Here is a selection of our most recent publications. Past and present lab members are shown in bold.

2020+    2019-2015   2014-2010   2009-2000

2019 (8)

  • Abraham, N., P. Chitampalam, B. D. Nelson, R. Sharma Poudel, K. Chittem, P. Borowiccz, R. S. Brueggeman, S. Jain, and J. M. LeBoldus. 2019. Microscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Comparisons of Moderately Resistant and Susceptible Populus Genotypes Inoculated with Sphaerulina musiva. Phytopathology 109(12). DOI:10.1094/PHYTO-03-19-0105-R
  • Kahn, M. F. R., M. E. Haque, M. Bloomquist, M. Z. R. Bhuiyan, R. S. Brueggeman, S. Zhong, R. Sharma Poudel, T. Gross, P. Hakk, Y. Leng, and Y. Liu. 2019. First Report of Alternaria Leaf Spot Caused by Alternaria tenuissima on Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris) in Minnesota, USA. Plant Disease. DOI:10.1094/PDIS-03-19-0603-R
  • Solanki, S., G. Ameen, P. Borowicz, and R. S. Brueggeman. 2019. Shedding Light on Penetration of Cereal Host Stomata by Wheat Stem Rust Using Improved Methodology. Scientific Reports 9. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44280-6
  • Wyatt, N., J. Richards, R. Brueggeman, and T. Friesen. 2019. A Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Barley Pathogen Pyrenophora teres f. teres Identifies Subtelomeric Regions as Drivers of Virulence. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 33(2).  DOI:10.1094/MPMI-05-19-0128-R

↳bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/753202

  • Sharma Poudel, R. J. Richards, S. Shestha, S. Solanki, and R. S. Brueggeman. 2019. Transcriptome-wide association study identifies putative elicitors/suppressor of Puccinia graminis sp. tritici that modulate barley rpg4-mediated stem rust resistance. BMC Genomics 20(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6368-7
  • Solanki, S., J. Richards, G. Ameen, X. Wang, A. Khan, H. Ali, A. Stangel, P. Tamang, T. Gross, P. Gross, T. Fetch, R. S. Brueggeman. 2019. Characterization of genes required for both Rpg1 and rpg4-mediated wheat stem rust resistance in barley. BMC Genomics 20(1):1-16. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5858-z
  • Tamang, P., J. K. Richards, A. Alhashal, R. Sharma Poudel, R. D. Horsley, T .L. Friesen, R. S. Brueggeman. 2019. Mapping of barley susceptibility/resistance QTL against spot form net blotch caused by Pyrenophora teres f. maculata using RIL populations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 132(7): 1953-1963. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03328-x
  • Daba, S. D., R. Horsley, R. Brueggeman, S. Chao, and M. Mohammadi. 2019. Genome-wide association study and candidate gene identification for leaf scald and net blotch in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Plant Disease 105(5), 880-889. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-07-18-1190-RE

2018 (10)

  • Sharma Poudel, R., A. Alhashel, T. Gross, P. Gross, and R. S. Brueggeman. 2018. Pyramiding rpg4 and Rpg1-mediated stem rust resistance in barley requires the Rrr1 gene for both to function. Frontiers in Plant Science. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01789
  • Elakhdar, A., Kumamaru, T., Qualset, C.O., Brueggeman, R.S., Amer, K., and Capo-chichi, L. 2018. Assessment of genetic diversity in Egyptian barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes using SSR and SNP markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 65(7), 1937-1951. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-018-0666-x
  • Jin, Z., Gillespie, J., Barr, J., Wiersma, J.J., Sorrells, M.E., Zwinger, S., Gross, T., Cummings, J., Bergstrom G.C., Brueggeman, R., Horsley, R.D., and Schwarz, P.B. 2018. Malting of Fusarium Head Blight-Infected Rye (Secale cereale): Growth of Fusarium graminearum, Trichothecene Production, and Impact on Malt Quality. Toxins 10(9): 369. DOI: 10.3390/toxins10090369
  • Muchero, W., Franco-Coronado, J., Chen, J.-G., Singan, V., Yang, Y., Brueggeman, R.S., Dunnell, K.L., Abraham, N., Weisberg, A.J., Chang, J.H., Lindquist, E., Berry, K., Ranjan, P., Jawdy, S., Schmutz, J., Tuskan, G.A., and LeBoldus, J.M. 2018. Association mapping, transcriptomics, and transient expression identify candidate genes mediating plant-pathogen interactions in a tree. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1804428115
  • Gyawali, S., Amezrou, R., Verma, R.S., Brueggeman, R., Rehman, S., Belqadi, L., Arbaoui, M., Tamang, P., and Singh, M. 2018. Seedling and adult stage resistance to spot form of net blotch (SFNB) in spring barley and stability of adult stage resistance to SFNB in Morocco. European Journal of Plant Pathology. DOI: 10.1007/s10658-018-1575-8
  • Leng, Y., Zhao. M., Wang, R., Steffenson B.J., Brueggeman R.S., and Zhong, S. 2018. The gene conferring susceptibility to spot blotch caused by Cochliobolus sativus is located at the Mla locus in barley cultivar Bowman. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-018-3095-5
  • Amezrou, R., Verma, R.P.S., Chao, S., Brueggeman R., Belqati, L., Arbaoui, M., Rehman, S., and Gyawali, S. 2018. Genome-wide association studies of net form of net blotch resistance at seedling and adult plant stages in spring barley collection. Molecular Breeding 38(5). DOI: 10.1007/s11032-018-0813-2
  • Abbasov, M., Akparov Z.I., Gross, T., Brueggeman R.S. 2018. Genetic relationship of diploid wheat (Triticum spp.) species assessed by SSR markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-018-0629-2
  • Jin Z., Zhou B., Gillespie J., Gross T., Barr J., Simsek S., Brueggeman R., and Schwarz P. 2018. Production of deoxynivalenol (DON) and DON-3-glucoside during the malting of Fusarium infected hard red spring wheat. Food Control 85, 6-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.09.002
  • Wyatt N.A., Richards J.K., Brueggeman R.S., and Friesen T.L. 2018. Reference Assembly and Annotation of the Pyrenophora teres f. teres Isolate 0-1. G3: Genes| Genomes| Genetics. DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.300196

2017 (5)

  • Koladia, V. M., Richards J.K., Wyatt N.A., Faris, J. D., Brueggeman, R. S., and Friesen, T. L. 2017. Genetic analysis of virulence in the Pyrenophora teres f. teres population BB25xFGOH04Ptt-21. Fungal Genetics and Biology 107: 12-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2017.07.003
  • Elakdar A., Kumamaru T., Smith K.P., Brueggeman R.S., Capo-chichi L.J.A. and Solanki S. 2017. Genotype by environment interactions (GEIs) for the barley grain yield under salt stress conditions. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology. 20(3): 193-204. DOI: 10.1007/s12892-017-0016-0
  • Carlsen S.A., Neupane, A., Wyatt, N.A., Richards J.K., Faris J. D., Xu, S. S., Brueggeman, R.S., Friesen T. L. 2017. Unraveling the Complexities of the Pyrenophora teres f. maculata – Barley Interaction Using Pathogen Genetics. G3: Genes| Genomes| Genetics. 7(8): 2615-2626. DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.043265
  • Richards, J., Chao, S., Friesen T., and Brueggeman R. 2017. Association mapping of net form net blotch using a world barley core collection. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 130 (5): 915-927. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-017-2860-1
  • Koladia, V. M., Faris, J. D., Brueggeman, R. S., Chao S., and Friesen, T. L. 2017. Genetic analysis of net form net blotch resistance in CI5791 and Tifang barley lines against a global collection of P. teres f. teres isolates. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2801-4

2016 (8)

  • Jiang, H., Hao, J., Johnson , S., Brueggeman, R., and Secor, G. 2016. First report of Dickeya dianthicola on potato in Maine. Plant Disease. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-12-15-1513-PDN
  • Gao, Y., Liu, Z., Faris, J.D., Richards, J., Brueggeman, R.S., Li, X., Oliver, R.P., McDonald, B.A., and Friesen, T.L. 2016. Validation of genome wide association studies (GWAS) as a tool to identify virulence factors in Parastagonospora nodorum. Phytopathology 106 (10): 1177-1185. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-02-16-0113-FI
  • Secor, G., Rivera-Varas, V., Brueggeman, R., Metzger, M., Rengifo J., and Richards, J. 2016. First report of field decay of sugar beet caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliensis. Plant Disease. 100(10): 2160-2160. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-05-16-0588-PDN
  • Shi, G., Zhang Z., Friesen T.L., Raatz, D., Fahima T., Brueggeman R.S., Lu S., Trick H.N., Liu, Z., Chao, W., Frenkel, Z., Xu S.S., Rasmussen J.B., and Faris J.D. 2016. The hijacking of a disease resistance pathway by a wheat fungal pathogen leads to disease. Science Advances 2(10):e1600822. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600822
  • Gill, U., Brueggeman, R., Nirmala, J., Chai, Y., Steffenson, B. and Kleinhofs, A. 2016. Molecular and genetic characterization of barley mutants required for Rpg1-mediated resistance against stem rust; High-resolution genetic and physical mapping of mutant rpr2. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 129(8) DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2721-3
  • Jain, S., Chittem, K., Brueggeman R., Osorno J.M., Richards, J., and Nelson, B. 2016. Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Resistant and Susceptible Common Bean Genotypes in Response to Soybean Cyst Nematode Infection. PLoS One. 11(7). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159338 
  • Richards, J., Chao, S., Friesen T., and Brueggeman R. 2016. Fine Mapping of the Barley Chromosome 6H Net Form Net Blotch Susceptibility Locus. G3: Genes| Genomes| Genetics. 6 (7): 1809-1818. DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.028902
  • Steffenson, B.J., Solanki S., and Brueggeman R.S. 2016. Landraces from mountainous regions of Switzerland are sources of important genes for stem rust resistance in barley. Alpine Botany. 126: 23-33. DOI: 10.1007/s00035-015-0161-3.

2015 (7)

  • Marshall, J., Kinzer, K., and Brueggeman, R. 2015. First Report of Pyrenophora teres f. maculata the cause of spot form net blotch of barley in Idaho. Plant Disease. 99 (12): 1860. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-03-15-0349-PDN
  • LeBoldus, J.M., Kinzer, K., Ya, Z., Yan, C., Friesen, T. L., and Brueggeman, R. 2015 Genotype-by-sequencing of the plant pathogenic fungi Septoria musiva and Pyrenophora teres utilizing ion torrent sequence technology. Molecular Plant Pathology. DOI: 10.1111/mpp.1221
  • Zurn, J.D., Dugyala, S., Borowicz, P., Brueggeman, R., and Acevedo, M. (2015) Unraveling the Wheat Stem Rust Infection Process on Barley Genotypes through Relative qPCR and Fluorescence Microscopy. Phytopathology. 105 (5) 707-712. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-09-14-0251-R
  • Tamang, P., Neupane, A., Mamidi, S., Friesen, T., and Brueggeman, R. 2015. Association mapping of seedling resistance to Spot Form Net Blotch in a worldwide collection of barley. Phytopathology. 105 (4) 500-508. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-04-14-0106-R
  • Neupane , A., Tamang, P., Brueggeman, R.S., and Friesen, T. L. 2015. Evaluation of a barley core collection for spot form net blotch reaction reveals distinct genotype specific pathogen virulence and host susceptibility. Phytopathology. 105 (4): 509-517. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-04-14-0107-R
  • Liu, Z., Holmes, D., Faris, J.D., Chao, S., Brueggeman, R.S., Edwards, M.C., and Friesen, T.L. 2015. Necrotrophic effector-triggered susceptibility (NETS) underlies the barley–Pyrenophora teres f. teres interaction specific to chromosome 6H. Molecular Plant Pathology. 16 (2): 188-200. DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12172.
  • Mamo, B. E., Smith, K. P., Brueggeman, R., and Steffenson, B. J. 2015. Genetic characterization of wheat stem rust resistance in landrace and wild barley accessions identifies rpg4/Rpg5 locus. Phytopathology. 105(1): 99-109. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-12-13-0340-R