Rita Tam

This study shows that wheat- and barley-adapted Puccinia striiformis can sexually hybridize on a shared alternate host, producing progeny with novel host phenotypes.

The paper presents a high-quality, haplotype-resolved genome assembly of the barley stripe rust pathogen Puccinia striiformis f. sp. hordei using long-read and Hi-C sequencing.

The paper tracks global spread and hybridization of wheat yellow rust pathogen, identifying nuclear reassortment and intercontinental movement as key drivers of evolution and disease impact.

The paper clones AvrYr7, an effector gene in wheat stripe rust, and identifies variants that evade recognition by the resistance gene Yr7 through sequence and expression differences.

The paper identifies an AvrPstB48 effector from stripe rust fungus that triggers defence responses in wheat but does not directly correlate with disease outcomes.

The paper uses long-read genomics to study dikaryotic fungus genome biology, revealing nuclear-specific evolution and allele-specific expression.

This study develops a diagnostic method using mating-type HD locus alleles to identify new incursions of the myrtle rust pathogen Austropuccinia psidii.