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Richard P. Oliver

Richard P. Oliver

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Genetics

D-Index
78
Citations
20285
World Ranking
1711
National Ranking
58

Overview

Richard P. Oliver is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has made significant contributions to the study of plant pathogens and fungal diseases. Their work spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study covered in their research include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad fields, their research addresses several subfields such as:

  • Plant Science
  • Cell Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases

The topics prominently featured in their work are:

  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Fungal Plant Pathogen Control
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food

Several frequent coauthors have collaborated on their research projects, including:

  • Janna L. Beckerman
  • Kar-Chun Tan
  • Francisco J. López-Ruiz
  • Karam B. Singh
  • Evan John

Their publications often appear in selected venues that have published multiple works by this scientist. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant Pathology
  • Molecular Plant Pathology
  • Pest Management Science
  • Phytopathology

Recent notable publications feature the following:

  • Transcription factor control of virulence in phytopathogenic fungi, 2021, Molecular Plant Pathology
  • "CATAStrophy," a Genome-Informed Trophic Classification of Filamentous Plant Pathogens - How Many Different Types of Filamentous Plant Pathogens Are There?, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • High frequency of fungicide resistance-associated mutations in the wheat yellow rust pathogen Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, 2021, Pest Management Science
  • Fungicide resistance characterized across seven modes of action in Botrytis cinerea isolated from Australian vineyards, 2021, Pest Management Science
  • Septoria Nodorum Blotch of Wheat: Disease Management and Resistance Breeding in the Face of Shifting Disease Dynamics and a Changing Environment, 2020, Phytopathology

In addition to journal articles, Richard P. Oliver has contributed to book publications. These include:

  • Achieving durable disease resistance in cereals, published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited in 2021
  • Fungicides in Practice, published by CABI eBooks in 2022

Best Publications

  • Transformation of Aspergillus based on the hygromycin B resistance marker from Escherichia coli.

    P. J. Punt;R. P. Oliver;M. A. Dingemanse;P. H. Pouwels

  • Emergence of a new disease as a result of interspecific virulence gene transfer.

    Timothy L Friesen;Eva H Stukenbrock;Zhaohui Liu;Steven Meinhardt

  • Finished Genome of the Fungal Wheat Pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola Reveals Dispensome Structure, Chromosome Plasticity, and Stealth Pathogenesis

    Stephen B. Goodwin;Sarrah Ben M'Barek;Braham Dhillon;Alexander H J Wittenberg

  • A unique wheat disease resistance-like gene governs effector-triggered susceptibility to necrotrophic pathogens

    Justin D. Faris;Zengcui Zhang;Huangjun Lu;Shunwen Lu

  • Effector diversification within compartments of the Leptosphaeria maculans genome affected by Repeat-Induced Point mutations

    Thierry Rouxel;Jonathan Grandaubert;James K. Hane;Claire Hoede

  • Effectors as Tools in Disease Resistance Breeding Against Biotrophic, Hemibiotrophic, and Necrotrophic Plant Pathogens

    Vivianne G. A. A. Vleeshouwers;Richard P. Oliver

  • Host-specific toxins: effectors of necrotrophic pathogenicity.

    Timothy L. Friesen;Justin D. Faris;Peter S. Solomon;Richard P. Oliver

  • The use of AFLP fingerprinting for the detection of genetic variation in fungi

    Dorothea Majer;Richard Mithen;Brian G. Lewis;Pieter Vos

  • The nutrient supply of pathogenic fungi: a fertile field for study

    Peter Solomon;Kar-Chun Tan;Richard Peter Oliver

  • Dothideomycete-Plant Interactions Illuminated by Genome Sequencing and EST Analysis of the Wheat Pathogen Stagonospora nodorum

    James K. Hane;Rohan G.T. Lowe;Peter S. Solomon;Kar-Chun Tan

  • Arabidopsis pathology breathes new life into the necrotrophs-vs.-biotrophs classification of fungal pathogens.

    Richard P. Oliver;Simon V. S. Ipcho

  • Fungicides in Crop Protection

    R. Oliver;H. G. Hewitt

  • The cysteine rich necrotrophic effector SnTox1 produced by Stagonospora nodorum triggers susceptibility of wheat lines harboring Snn1.

    Zhaohui Liu;Zengcui Zhang;Justin D. Faris;Richard P. Oliver

  • Pyrenophora teres: profile of an increasingly damaging barley pathogen.

    Zhaohui Liu;Simon R. Ellwood;Richard P. Oliver;Timothy L. Friesen;Timothy L. Friesen

  • Native oak chloroplasts reveal an ancient divide across Europe

    C. Ferris;R. P. Oliver;A. J. Davy;G. M. Hewitt

  • Comparative genomics of a plant-pathogenic fungus, Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, reveals transduplication and the impact of repeat elements on pathogenicity and population divergence.

    Viola A. Manning;Iovanna Pandelova;Braham Dhillon;Larry J. Wilhelm;Larry J. Wilhelm

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

    Zhaohui Liu;Justin D. Faris;Richard P. Oliver;Kar-Chun Tan

  • Expression of the Escherichia coli β-glucuronidase gene in industrial and phytopathogenic filamentous fungi

    I. N. Roberts;R. P. Oliver;P. J. Punt;C. A. M. J. J. van den Hondel

  • Stagonospora nodorum: From Pathology to Genomics and Host Resistance

    Richard P. Oliver;Timothy L. Friesen;Justin D. Faris;Peter S. Solomon

  • Characterization of the Interaction of a Novel Stagonospora nodorum Host-Selective Toxin with a Wheat Susceptibility Gene

    Timothy L. Friesen;Zengcui Zhang;Peter S. Solomon;Richard P. Oliver

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter S. Solomon
Peter S. Solomon Australian National University
Kar-Chun Tan
Kar-Chun Tan Curtin University
James K. Hane
James K. Hane Curtin University
Simon R. Ellwood
Simon R. Ellwood Curtin University
Timothy L. Friesen
Timothy L. Friesen United States Department of Agriculture
Justin D. Faris
Justin D. Faris Agricultural Research Service
Karam B. Singh
Karam B. Singh Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Lars G. Kamphuis
Lars G. Kamphuis Curtin University
Anthony J. Davy
Anthony J. Davy University of East Anglia

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