List of works - Todd J. Ward

A novel Asian clade within the Fusarium graminearum species complex includes a newly discovered cereal head blight pathogen from the Russian Far East.

scientific article published in November 2009

An adaptive evolutionary shift in Fusarium head blight pathogen populations is driving the rapid spread of more toxigenic Fusarium graminearum in North America.

scientific article published on 16 October 2007

Analysis of the Fusarium graminearum species complex from wheat, barley and maize in South Africa provides evidence of species-specific differences in host preference

scientific article published on 14 May 2011

Ancestral polymorphism and adaptive evolution in the trichothecene mycotoxin gene cluster of phytopathogenic Fusarium

scientific article

Birth, death and horizontal transfer of the fumonisin biosynthetic gene cluster during the evolutionary diversification of Fusarium

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

Birth-and-death evolution of the internalin multigene family in Listeria

scientific article published on 18 September 2008

Characterization of a Fusarium graminearum Salicylate Hydroxylase

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Cyber infrastructure for Fusarium: three integrated platforms supporting strain identification, phylogenetics, comparative genomics and knowledge sharing ⬇️

scientific article published on November 17, 2010

Development of a PCR-RFLP method based on the transcription elongation factor 1-α gene to differentiate Fusarium graminearum from other species within the Fusarium graminearum species complex.

scientific article

Diversity of Fusarium head blight populations and trichothecene toxin types reveals regional differences in pathogen composition and temporal dynamics

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Fusarium dactylidis sp. nov., a novel nivalenol toxin-producing species sister to F. pseudograminearum isolated from orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) in Oregon and New Zealand

scientific article

Fusarium praegraminearum sp. nov., a novel nivalenol mycotoxin-producing pathogen from New Zealand can induce head blight on wheat

scientific article

Fusarium sibiricum sp. nov, a novel type A trichothecene-producing Fusarium from northern Asia closely related to F. sporotrichioides and F. langsethiae

scientific article

Fusarium subtropicale, sp. nov., a novel nivalenol mycotoxin-producing species isolated from barley (Hordeum vulgare) in Brazil and sister to F. praegraminearum

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Genealogical concordance between the mating type locus and seven other nuclear genes supports formal recognition of nine phylogenetically distinct species within the Fusarium graminearum clade

scientific article published in June 2004

Global molecular surveillance reveals novel Fusarium head blight species and trichothecene toxin diversity

scientific article published on 12 March 2007

Marasas et al. 1984 "Toxigenic Fusarium Species: Identity and Mycotoxicology" revisited

scientific article published on 27 November 2018

Multilocus genotyping and molecular phylogenetics resolve a novel head blight pathogen within the Fusarium graminearum species complex from Ethiopia.

scientific article

Multilocus genotyping assays for single nucleotide polymorphism-based subtyping of Listeria monocytogenes isolates.

scientific article published on 17 October 2008

New tricks of an old enemy: isolates of Fusarium graminearum produce a type A trichothecene mycotoxin

scientific article

Nivalenol-type populations of Fusarium graminearum and F. asiaticum are prevalent on wheat in southern Louisiana.

scientific article

No to Neocosmospora: Phylogenomic and Practical Reasons for Continued Inclusion of the Fusarium solani Species Complex in the Genus Fusarium

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Novel Fusarium head blight pathogens from Nepal and Louisiana revealed by multilocus genealogical concordance.

scientific article published on 7 October 2011

One fungus, one name: defining the genus Fusarium in a scientifically robust way that preserves longstanding use.

scientific article published in May 2013

Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 and RPB2 support a middle Cretaceous origin for a clade comprising all agriculturally and medically important fusaria.

scientific article

Phylogenetic diversity and microsphere array-based genotyping of human pathogenic Fusaria, including isolates from the multistate contact lens-associated U.S. keratitis outbreaks of 2005 and 2006

scientific article published on 16 May 2007

Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1 kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic Fusarium that includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex

scientific article published on 17 November 2020

Population Subdivision of Fusarium graminearum from Barley and Wheat in the Upper Midwestern United States at the Turn of the Century.

scientific article

Population genetic structure and mycotoxin potential of the wheat crown rot and head blight pathogen Fusarium culmorum in Algeria.

scientific article published on 6 April 2017

Population genomics of Fusarium graminearum reveals signatures of divergent evolution within a major cereal pathogen.

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Reconciling ecological and genomic divergence among lineages of listeria under an "extended mosaic genome concept".

scientific article

Regional and field-specific factors affect the composition of fusarium head blight pathogens in subtropical no-till wheat agroecosystem of Brazil

scientific article published in February 2015

Regional differences in the composition of Fusarium Head Blight pathogens and mycotoxins associated with wheat in Mexico

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Species composition, toxigenic potential and aggressiveness of Fusarium isolates causing Head Blight of barley in Uruguay.

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

The Fusarium graminearum genome reveals a link between localized polymorphism and pathogen specialization

scientific article

The geographic distribution and complex evolutionary history of the NX-2 trichothecene chemotype from Fusarium graminearum

scientific article published on 4 August 2016

The presence of GC-AG introns in Neurospora crassa and other euascomycetes determined from analyses of complete genomes: implications for automated gene prediction

scientific article published on 9 January 2006

The trichothecene biosynthesis gene cluster of Fusarium graminearum F15 contains a limited number of essential pathway genes and expressed non-essential genes

scientific article published in March 2003

List of works by Todd J. Ward

A novel Asian clade within the Fusarium graminearum species complex includes a newly discovered cereal head blight pathogen from the Russian Far East.

An adaptive evolutionary shift in Fusarium head blight pathogen populations is driving the rapid spread of more toxigenic Fusarium graminearum in North America.

Analysis of the Fusarium graminearum species complex from wheat, barley and maize in South Africa provides evidence of species-specific differences in host preference

Ancestral polymorphism and adaptive evolution in the trichothecene mycotoxin gene cluster of phytopathogenic Fusarium

Birth, death and horizontal transfer of the fumonisin biosynthetic gene cluster during the evolutionary diversification of Fusarium

Birth-and-death evolution of the internalin multigene family in Listeria

Characterization of a Fusarium graminearum Salicylate Hydroxylase

Cyber infrastructure for Fusarium: three integrated platforms supporting strain identification, phylogenetics, comparative genomics and knowledge sharing ⬇️

Development of a PCR-RFLP method based on the transcription elongation factor 1-α gene to differentiate Fusarium graminearum from other species within the Fusarium graminearum species complex.

Diversity of Fusarium head blight populations and trichothecene toxin types reveals regional differences in pathogen composition and temporal dynamics

Fusarium dactylidis sp. nov., a novel nivalenol toxin-producing species sister to F. pseudograminearum isolated from orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) in Oregon and New Zealand

Fusarium praegraminearum sp. nov., a novel nivalenol mycotoxin-producing pathogen from New Zealand can induce head blight on wheat

Fusarium sibiricum sp. nov, a novel type A trichothecene-producing Fusarium from northern Asia closely related to F. sporotrichioides and F. langsethiae

Fusarium subtropicale, sp. nov., a novel nivalenol mycotoxin-producing species isolated from barley (Hordeum vulgare) in Brazil and sister to F. praegraminearum

Genealogical concordance between the mating type locus and seven other nuclear genes supports formal recognition of nine phylogenetically distinct species within the Fusarium graminearum clade

Global molecular surveillance reveals novel Fusarium head blight species and trichothecene toxin diversity

Marasas et al. 1984 "Toxigenic Fusarium Species: Identity and Mycotoxicology" revisited

Multilocus genotyping and molecular phylogenetics resolve a novel head blight pathogen within the Fusarium graminearum species complex from Ethiopia.

Multilocus genotyping assays for single nucleotide polymorphism-based subtyping of Listeria monocytogenes isolates.

New tricks of an old enemy: isolates of Fusarium graminearum produce a type A trichothecene mycotoxin

Nivalenol-type populations of Fusarium graminearum and F. asiaticum are prevalent on wheat in southern Louisiana.

No to Neocosmospora: Phylogenomic and Practical Reasons for Continued Inclusion of the Fusarium solani Species Complex in the Genus Fusarium

Novel Fusarium head blight pathogens from Nepal and Louisiana revealed by multilocus genealogical concordance.

One fungus, one name: defining the genus Fusarium in a scientifically robust way that preserves longstanding use.

Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 and RPB2 support a middle Cretaceous origin for a clade comprising all agriculturally and medically important fusaria.

Phylogenetic diversity and microsphere array-based genotyping of human pathogenic Fusaria, including isolates from the multistate contact lens-associated U.S. keratitis outbreaks of 2005 and 2006

Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1 kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic Fusarium that includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex

Population Subdivision of Fusarium graminearum from Barley and Wheat in the Upper Midwestern United States at the Turn of the Century.

Population genetic structure and mycotoxin potential of the wheat crown rot and head blight pathogen Fusarium culmorum in Algeria.

Population genomics of Fusarium graminearum reveals signatures of divergent evolution within a major cereal pathogen.

Reconciling ecological and genomic divergence among lineages of listeria under an "extended mosaic genome concept".

Regional and field-specific factors affect the composition of fusarium head blight pathogens in subtropical no-till wheat agroecosystem of Brazil

Regional differences in the composition of Fusarium Head Blight pathogens and mycotoxins associated with wheat in Mexico

Species composition, toxigenic potential and aggressiveness of Fusarium isolates causing Head Blight of barley in Uruguay.

The Fusarium graminearum genome reveals a link between localized polymorphism and pathogen specialization

The geographic distribution and complex evolutionary history of the NX-2 trichothecene chemotype from Fusarium graminearum

The presence of GC-AG introns in Neurospora crassa and other euascomycetes determined from analyses of complete genomes: implications for automated gene prediction

The trichothecene biosynthesis gene cluster of Fusarium graminearum F15 contains a limited number of essential pathway genes and expressed non-essential genes