Francisco J. López-Ruiz

The paper quantifies fungicide resistance allele frequencies in Pyrenophora teres populations causing barley net blotch using droplet digital PCR.

The study identifies six distinct pathotype groups in Australian Bgt isolates and highlights wheat varieties with resistance genes effective against these isolates.

The paper functionally characterizes fungicide resistance mechanisms by expressing Ptt Cyp51 alleles in a fungal pathogen, showing allele-specific resistance and gene regulation differences.

The paper characterizes fungicide resistance in Botrytis cinerea isolates from Australian vineyards across seven fungicide modes of action, finding resistance frequencies and identifying associated genotypes and gene expression patterns.

The paper develops an in-field ASqPCR assay to quantify the strobilurin resistance mutation G143A in Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici, achieving 1.67% detection sensitivity within 90 minutes.