24# Heriberto Vélëz, Salim Bourras, Larisa Garkava-Gustavsson, Kerstin Dalman (2022). Transformation and gene-disruption in the apple-pathogen, Neonectria ditissima. Hereditas. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41065-022-00244-x

23# Alexandros G Sotiropoulos, Epifanía Arango-Isaza, Tomohiro Ban, Chiara Barbieri, Salim Bourras, Christina Cowger, Paweł C Czembor, Roi Ben-David, Amos Dinoor, Simon R Ellwood, Johannes Graf, Koichi Hatta, Marcelo Helguera, Javier Sánchez-Martín, Bruce A McDonald, Alexey I Morgounov, Marion C Müller, Vladimir Shamanin, Kentaro K Shimizu, Taiki Yoshihira, Helen Zbinden, Beat Keller, Thomas Wicker (2022) Global genomic analyses of wheat powdery mildew reveal association of pathogen spread with historical human migration and trade. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31975-0

22# Marion C. Mueller, Lukas Kunz, Seraina Schudel, Sandrine Kammerecker, Jonatan Isaksson, Michele Wyler, Johannes Graf, Alexandros G. Sotiropoulos, Coraline R. Praz, Thomas Wicker, Salim Bourras¤, Beat Keller¤ (2022) Standing genetic variation of the AvrPm17 avirulence gene in powdery mildew limits the effectiveness of an introgressed rye resistance gene in wheat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). ¤ corresponding author. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108808119

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|2021

21# Manuel Poretti1, Alexandros G. Sotiropoulos, Johannes Graf, Esther Jung, Salim Bourras, Simon G. Krattinger and Thomas Wicker (2021) Comparative transcriptome analysis of wheat lines in the field reveals multiple essential biochemical pathways suppressed by obligate pathogens. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.720462 

20# Francesca Desiderio*, Salim Bourras, Elisabetta Mazzucotelli, Diego Rubiales, Beat Keller, Luigi Cattivelli and Giampiero Valè (2021) Characterization of the Resistance to Powdery Mildew and Leaf Rust Carried by the Bread Wheat Cultivar Victo. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22063109

|2020

19# Lindner S, Keller B, Pal Singh S, Hasenkamp Z, Jung E, Müller MC, Bourras S¤ and 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. The Plant Journal. ¤ corresponding author.  
https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14917

18# Schaefer LK, Parlange F, Buchmann G, Jung E, Wehrli A, Herren G, Müller MC, Stehlin J, Schmid R, Wicker T, Keller B and Bourras S¤ (2020). Cross-kingdom RNAi of pathogen effectors leads to quantitative adult plant resistance in wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science. Doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00253. ¤corresponding author.

|2019

17# Poretti M, Praz C, Meile L, Kälin C, Schaefer LK,  Schläfli M, Widrig V, Sanchez Vallet A, Wicker T and Bourras S¤ (2019). Domestication of high-copy transposons underlays the wheat small RNA response to an obligate pathogen. Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz272. ¤ corresponding author.

16# Bourras S*¤, Kunz L*, Xue M*, Praz CR, Müller MC, Kälin C, Schläfli M, Ackermann P, Flückiger S, Parlange F, Menardo F, Schaefer LK, Ben David R, Roffler S, Oberhaensli S, Widrig V, Lindner S, Isaksson S, Wicker T, Yu D¤ and Keller B¤ (2019). The AvrPm3-Pm3 effector-NLR interactions control both race-specific resistance and host-specificity of cereal mildews on wheat. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10274-1. *joint first authors, ¤corresponding authors.

 

|2018

15# Sánchez-Martín J, Bourras S and Keller B (2018). Diseases affecting wheat and barley: powdery mildew. Integrated disease management of wheat and barley. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. doi: 10.19103/AS.2018.0039.04. [BOOK CHAPTER]

14# Müller MC, Praz CR, Alexandros GS, Menardo F, Kunz L, Schudel S, Oberhänsli S, Poretti M, Wehrli A, Bourras S, Keller B and Wicker T (2018). A chromosome-scale genome assembly reveals a highly dynamic effector repertoire of wheat powdery mildew. New Phytologist 221:2176-2189. doi:DOI:10.1111/nph.15529.

13# Bourras S, Praz CR, Spanu PD and Keller B (2018). Cereal powdery mildew effectors: a complex toolbox for an obligate pathogen. Current Opinion in Microbiology 46:26-33. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.01.018.

12# Praz CR, Menardo F, Robinson MD, Müller MC, Wicker T, Bourras S¤ and 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. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:49. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00049. ¤corresponding authors.

11# McNally KE, Menardo F, Lüthi L, Praz CR, Müller MC, Kunz L, Ben-David R, Chandrasekhar K, Dinoor A, Cowger C, Meyers E, Xue M, Zeng F, Gong S, Yu D, Bourras S¤and Keller B¤ (2018). Distinct domains of the AVRPM3A2/F2 avirulence protein from wheat powdery mildew are involved in immune receptor recognition and putative effector function. New Phytologist 218:681-695. doi: 10.1111/nph.15026. ¤corresponding authors.

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|2017

10# Praz CR*, Bourras S*, Zeng F, Sánchez-Martín J, Menardo F, Xue M, Yang L, Roffler S, Böni R, Herren G, McNally KE, Ben-David R, Parlange F, Oberhaensli S, Flückiger S, Schäfer L, Wicker T, Yu D and Keller B (2017). AvrPm2 encodes an RNase-like avirulence effector which is conserved in the two different specialized forms of wheat and rye powdery mildew. New Phytologist 213:1301-1314. doi: 10.1111/nph.14372. *joint first authors.

9# Meyer M, Bourras S, Gervais J, Labadie K, Cruaud C, Balesdent M-H, Rouxel T. (2017) Impact of biotic and abiotic factors on the expression of fungal effector-encoding genes in axenic growth conditions. Fungal Genetics and Biology 99:1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2016.12.008

8# Feehan JM, Scheibel KE, Bourras S, Underwood W, Keller B and Somerville SC. (2017) Purification of High Molecular Weight Genomic DNA from Powdery Mildew for Long-Read Sequencing. JoVE. 31:121. doi: 10.3791/55463.

|2016

7# Bourras S, McNally KE, Müller MC, Wicker T and Keller B. (2016) Avirulence genes in cereal powdery mildews: the gene-for-gene hypothesis 2.0. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:241. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.00241.

6# Menardo F, Praz CR, Wyder S, Ben-David R, Bourras S, Matsumae H, McNally KE, Parlange F, Riba A, Roffler S, Schaefer LK, Schimizu KK, Valenti L, Zbinden H, Wicker T and Keller B. (2016) Hybridization of powdery mildew strains gives rise to pathogens on novel agricultural crop species. Nature Genetics 48(2):201-205. doi: 10.1038/ng.3485.

 

|2015

5# Bourras S*, McNally KE*, Ben-David R, Parlange F, Roffler S, Praz CR, Oberhaensli S, Menardo F, Stirnweis D, Frenkel Z, Schaefer LK, Flückiger S, Treier G, Herren G, Korol AB, Wicker T and Keller B. (2015) Multiple avirulence loci and allele-specific effector recognition control the Pm3 race-specific resistance of wheat to powdery mildew. Plant Cell 27: 2991-3012. doi: 10.1105/tpc.15.00171. *joint first authors.

4# Bourras S, Rouxel T, Meyer M. (2015) Agrobacterium tumefaciens Gene Transfer: How a plant pathogen hacks the nuclei of plant and nonplant organisms. Phytopathology 105:1288-301. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-12-14-0380-RVW.

3# Parlange F, Roffler S, Menardo F, Ben-David R, Bourras S, McNally KE, Oberhaensli S, Stirnweis D, Buchmann G, Wicker T and Keller B. (2015) Genetic and molecular characterization of a locus involved in avirulence of Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici on wheat Pm3 resistance alleles. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 82:181-92. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.06.009.

 

|2011-2012

2# Bourras S, Meyer M, Grandaubert J, Lapalu N, Fudal I, Linglin J, Ollivier B, Blaise F, Balesdent M-H and Rouxel T. (2012). Incidence of genome structure, DNA ssymmetry, and cell physiology on T-DNA integration in chromosomes of the phytopathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans. G3: Genes,Genomes,Genetics 2:891-904

1# Rouxel T, Grandaubert J, Hane JK, Hoede C, van de Wouw AP, Couloux A, Dominguez V, Anthouard V, Bally P, Bourras S et al. (2011) Diversification of effectors within compartments of the Leptosphaeria maculans genome affected by RIP mutations. Nature Communications 2: 202.