Candace Elliott

Molecular Markers for Identifying Resistance Genes in Brassica napus

Angela P Van de Wouw, Yueqi Zhang, Nur Shuhadah Mohd Saad, Hua Yang, Elizabeth Sheedy, Candace E Elliott, Jacqueline Batley

Journal article  |  2022  |  AGRONOMY-BASEL

Blackleg disease, caused by the fungal pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans, is the most devas-tating disease of canola (Brassica napus..

A conserved Zn2Cys6 transcription factor, identified in a spontaneous mutant from in vitro passaging, is involved in pathogenicity of the blackleg fungus Leptosphaeria maculans

Kylie R Chambers, Angela P Van de Wouw, Donald M Gardiner, Candace E Elliott, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2021  |  FUNGAL BIOLOGY

Continuous passaging in vitro can lead to the accumulation of changes in DNA sequence that potentially affect the properties of mi..

Constitutive expression of transcription factor SirZ blocks pathogenicity in Leptosphaeria maculans independently of sirodesmin production

Andrew S Urquhart, Candace E Elliott, Wei Zeng, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS ONE

Sirodesmin, the major secondary metabolite produced by the plant pathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans in vitro, has been linke..

Identification of a gene cluster for the synthesis of the plant hormone abscisic acid in the plant pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans

Reynaldi Darma, Adrian Lutz, Candace E Elliott, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Leptosphaeria maculans is an ascomycetous fungus that causes the disease blackleg on Brassica napus (canola). In spite of the impo..

Analysis of Repeat Induced Point (RIP) Mutations in Leptosphaeria maculans Indicates Variability in the RIP Process Between Fungal Species

Angela P Van de Wouw, Candace E Elliott, Kerryn M Popa, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2019  |  GENETICS

Gene duplication contributes to evolutionary potential, yet many duplications in a genome arise from the activity of "selfish" gen..

Clues to an Evolutionary Mystery: The Genes for T-Toxin, Enabler of the Devastating 1970 Southern Corn Leaf Blight Epidemic, Are Present in Ancestral Species, Suggesting an Ancient Origin

Bradford J Condon, Candace Elliott, Jonathan B Gonzalez, Sung Hwan Yun, Yasunori Akagi, Tyr Wiesner-Hanks, Motochiro Kodama, B Gillian Turgeon

Journal article  |  2018  |  MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

The Southern corn leaf blight (SCLB) epidemic of 1970 devastated fields of T-cytoplasm corn planted in monoculture throughout the ..

A silver bullet in a golden age of functional genomics: the impact of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of fungi.

Alexander Idnurm, Andy M Bailey, Timothy C Cairns, Candace E Elliott, Gary D Foster, Giuseppe Ianiri, Junhyun Jeon

Journal article  |  2017  |  Fungal Biol Biotechnol

The implementation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a transformation tool revolutionized approaches to discover and understand gene..

5 Control of Gene Expression in Phytopathogenic Ascomycetes During Early Invasion of Plant Tissue

Candace E Elliott

Book Chapter  |  2016

Control of Gene Expression in Phytopathogenic Ascomycetes During Early Invasion of Plant Tissue

C ELLIOTT

Book Chapter  |  2016

Next-generation genome sequencing can be used to rapidly characterise sequences flanking T-DNA insertions in random insertional mutants of Leptosphaeria maculans

Kylie Chambers, Rohan GT Lowe, Barbara J Howlett, Manuel Zander, Jacqueline Batley, Angela P Van de Wouw, Candace E Elliott

Journal article  |  2014  |  Fungal Biology and Biotechnology

BACKGROUND:Banks of mutants with random insertions of T-DNA from Agrobacterium tumefaciens are often used in forward genetics appr..