Niloofar Vaghefi

The paper characterizes the genetic diversity and aggressiveness of Fusarium oxysporum isolates from tomato plants and irrigation water in Australia, showing their pathogenicity and role in disease spread.

This study develops fluorescently labelled fungal pathogens to study their infection biology and interactions in pyrethrum plants.

The paper isolates and analyzes 20 new Ampelomyces strains from Australian powdery mildews, revealing four molecular taxonomic units and generating two high-quality genome assemblies.

This study shows that clonal expansion from existing genetic variation, not new genotypes, has driven the evolution of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens in Australia since the 1980s.

The paper uses population genomics to analyze Macrophomina spp. isolates, revealing host specialization and meiotic recombination.

The paper uses whole-genome sequencing of 230 Ascochyta rabiei isolates to identify genetic loci associated with aggressiveness and finds that multiple genetic regions and epigenomic variations contribute to phenotypic variation.

This study mines the genome of Elsinoë fawcettii to predict and prioritize candidate virulence genes, including effectors, cell wall degrading enzymes, and secondary metabolite gene clusters.