This study shows that Bacillus and Pseudomonas strains effectively inhibit pea downy mildew pathogen spore germination and sporulation, with synergistic effects when used together.

Plant Pathology · Nov 16, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

Advancing RNAi-Based Strategies Against Downy Mildews: Insights Into dsRNA Uptake and Gene Silencing

Deniz Göl, Emeka Chibuzor Okechukwu, Gizem Ünal, Anne Webb, Tom Woods, Yiguo Hong, Sherif M. Sherif, Theresa Wacker, David John Studholme, John M. McDowell, Mahmut Tör

This study evaluates dsRNA-mediated RNAi for suppressing key genes in downy mildew pathogens, showing effectiveness in gene silencing across species and over time.

bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2025 · PreprintPlant Biology

Identification of QTLs linked to partial resistance to foot and root rot caused by Fusarium avenaceum and Fusarium oxysporum in faba bean (Vicia faba)

Anne Webb, Jane E. Thomas, Huw Davis, Simon McAdam, Deepti Angra, Donal Martin O’Sullivan, Krystyna Gostkiewicz, Martina Capozzi, Thomas A. Wood

The paper identifies a QTL linked to partial resistance to Fusarium foot and root rot in faba bean using a biparental mapping population.

bioRxiv · Feb 21, 2025 · PreprintPlant Biology

A draft genome of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus), a resilient diploid legume

Peter M. F. Emmrich, Abhimanyu Sarkar, Isaac Njaci, Gemy Kaithakottil, Noel Ellis, Christopher Moore, Anne Edwards, Darren Heavens, Darren Waite, Jitender Cheema, Martin Trick, Jonathan D. Moore, Anne Webb, Rosa Caiazzo, Jane E. Thomas, , Trevor L. Wang

Grass pea, a diploid legume with a 6.3 Gbp genome, gets two draft assemblies, one short-read and one Nanopore, plus 33,819 annotated genes.

bioRxiv · Apr 24, 2020 · PreprintGenomics