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Daniel Croll is a researcher affiliated with the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Their work spans multiple areas within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, reflecting a broad engagement with plant science, molecular biology, and related fields.

Their research focuses on several key subfields, including Plant Science, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. These subject areas encompass a strong emphasis on understanding the biological mechanisms of plants and their interactions within ecosystems and genetic frameworks.

Among the main topics explored in their work are:

  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Daniel Croll has published studies in various venues with frequency, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Nature Communications
  • BMC Biology

Some of their recent publications are:

  • "The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics," 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Fusarium: more than a node or a foot-shaped basal cell," 2021, Studies in Mycology
  • "How genomics can help biodiversity conservation," 2023, Trends in Genetics
  • "Purging of highly deleterious mutations through severe bottlenecks in Alpine ibex," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A 19-isolate reference-quality global pangenome for the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici," 2020, BMC Biology

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their career, with frequent coauthors including Ursula Oggenfuss, Thomas Badet, Leen Abraham, Bruce A. McDonald, and Alice Feurtey. These collaborations suggest active engagement with a network of researchers focused on related topics within plant biology and fungal pathology.

Best Publications

  • Emergence of wheat blast in Bangladesh was caused by a South American lineage of Magnaporthe oryzae.

    M. Tofazzal Islam;Daniel Croll;Pierre Gladieux;Darren M. Soanes

  • The transcriptome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices (DAOM 197198) reveals functional tradeoffs in an obligate symbiont

    E. Tisserant;A. Kohler;P. Dozolme-Seddas;R. Balestrini

  • Purging of highly deleterious mutations through severe bottlenecks in Alpine ibex

    Christine Grossen;Frédéric Guillaume;Lukas F. Keller;Daniel Croll

  • Fusarium: more than a node or a foot-shaped basal cell.

    P.W. Crous;P.W. Crous;L. Lombard;M. Sandoval-Denis;K.A. Seifert

  • The accessory genome as a cradle for adaptive evolution in pathogens.

    Daniel Croll;Bruce A. McDonald

  • Genetic variability in a population of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi causes variation in plant growth.

    Alexander M. Koch;Daniel Croll;Ian R. Sanders

  • A small secreted protein in Zymoseptoria tritici is responsible for avirulence on wheat cultivars carrying the Stb6 resistance gene.

    Ziming Zhong;Thierry C. Marcel;Fanny E. Hartmann;Xin Ma

  • The Genome Biology of Effector Gene Evolution in Filamentous Plant Pathogens.

    Andrea Sánchez-Vallet;Simone Fouché;Isabelle Fudal;Fanny E. Hartmann

  • What if esca disease of grapevine were not a fungal disease

    Valérie Hofstetter;Bart Buyck;Daniel Croll;Olivier Viret

  • Nonself vegetative fusion and genetic exchange in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices

    Daniel Croll;Manuela Giovannetti;Alexander M. Koch;Cristiana Sbrana

  • Segregation in a Mycorrhizal Fungus Alters Rice Growth and Symbiosis-Specific Gene Transcription

    Caroline Angelard;Alexandre Colard;Hélène Niculita-Hirzel;Daniel Croll

  • Genetic diversity and host plant preferences revealed by simple sequence repeat and mitochondrial markers in a population of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices

    Daniel Croll;Lukas Wille;Hannes A. Gamper;Natarajan Mathimaran

  • Wheat blast: past, present, and future.

    Paulo Cezar Ceresini;Vanina Lilián Castroagudín;Fabrício Ávila Rodrigues;Jonas Alberto Rios

  • Breakage-fusion-bridge Cycles and Large Insertions Contribute to the Rapid Evolution of Accessory Chromosomes in a Fungal Pathogen

    Daniel Croll;Marcello Zala;Bruce A. McDonald

  • A fungal wheat pathogen evolved host specialization by extensive chromosomal rearrangements.

    Fanny E Hartmann;Andrea Sánchez-Vallet;Bruce A McDonald;Daniel Croll

  • Pangenome analyses of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici reveal the structural basis of a highly plastic eukaryotic genome.

    Clémence Plissonneau;Clémence Plissonneau;Fanny E. Hartmann;Fanny E. Hartmann;Daniel Croll

  • Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: The Challenge to Understand the Genetics of the Fungal Partner

    Ian R. Sanders;Daniel Croll

  • Recombination in Glomus intraradices, a supposed ancient asexual arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

    Daniel Croll;Ian R Sanders

  • A 19-isolate reference-quality global pangenome for the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici.

    Thomas Badet;Ursula Oggenfuss;Leen Abraham;Bruce A. McDonald

  • The Impact of Recombination Hotspots on Genome Evolution of a Fungal Plant Pathogen

    Daniel Croll;Daniel Croll;Mark H. Lendenmann;Ethan Stewart;Bruce A. McDonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian R. Sanders
Ian R. Sanders University of Lausanne
James W. Kronstad
James W. Kronstad University of British Columbia
Joe Win
Joe Win University of East Anglia
Nicholas J. Talbot
Nicholas J. Talbot University of East Anglia
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
Simone Prospero
Simone Prospero Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Lukas F. Keller
Lukas F. Keller University of Zurich
Thomas Wicker
Thomas Wicker University of Zurich
Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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