J. J. Rudd

The paper develops a bioassay-guided genome mining approach to identify antifungal natural products from pseudomonads that antagonize Zymoseptoria tritici.

This study identifies FgKnr4 as a conserved fungal protein critical for cell wall integrity and pathogenicity, validated through network analysis and functional studies in Fusarium graminearum and Zymoseptoria tritici.

The paper improves gene annotation of Zymoseptoria tritici by combining Iso-Seq and RNA-Seq data, resulting in more accurate gene models and new insights into its transcriptional landscape.

The paper identifies Zymoseptoria tritici effectors that suppress plant immune responses by screening libraries and analyzing structural predictions.

This study investigates RNAi pathways in Zymoseptoria tritici and their role in pathogenesis, finding that RNAi components are dispensable for infection and that sRNA biogenesis may involve non-canonical pathways.