Publications

2022

Kaur, S., Pennington, T., Conley, E. J., Green, A., Kolmer, J., Anderson, J., Gupta, R., & *Gill, U. (2022). High Resolution Melting (HRM) based marker development for wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr34. Phytopathology (Accepted).

Lhamo, D., Sun, Q., Zhang, Q., Li, X., Fiedler, J. D., Xia, G., Faris, J. D., Gu, Y-Q., Gill, U., Cai, X., Acevedo, M., & Xu S. S. (2022). Genome-wide association analyses of leaf rust resistance in cultivated emmer wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (Accepted).

Nandety, R. S., Gill, U. S. (First co-author), Krom, N., Dai, X., Dong, Y., Zhao, P. X., & Mysore, K. S. (2022). Comparative Genome Analyses of Plant Rust Pathogen Genomes Reveal a Confluence of Pathogenicity Factors to Quell Host Plant Defense Responses. Plants, 11(15), 1962.

Sharma, A., Li, J., Wente, R., Minsavage, G. V., Gill, U. S., Ortega, A., Vallejos, C. E., Hart, J. P., Staskawicz, B. J., Mazourek, M. R., Stall, R. E., Jones, J. B., & Hutton, S. F. (2022). Mapping of the bs5 and bs6 non-race-specific recessive resistances against bacterial spot of pepper. bioRxiv (Pre-publication), https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.26.509408.

Ding B., Xie H., Zhang K., Li H., Gao Y., Zhang J., Xu B., Peng L., Yang G., Wang G-L., Gill U., Wang Z-Y., & Chai M. (2022). Nuclear EPL-HAM complex is essential for the development of chloroplasts. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgg.2022.04.006

Zhang J., Gill H. S., Brar N. K., Halder J., Ali S., Liu X., Bernardo A., Amand P., Bai G., Gill U., Turnipseed B. & Sehgal S.K. (2022). Genomic prediction of Fusarium head blight resistance in early stages using advanced breeding lines in hard winter wheat. The Crop Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2022.03.010

Bennypaul H. & *Gill U. (2022). Barley Stripe Mosaic Virus (BSMV)-Based Virus-Induced Gene Silencing to Functionally Characterize Genes in Wheat and Barley. Plant Gene Silencing, Humana, New York, NY, 2022. 85-93

Sharma, A., Minsavage, G. V., Gill, U., Hutton, S., & Jones, J. B. (2022). Identification and mapping of bs8, a novel locus conferring resistance to bacterial spot caused by Xanthomonas gardneri. Phytopathology, doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-21-0339-R

2021

Brar G. S., Feau N., Gill U. S., Hiebert C., Leboldus J., & Park R. F. (2021). Surveillance, breeding, and cultural practices to prevent a rust storm on crops and trees. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 43(sup2): S183-S187.

Halvorson, J., Kim, Y., *Gill, U. and Friskop, A., 2021. First report of the southern corn rust pathogen Puccinia polysora on Zea mays in North Dakota. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2021.1982012.

de Toledo Thomazella, D.P., Seong, K., Mackelprang, R., Dahlbeck, D., Geng, Y., Gill, U.S., Qi, T., Pham, J., Giuseppe, P., Lee, C.Y., Ortega, A., Cho, M-J., Hutton, S.F. and Staskawicz, B., 2021. Loss of function of a DMR6 ortholog in tomato confers broad-spectrum disease resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(27), doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2026152118 .

AlTameemi, R., Gill, H.S., Ali, S., Ayana, G., Halder, J., Sidhu, J.S., Gill, U.S., Turnipseed, B., Hernandez, J.L.G. and Sehgal, S.K., 2021. Genome-wide association analysis permits characterization of Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB) resistance in hard winter wheat. Scientific Reports, 11(1), pp.1-13.

Hessenauer, P., Feau, N., Gill, U., Schwessinger, B., Brar, G.S. and Hamelin, R.C., 2021. Evolution and adaptation of forest and crop pathogens in the Anthropocene. Phytopathology, 111(1), pp.49-67.

2020

Nandety R.S., Serrani‐Yarce J.C., Gill U., Oh S., Lee H.‐K., Zhang X., Dai X., Zhang W., Krom N., Wen J., Zhao P.X. and Mysore K.S. (2020), Insertional mutagenesis of Brachypodium distachyon using Tnt1 retrotransposable element. The Plant Journal, doi:10.1111/tpj.14813

Thomas N.C., Hendrich C.G., Gill U., Allen C., Hutton S.F. and Schultink A. (2020) Roq1 confers resistance to Xanthomonas, Pseudomonas syringae and Ralstonia solanacearum in tomato. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11; 463.

Before 2020

Gill U., Nandety R., Krom N., Dai X., Zhuang Z., Tang Y., Zhao P. and Mysore K. (2019). Draft genome sequence resource of switchgrass rust pathogen, Puccinia novopanici isolate Ard-01. Phytopathology, https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-19-0118-A.

Gill U., Scott J, Shekasteband R., Ogundiwin E., Schuit C., Francis D., Sung-Chur S., Smith H. and Hutton S.F. (2019) Ty-6, a major begomovirus resistance gene on chromosome 10, is effective against Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus and Tomato Mottle Virus. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-019-03298-0.

Sun L., Gill U., Nandety R., Kwon S., Mehta P., Dickstein R., Udvardi M., Mysore K. and Wen J. (2019) Genome‐wide analysis of flanking sequences reveals that Tnt1 insertion is positively correlated with gene methylation in Medicago truncatula. The Plant Journal, doi:10.1111/tpj.14291.

Thomas N.C., Hendrich C.G., Gill U., Allen C., Hutton S.F. and Schultink A. (2019) Roq1 confers resistance to Xanthomonas, Pseudomonas syringae and Ralstonia solanacearum in tomato. BioRxiv, 813758.

Gill U., Lee S., Jia Y. and Mysore K. (2019) Exploring natural variation for rice sheath blight resistance in Brachypodium distachyon. Plant Signaling and Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2018.1546527.

Gill U., Sun L., Rustgi S., Tang Y., von Wettstein D. and Mysore K. (2018) Transcriptome‐based analyses of phosphite‐mediated suppression of rust pathogens Puccinia emaculata and Phakopsora pachyrhizi and functional characterization of selected fungal target genes. The Plant Journal, 93 (5): 894-904.

Gill U., Uppalapati S., Gallego-Giraldo L., Ishiga Y., Dixon R. and Mysore K. (2018) Metabolic flux towards the (iso)flavonoid pathway in lignin modified alfalfa lines Induces resistance against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. medicaginis. Plant, Cell, and Environment, 41(9): 1997-2007.

Gill U., Serrani-Yarce J., Lee H. and Mysore K. (2018) Tissue culture (somatic embryogenesis)-induced Tnt1 retrotransposon-based mutagenesis in Brachypodium distachyon. In: Sablok G., Budak H., Ralph P. (eds) Brachypodium Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1667. Humana Press, New York, NY.

Ramegowda V., Gill U., Sivalingam P.N., Gupta A., Gupta C., Govind G., Karaba N.N., Pereira A., Udayakumar M., Mysore K. and Senthil-Kumar M. (2017) GBF3 transcription factor imparts drought tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 9148.

Gill U., Brueggeman R., Nirmala J., Chai Y., Steffenson B. and Kleinhofs A. (2016) Molecular and genetic characterization of barley mutants and genetic mapping of mutant rpr2 required for Rpg1-mediated resistance against stem rust. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 129(8): 1519-1529.

Ishiga Y., Uppalapati S., Gill U., Huhman D., Tang Y. and Mysore K. (2015) Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses identify a role for chlorophyll catabolism and phytoalexin during Medicago nonhost resistance against Asian soybean rust. Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 13061.

Gill U., Uppalapati S., Nakashima J. and Mysore K. (2015) Characterization of Brachypodium distachyon as a nonhost model against switchgrass rust pathogen Puccinia emaculata. BMC Plant Biology 15: 113.

Gill U., Lee S. and Mysore K.S. (2015) Host versus nonhost resistance: Distinct wars with similar arsenals. Phytopathology 105: 580-587.

Gill U., Nirmala J., Brueggeman R. and Kleinhofs A. (2012) Identification, characterization and putative function of HvRin4, a barley homolog of Arabidopsis Rin4. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 80: 41-49.

Zhang L., Lavery L., Gill U., Gill K., Steffenson B., Yan G., Chen X. and Kleinhofs A. (2009) A cation/proton-exchanging protein is a candidate for the barley NecS1 gene controlling necrosis and enhanced defense response to stem rust. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 118: 385-397.

Brueggeman R., Druka A., Nirmala J., Cavileer T., Drader T., Rostoks N., Mirlohi A., Bennypaul H., Gill U., Kudrna D., Whitelaw C., Kilian A., Han F., Sun Y., Gill K., Steffenson B. and Kleinhofs A. (2008) The stem rust resistance gene Rpg5 encodes a protein with nucleotide-binding-site, leucine-rich, and protein kinase domains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:14970-14975.

Keiša A., Kānberga K., Gill U., Kleinhofs A. and Rostoks N. (2008) Cloning and characterization of barley homologues of the Arabidopsis LSD1 gene: putative regulators of hypersensitive response. Acta Universitatis Latviensis 745: 87-101.

Gill U., Banga S. S., Ahuja I. and Banga S. K. (2006) In vitro regeneration from cotyledonary explants of Toria and Brown sarson morphotypes of Brassica rapa ssp. oleifera with a special reference to S-allele homozygotes. Journal of Oilseeds Research 23: 26-30.