Barbara Howlett

Advances in understanding the Leptosphaeria maculans-Brassica pathosystem and their impact on disease management

Angela P Van de Wouw, Barbara J Howlett

Journal article  |  2019  |  CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

Recent advances in genomics have led to a greater understanding of blackleg disease of canola, caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria ..

2017 Daniel McAlpine Memorial Lecture. A 'genome to paddock' approach to control plant disease

Barbara J Howlett

Journal article  |  2018  |  AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY

Pathogenic fungi evolve in concert with their plant hosts to invade and overcome defence responses. A detailed knowledge of these ..

Changes in allele frequencies of avirulence genes in the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans, over two decades in Australia

Angela P Van de Wouw, Barbara J Howlett, Alexander Idnurm

Journal article  |  2018  |  CROP & PASTURE SCIENCE

Cultivation of canola (oilseed rape, rapeseed; Brassica napus) in many parts of the world relies on the use of cultivars carrying ..

Infection of canola pods by Leptosphaeria maculans and subsequent seed contamination

Angela P Van de Wouw, Vicki L Elliott, Andrew Ware, Kurt Lindbeck, Barbara J Howlett, Steve J Marcroft

Journal article  |  2016  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

Blackleg disease caused by the pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans is the most devastating disease of canola (Brassica napus, oilseed ..

Gene-for-gene resistance is expressed in cotyledons, leaves and pods, but not during late stages of stem colonization in the Leptosphaeria maculans-Brassica napus pathosystem

Vicki L Elliott, Steve J Marcroft, Barbara J Howlett, Angela P Van de Wouw

Journal article  |  2016  |  PLANT BREEDING

The blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans, interacts with canola (Brassica napus) in a gene-for-gene manner. These major resista..

Spot form of net blotch suppression and yield of barley in response to fungicide application in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia

Mark S McLean, Rob Weppler, Barbara J Howlett, Grant J Hollaway

Journal article  |  2016  |  AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY

Spot form of net blotch (SFNB), caused by Pyrenophora teres f. maculata caused up to 25 % (0.9 t/ha) grain yield loss to barley an..

Blackleg disease of canola in Australia

AP Van De Wouw, SJ Marcroft, BJ Howlett

Journal article  |  2016  |  CROP & PASTURE SCIENCE

Blackleg disease caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans is the most important disease of canola worldwide. The impact of this..

Evolution of virulence in fungal plant pathogens: exploiting fungal genomics to control plant disease

Barbara J Howlett, Rohan GT Lowe, Stephen J Marcroft, Angela P van de Wouw

Journal article  |  2015  |  MYCOLOGIA

The propensity of a fungal pathogen to evolve virulence depends on features of its biology (e.g. mode of reproduction) and of its ..

Population genetic structure of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria sp A resembles that of its host tree Nothofagus cunninghamii

Elizabeth M Sheedy, Angela P van de Wouw, Barbara J Howlett, Tom W May

Journal article  |  2015  |  FUNGAL ECOLOGY

The ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria sp. A is restricted to temperate rainforest of southeast Australia, associated with its host t..

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..