Matthew Moscou

The paper analyzes 385 Pg genomes to show Kazakhstan hosts a diverse sexual clade with many HD haplotypes, and Pgs contributes virulent alleles to wheat rust pathogens.

The paper identifies effector-host protein interactions in barley powdery mildew, revealing key targets involved in ubiquitin processes and transcriptional regulation.

The paper sequenced genomes of Poaceae sister species to identify metabolic innovations that predate grass evolution, revealing gene duplications linked to starch and lignin biosynthesis.

The paper shows a plant immune receptor evolved to mimic a pathogen's target, enabling it to recognize and respond to a virulence effector.

This study engineers a barley NLR receptor to enhance resistance against rice and wheat blast pathogens by improving its interaction with effector molecules.

The paper presents haplotype-phased, chromosome-scale genomes of Puccinia hordei isolates, revealing repeat expansion, somatic hybridization, and genome plasticity.

This study identifies SCAR genes in barley and shows that inactivating two of them enhances resistance to a pathogen while increasing mycorrhizal colonization, without affecting seed yield.

The paper maps a zfBED NLR gene essential for Pc94 resistance in oat, develops a diagnostic marker, and identifies diverse introgression sizes in oat cultivars.

The paper uses live-cell imaging to show that simple-type starch granules in Brachypodium distachyon arise from multiple amyloplast initiations, challenging the one granule, one amyloplast model.

The paper identifies functional NLR resistance genes in plants by combining high expression signatures with high-throughput transformation and phenotyping, confirming new resistance genes against stem rust in wheat.

This study identifies VRS5 targets by combining transcriptome analysis and DAP-sequencing, revealing its role in regulating tillering and floral genes in barley.

This study identifies Pwl2 as a virulence factor in the rice blast fungus that suppresses host immunity by altering the localization of HIPP43.

The paper investigates the neofunctionalization of a Poales-specific EXO70 clade, showing HvEXO70FX12 lost exocyst complex association and may play a role in immunity.

The paper sequenced wild barley to identify genetic markers linked to agronomic traits and found novel loci for stem rust resistance and days to heading.

This paper identifies and validates the Rpt5 gene in barley, which encodes a receptor-like protein providing broad resistance to net form net blotch caused by Pyrenophora teres f. teres.

This study maps two QTLs conferring resistance to barley stripe rust in HOR1428, located on chromosomes 3H and 5H, with one locus explaining 20% of phenotypic variation.