf F 2015. Verticillium wilts in crop plants – pathogen invasion and host defense responses. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 37:8-20 (invited review) DOI:10.1080/07060661.2014.989908.

El Hadrami A, Islam MR, Adam LR, Daayf F 2015. A cupin domain-containing protein with a quercetinase activity (VdQase) regulates Verticillium dahliae’s pathogenicity and contributes to counteracting host defenses. Frontiers in Plant Science 6:440. DOI:10.3389/fpls.2015.00440.

Yao Z, Islam MR, Badawi MA, Daayf F 2015. Overexpression of StrbohA in Arabidopsis thaliana enhances defence responses against Verticillium dahliae. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 90:105-114.

Kamoun S, Furzer O, Jones, JDG, Judelson HS , Ali GS, Dalio RJD, Roy SG, Schena L, Zambounis A, Panabieres F, Cahill D, Ruocco M, Figueiredo A, Chen XR, Hulvey J, Stam R, Lamour K, Gijzen M, Tyler BM, Grunwald NJ, Mukhtar MS, Tome DFA, Tor M, Van den Ackerveken G, McDowell J, Daayf F, Fry WE, Lindqvist-Kreuze H, Meijer HJG, Petre B, Ristaino J, Yoshida K, Birch PRJ, Govers F 2015. The Top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology. Molecular Plant Pathology 16:413-434. DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12190. (invited review)

Alkher H, Islam MR, Wijekoon C, Kalischuk M, Kawchuk LM, Peters RD, Al-Mughrabi KI, Conn KL, Dobinson KF, Waterer D, and Daayf F 2015. Characterization of Phytophthora infestans populations in Canada during 2012. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 37:305-314.

Gharbi Y, Triki MA, Trabelsi R, Fendri I, Daayf F, Gdoura R 2015. Genetic structure of Verticillium dahliae isolates infecting olive tree using AFLP, Pathogenicity and PCR Markers. Plant Pathology 64: 871-879. DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12323.

Gharbi Y, Alkher H, Triki MA, Barkallah M, Emna B, Trabelsi R, Fendri I, Gdoura R, Daayf F 2015. Comparative expression of genes controlling cell wall-degrading enzymes in Verticillium dahliae isolates from olive, potato and sunflower. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 91:56-65. DOI:10.1016/j.pmpp.2015.05.006.

Geddes CM, Cavalieri A, Daayf F, Gulden RH 2015. The allelopathic potential of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.) mulch. American Journal of Plant Science 6:2651-2663.

Tambong J, Xu R, Adam Z, Cott M, Rose K, Reid L, Daayf F, Brière S, Bilodeau G 2015. Draft Genome Sequence of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis Strain DOAB 397 isolated from infected field corn plant in Manitoba, Canada. Genome Announcements 3. DOI:10.1128/genomeA.00768-15.

Conferences & abstracts

Daayf F 2015. Biochemical warfare at the plant-pathogen interface: examples and implications. Botany 2015, Edmonton Alberta, July25-29 (invited symposium lecture).

Zhu X, Islam MR, Adam LR, Daayf F 2015. Functional analysis of Verticillium dahliae’s isochorismatase hydrolase and its role in potato verticillium wilt. Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop, August 9-13, Victoria BC, Canada.

Tambong JT, Xu R, Parent L, Vinette P, Cot M, Rose K, Daayf F, Reid L, Briere S, Bilodeau G, Tropiano R, Agarkova IV, Bromfield ESP2015. Re-emergence of Goss’s bacterial wilt of corn: Pathogen characterization and detection. 67th International Symposium on Crop Protection, May 6th, Ghent, Belgium.

Alkher H, Adam LR, Kawchuk LM, Peters RD, AlMughrabi KI, Daayf F 2015. Cross-pathogenicity of Phytophthora infestans on potato and tomato. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 37:246-247, DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2015.1037095.

Zhu X, Islam MR, Adam LR, Daayf F 2015. Functional study of isochorismatase hydrolase as a potential determinant of Verticillium dahliae’s pathogenicity in potato. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 37:246-247, DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2015.1037095.

Soliman A., Adam L.R., Bajracharya P., Shumilak A., Otukpa S., Tambong J., Daayf F. 2015. Corn Goss’s wilt in Manitoba: Pathogenicity and Genetic Diversity of the pathogen. Manitoba Agronomists Conference, Dec. 16-17, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB.

Adam L.R., Bajracharya P., Tambong J., Soliman A., Daayf F. 2015. Methods for assessing pathogenicity of corn Goss’s Wilt. Manitoba section of the Canadian Phytopathological Society annual meeting, Dec. 7, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB.

Soliman A., Adam L.R., Tambong J., Daayf F. 2015. Genetic diversity of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis causing corn Goss's wilt in Manitoba. Manitoba section of the Canadian Phytopathological Society annual meeting, Dec. 7th, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB.

Zhu X, Islam MR, Adam LR, Daayf F 2015. Functional analysis of Verticillium dahliae’s isochorismatase hydrolase and its role in potato verticillium wilt. Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop, August 9-13, Victoria BC, Canada.

Kalischuk M, Peters RD, Al-Mughrabi K, Daayf F, Harding M, Sabaratham S, Howard R, Kawchuk L 2015. Chronic late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans US-23 limits conventional disease management strategies. Botany 2015, Edmonton Alberta, July25-29 (Poster).