Megan McDonald

Research output

Research output per year 2009 2012 2015 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

• 29 Article
• 3 Review article
• 1 Commissioned report
• 1 Comment/debate
• 1 More
  • 1 Special issue

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  The Egyptian wheat cultivar Gemmeiza-12 is a source of resistance against the fungus Zymoseptoria tritici

  Qutb, A. M., Cambon, F., McDonald, M. C., Saintenac, C. & Kettles, G. J., 5 Apr 2024, In: BMC Plant Biology. 24, 1, 14 p., 248.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mycosphaerella graminicola 100%
  • wheat 46%
  • fungi 43%
  • cultivars 41%
  • alleles 14%
  45 Downloads (Pure)
• 2023

  A revised nomenclature for ToxA haplotypes across multiple fungal species

  Aboukhaddour, R., Abdel-Fattah, M. H., McDonald, M., Moffat, C., Navathe, S., Friesen, T. L., Strelkov, S. E., Oliver, R. P., Tan, K-C., Liu, Z., Moolhuijzen, P., Phan, H., See, P. T. & Solomon, P., 2 Sept 2023, In: Phytopathology. 113, 7, p. 1180-1184 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Parastagonospora 100%
  • haplotypes 42%
  • Pyrenophora tritici-repentis 37%
  • Parastagonospora nodorum 35%
  • Bipolaris sorokiniana 33%
  63 Downloads (Pure)

• A thousand-genome panel retraces the global spread and adaptation of a major fungal crop pathogen

  Feurtey, A., Lorrain, C., McDonald, M. C., Milgate, A., Solomon, P., Warren, R., Puccetti, G., Scalliet, G., Torriani, S. F. F., Gout, L., Thierry, C. MARCEL., Suffert, F., Alassimone, J., Lipzen, A., Yoshinaga, Y., Daum, C., Barry, K., Grigoriev, I., Goodwin, S., Genissel, A., & 6 othersSeidl, M. F., Stukenbrock, E. H., Lebrun, M-H., Kema, G. HJ., McDonald, B. & Croll, D., 24 Feb 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 15 p., 1059.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • crops 100%
  • pathogens 93%
  • genome 86%
  • Cope Reaction 86%
  • Triticum 80%
  29 Downloads (Pure)

• Evolution of the ToxB gene in Pyrenophora tritici-repentis and related species

  Hafez, M., Gourlie, R., McDonald, M., Telfer, M., Carmona, M., Sautua, F., Moffat, C., Moolhuijzen, P., See, P. T. & Aboukhaddour, R., 27 Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Pyrenophora tritici-repentis 100%
  • Pyrenophora 38%
  • Genes 26%
  • genes 22%
  • mutation 22%

• That's no moon, it's a Starship: Giant transposons driving fungal horizontal gene transfer

  Bucknell, A. & McDonald, M., 11 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Microbiology. 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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  • Fungal Genes 100%
  • Horizontal Gene Transfer 77%
  • Fungal Genome 24%
  • Genome 19%
  • DNA Transposable Elements 18%
  174 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  Multi-stage resistance to Zymoseptoria tritici revealed by GWAS in an Australian bread wheat diversity panel

  Yang, N., Ovenden, B., Baxter, B., McDonald, M. C., Solomon, P. S. & Milgate, A., 24 Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 13, 16 p., 990915.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mycosphaerella graminicola 100%
  • quantitative trait loci 63%
  • mature plants 47%
  • wheat 46%
  • seedlings 17%
  54 Downloads (Pure)

• Scaling-up to understand tree-pathogen interactions: a steep, tough climb or a walk in the park?

  Rabiey, M., Welch, T., Sanchez-Lucas, R., Stevens, K., Raw, M., Kettles, G. J., Catoni, M., McDonald, M. C., Jackson, R. W. & Luna, E., Aug 2022, In: Current opinion in plant biology. 68, 8 p., 102229.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • pathogens 100%
  • immune system 64%
  57 Downloads (Pure)

• The pangenome of the wheat pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis reveals novel transposons associated with necrotrophic effectors ToxA and ToxB

  Gourlie, R., McDonald, M., Hafez, M., Polo, R. O., Low, K. E., Abbott, W., Strelkov, S., Daayf, F. & Aboukhaddour, R., 24 Oct 2022, In: BMC Biology. 20, 1, 21 p., 239.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Pyrenophora tritici-repentis 100%
  • Triticum 80%
  • Effector 72%
  • genome 62%
  • pathogen 61%
  65 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Addressing the climate challenge

  Acton, J., Anderson, P., Andres, L., Angus, M., Amor, P., Arrowsmith, J. (ed.), Asmelash, H., Bartington, S. (ed.), Bengtsson, F., Bhullar, L., Bloss, W., Bonet, B., Börner, S., O Bonsu, N., Bryson, J. R., Burns, V., Burrows, A., Calvert, C., Cassidy, N., Cavoski, A., & 78 othersChadyiwa, M., Chapman, H., Chapman, L., Cockram, M., Degendardt, L., Dickinson, D., Ding, Y., Dobrzynski, D., Dolo, M., Dora, J., Ercolani, M., Ersoy, A., Farag, H., Ferranti, E., Fisher, R., Freer, M., Goldmann, N., Goode, C. E., Greenham, S., Gulati, S., Hadfield-Hill, S., Harper, G., Hegerl, G., Hillmansen, S., Holmes, J., Huang, J. J., Huser, C., Jackson, R., Jaroszweski, D., Jefferson, I., Johnson, J., Kaewunruen, S., Kelly-Akinnuoye, F., Kettles, G., Kraftl, P., Krause, S., Leckebusch, G. C., Lee, R., Lockwood, B. (ed.), Lohse, J., Luna Diez, E., Lynch, I. (ed.), MacKenzie, R., Maddison, D., Makepeace, J., Mann, V., Marino, R., Mavronicola, N., McDonald, M., McGowan, K. (ed.), Metje, N., Ng, K., Nicol, J., O'Sullivan, C., Phalkey, N., Prestwood, E., Pyatt, N., Quinn, A., Radcliffe, J. (ed.), Ravi, M., Reardon, L., Reeder, T., O’Regan, P., Remedios, L., Roberts, J., Rogers, C., Rungskunroch, P., van Schaik, W., Swan, J. (ed.), Thomson, I., Toft, H. (ed.), Tong, J., Botello Villagrana, F., Walton, A., Wason, C. (ed.), Weir, C., Wood, R. & Zhong, J., 9 Sept 2021, University of Birmingham. 132 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • climate change 100%
  • climate 91%

• Remarkable recent changes in the genetic diversity of the avirulence gene AvrStb6 in global populations of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

  Stephens, C., Ölmez, F., Blyth, H., McDonald, M., Bansal, A., Turgay, E. B., Hahn, F., Saintenac, C., Nekrasov, V., Solomon, P., Milgate, A., Fraaije, B., Rudd, J. & Kanyuka, K., Sept 2021, In: Molecular Plant Pathology. 22, 9, p. 121-1133 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mycosphaerella graminicola 100%
  • Triticum 88%
  • genetic diversity 80%
  • Genetic Variation 70%
  • pathogen 67%
  39 Downloads (Pure)

• The identification of a transposon affecting the asexual reproduction of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

  Wang, C., Milgate, A., Solomon, P. S. & McDonald, M., Jul 2021, In: Molecular Plant Pathology. 22, 7, p. 800-816 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Asexual Reproduction 100%
  • asexual reproduction 86%
  • Mycosphaerella graminicola 80%
  • Triticum 71%
  • virulence 67%
  39 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Assessing the efficacy of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in the wheat pathogen Parastagonspora nodorum

  McDonald, M., 31 Mar 2020, In: Fungal Biology and Biotechnology. 7, 1, 4.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Erratum: Victorin, the host-selective cyclic peptide toxin from the oat pathogen Cochliobolus victoriae, is ribosomally encoded (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2020) 117 (24243-24250) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2010573117)

  Kessler, S. C., Zhang, X., McDonald, M. C., Gilchrist, C. L. M., Lin, Z., Rightmyer, A., Solomon, P. S., Turgeon, B. G. & Chooi, Y. H., 8 Dec 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 49, p. 31548 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

• The complex genomic basis of rapid convergent adaptation to pesticides across continents in a fungal plant pathogen

  Hartmann, F. E., Vonlanthen, T., Singh, N. K., McDonald, M. C., Milgate, A. & Croll, D., 2020, In: Molecular Ecology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Victorin, the host-selective cyclic peptide toxin from the oat pathogen Cochliobolus victoriae, is ribosomally encoded

  McDonald, M., 29 Sept 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117, 39, p. 24243-24250 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ascomycota 100%
  • Cyclic Peptides 95%
  • Avena 95%
  • Peptides 42%
  • non-ribosomal peptide synthase 21%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Acquisition and Loss of Secondary Metabolites Shaped the Evolutionary Path of Three Emerging Phytopathogens of Wheat

  McDonald, M., 1 Mar 2019, In: Genome Biology and Evolution.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Transposon-Mediated Horizontal Transfer of the Host-Specific Virulence Protein ToxA between Three Fungal Wheat Pathogens

  McDonald, M., 10 Sept 2019, In: mBio.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Variation and inheritance of the Xanthomonas raxX-raxSTAB gene cluster required for activation of XA21-mediated immunity: raxX-raxSTAB\n gene cluster in Xanthomonas\n spp.

  McDonald, M., 18 Feb 2019, In: Molecular Plant Pathology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Genetic mapping of Stb19, a new resistance gene to Zymoseptoria tritici in wheat

  Yang, N., McDonald, M., Solomon, P. & Milgate, A., Dec 2018, In: Theoretical and Applied Genetics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Just the surface: advances in the discovery and characterization of necrotrophic wheat effectors

  McDonald, M. & Solomon, P. S., Dec 2018, In: Current Opinion in Microbiology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Rapid Parallel Evolution of Azole Fungicide Resistance in Australian Populations of the Wheat Pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

  McDonald, M., 7 Dec 2018, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• The discovery of the virulence gene ToxA in the wheat and barley pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana: Discovery of the virulence gene ToxA

  McDonald, M., Feb 2018, In: Molecular Plant Pathology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  57 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Transition from heterothallism to homothallism is hypothesised to have facilitated speciation among emerging Botryosphaeriaceae wheat-pathogens

  Thynne, E., McDonald, M. & Solomon, P. S., Dec 2017, In: Fungal Genetics and Biology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Fungal phytopathogens encode functional homologues of plant rapid alkalinization factor (RALF) peptides

  Thynne, E., Saur, I. M. L., Simbaqueba, J., Ogilvie, H. A., Gonzalez-Cendales, Y., Mead, O., Taranto, A., Catanzariti, A-M., Mcdonald, M. C., Schwessinger, B., Jones, D. A., Rathjen, J. P. & Solomon, P. S., 2016, In: Molecular Plant Pathology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• Utilizing gene tree variation to identify candidate effector genes in Zymoseptoria tritici

  McDonald, M. C., McGinness, L., Hane, J. K., Williams, A. H., Milgate, A. & Solomon, P. S., 1 Apr 2016, In: G3-Genes Genomes Genetics. 6, 4, p. 779–791 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mycosphaerella graminicola 100%
  • wheat 46%
  • virulence 44%
  • resistance genes 32%
  • cultivars 31%
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  84 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Is Zymoseptoria tritici a hemibiotroph?

  Sanchez-Vallet, A., McDonald, M. C., Solomon, P. S. & McDonald, B. A., Jun 2015, In: Fungal Genetics and Biology. 79, p. 29-32 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Triticum 100%
  • Growth 83%
  • Nutrients 70%
  • Infections 39%
  48 Citations (Scopus)

• Next-generation re-sequencing as a tool for rapid bioinformatic screening of presence and absence of genes and accessory chromosomes across isolates of Zymoseptoria tritici

  McDonald, M. C., Williams, A. H., Milgate, A., Pattemore, J. A., Solomon, P. S. & Hane, J. K., Jun 2015, In: Fungal Genetics and Biology. 79, p. 71-75 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mycosphaerella graminicola 100%
  • B chromosomes 90%
  • bioinformatics 69%
  • screening 51%
  • genes 25%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  130 Downloads (Pure)

• Phytopathogen emergence in the genomics era

  Thynne, E., McDonald, M. C. & Solomon, P. S., Apr 2015, In: Trends in Plant Science. 20, 4, p. 246-255 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Recent advances in the Zymoseptoria tritici–wheat interaction: insights from pathogenomics

  McDonald, M., McDonald, B. & Solomon, P., 24 Feb 2015, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 6, 5 p., 102.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mycosphaerella graminicola 100%
  • wheat 37%
  • cultivars 24%
  • gene expression 17%
  • pathogens 17%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  116 Downloads (Pure)

• Re-classification of the causal agent of white grain disorder on wheat as three separate species of Eutiarosporella

  Thynne, E., McDonald, M. C., Evans, M., Wallwork, H., Neate, S. & Solomon, P. S., Sept 2015, In: Australasian Plant Pathology. 44, 5, p. 527-539 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • taxonomic revisions 100%
  • wheat 57%
  • internal transcribed spacers 42%
  • Botryosphaeriaceae 34%
  • Botryosphaeria 34%
  8 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Global diversity and distribution of three necrotrophic effectors in Phaeosphaeria nodorum and related species

  McDonald, M. C., Oliver, R. P., Friesen, T. L., Brunner, P. C. & McDonald, B. A., 2013, In: New Phytologist.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  48 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Comparative Pathogenomics Reveals Horizontally Acquired Novel Virulence Genes in Fungi Infecting Cereal Hosts

  Gardiner, D. M., McDonald, M. C., Covarelli, L., Solomon, P. S., Rusu, A. G., Marshall, M., Kazan, K., Chakraborty, S., McDonald, B. A. & Manners, J. M., 2012, In: PLoS pathogens.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  124 Citations (Scopus)

• Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses of Phaeosphaeria nodorum and its close relatives indicate cryptic species and an origin in the Fertile Crescent

  McDonald, M. C., Razavi, M., Friesen, T. L., Brunner, P. C. & McDonald, B. A., Nov 2012, In: Fungal Genetics and Biology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• The Cysteine Rich Necrotrophic Effector SnTox1 Produced by Stagonospora nodorum Triggers Susceptibility of Wheat Lines Harboring Snn1

  Liu, Z., Zhang, Z., Faris, J. D., Oliver, R. P., Syme, R., McDonald, M. C., McDonald, B. A., Solomon, P. S., Lu, S., Shelver, W. L., Xu, S. & Friesen, T. L., 5 Jan 2012, In: PLoS pathogens.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  130 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  SnTox3 Acts in Effector Triggered Susceptibility to Induce Disease on Wheat Carrying the Snn3 Gene

  Liu, Z., Faris, J. D., Oliver, R. P., Tan, K-C., Solomon, P. S., McDonald, M. C., McDonald, B. A., Nunez, A., Lu, S., Rasmussen, J. B. & Friesen, T. L., Sept 2009, In: PLoS pathogens.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  114 Citations (Scopus)