Plant pathology - David Collinge group

The nature of plant defence mechanisms, pathogenicity and signal transduction.

Disease resistance and plant immunity

Biological systems include:
Barley with Blumeria graminis and Fusarium graminearum
Wheat with Mycosphaerella graminicola and Fusarium graminearum
Rice with Rhizoctonia solani
Banana with Mycosphaerella fijiensis

 

 

Selected publications since 2008

Rayapuram G, Jensen MK, Maiser F, Shanir JV, Hornshøj H, Rung JH, Gregersen PL, Schweizer P, Collinge DB, Lyngkjær MF (2011) Regulation of basal resistance by a powdery mildew-induced cysteine-rich receptor-like protein kinase in barley. Mol Plant Pathol doi: 10.1111/J.1364-3703.2011.00736.X

 

Nielsen LK, Jensen JD, Nielsen GC, Jensen JE, Spliid NH, Thomsen IK, Justesen AF, Collinge DB, Jørgensen LN (2011) Fusarium Head Blight of Cereals in Denmark: Species Complex and Related Mycotoxins. Phytopathology 101:960-969 (doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2008.10.016)

Collinge DB, Jørgensen HJL, Lund OS, and Lyngkjær MF (2010). Engineering pathogen resistance in crop plants - current trends and future prospects. Annual Reviews of Phytopathology 48: 269-291. (doi: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-073009-114430).

Yang F, Jensen JD, Spliid NH, Svensson B, Jacobsen S, Jørgensen LN, Jørgensen HJL, Collinge DB & Finnie C (2010). Proteomic investigation of the effect of nitrogen on severity of Fusarium head blight in barley. J.Proteomics 73: 743-752. doi:10.1016/j.jprot.2009.10.010

 

Shetty NP, Jensen JD, Knudsen A, Finnie C, Geshi N, Blennow A, Collinge DB & Jørgensen HJL (2009). Effects of β-1,3-glucan from Septoria tritici on structural defence responses in wheat. J.Exp.Bot. 60:4287-4300. doi:10.1093/jxb/erp269

 

Madsen CT, Hornyik C, Stephens J, Shaw J, Collinge DB, Lacomme C & Albrechtsen M (2009) Identification and Characterization of Barley RNA-directed RNA Polymerases. BBA-GRM 1789: 375-385. doi:10.1016/j.bbagrm.2009.03.003

 

Sundelin T, Lübeck M and Collinge DB (2008) A cultivation independent, PCR-based protocol for the direct identification of plant pathogens in infected plant material. E.J.P.P. 123: 473-476 DOI 10.1007/s10658-008-9375-1

Jensen MK, Hagedorn P, Torres-Zabala Md, Grant MR, Rung JH, Collinge DB Lyngkjær, MF. 2008. Transcriptional regulation by a NAC (NAM-ATAF1,2-CUC2) transcription factor attenuates ABA signalling for efficient basal defence towards Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei in Arabidopsis Plant J. 56:867-80 DOI 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03646.x