PhD thesis:

Genomic and Genetic Analysis of Host and Cultivar Adaptation in the Cereal Powdery Mildew Pathosystem

Publications:

Müller MC, Kunz L, Schudel S, Lawson AW, Kammerecker S, Isaksson J, Wyler M, Graf J, Sotiropoulos AG, Praz CR, Manser B, Wicker T, Bourras S, Keller B (2022).

Ancient variation of the AvrPm17 gene in powdery mildew limits the effectiveness of the introgressed rye Pm17 resistance gene in wheat (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108808119)

PNAS, July 2022

Sotiropoulos AG, Arango-Isaza E, Ban T, Barbieri C, Bourras S,  [...] Müller MC, Shamanin V, Shimizu KK, Yoshihira T, Zbinden H, Keller B, Wicker T (2022).

Global genomic analyses of wheat powdery mildew reveal association of pathogen spread with historical human migration and trade (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31975-0)

Nature Communications, July 2022

Müller MC, Kunz L, Graf J, Schudel S, Keller B (2021).

Host Adaptation Through Hybridization: Genome Analysis of Triticale Powdery Mildew Reveals Unique Combination of Lineage-Specific Effectors (https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-21-0111-SC)

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, December 2021

Hewitt T, Müller MC, Molnár I, Mascher M, Holušová K, Šimková H, Kunz L, [...] Keller B, Lagudah E, Zhang P (2021).

A highly differentiated region of wheat chromosome 7AL encodes a Pm1a immune receptor that recognizes its corresponding AvrPm1a effector from Blumeria graminis (https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17075)

New Phytologist, March 2021

Lindner S, Keller B, Singh SP, Hasenkamp Z, Jung E, Müller MC, Bourras S, Keller B (2020).

Single residues in the LRR domain of the wheat PM3A immune receptor can control the strength and the spectrum of the immune response (https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14917)

The Plant Journal, July 2020

Bourras S, Kunz L, Xue M, Praz CR, Müller MC, Kälin C, Schläfli M, Ackermann P, Flückiger S, Parlange F, Menardo F, [...] Wicker T, Yu D & Keller B (2019).

The AvrPm3-Pm3 effector-NLR interactions control both race-specific resistance and host-specificity of cereal mildews on wheat (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10274-1)

Nature Communications, May 2019

Müller MC, Praz CR, Sotiropoulos AG, Menardo F, Kunz L, Schudel S, Oberhänsli S, Poretti M, Wehrli A, Bourras S, Keller B, Wicker T (2019).

A chromosome‐scale genome assembly reveals a highly dynamic effector repertoire of wheat powdery mildew (https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15529)

New Phytologist, March 2019

Praz CR, Menardo F, Robinson MD, Müller MC, Wicker T, Bourras S, Keller B (2018).

Non-parent of Origin Expression of Numerous Effector Genes Indicates a Role of Gene Regulation in Host Adaption of the Hybrid Triticale Powdery Mildew Pathogen (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00049)

Frontiers in Plant Sciences, January 2018