Todd J. Ward

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Best Publications

• FUSARIUM-ID v. 1.0: A DNA sequence database for identifying Fusarium

  David M. Geiser;María del Mar Jiménez-Gasco;Seogchan Kang;Izabela Makalowska

  1386
  Citations

• The Fusarium graminearum Genome Reveals a Link Between Localized Polymorphism and Pathogen Specialization

  Christina A. Cuomo;Ulrich Güldener;Jin Rong Xu;Frances Trail

  1055
  Citations

• 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

  Kerry O’Donnell;Todd J. Ward;David M. Geiser;H. Corby Kistler

  718
  Citations

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

  Todd J. Ward;Joseph P. Bielawski;H. Corby Kistler;Eileen Sullivan

  602
  Citations

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

  Todd J. Ward;Randall M. Clear;Alejandro P. Rooney;Kerry O’Donnell

  595
  Citations

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

  David E. Starkey;Todd J. Ward;Takayuki Aoki;Liane R. Gale

  582
  Citations

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

  Kerry O’Donnell;Alejandro P. Rooney;Robert H. Proctor;Daren W. Brown

  480
  Citations

• 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

  Kerry O'Donnell;Brice A. J. Sarver;Mary Brandt;Douglas C. Chang

  387
  Citations

• DNA sequence-based identification of Fusarium : Current status and future directions

  Kerry O’Donnell;Todd J. Ward;Vincent A. R. G. Robert;Pedro W. Crous

  367
  Citations

• One Fungus, One Name: Defining the Genus Fusarium in a Scientifically Robust Way That Preserves Longstanding Use

  David M. Geiser;Takayuki Aoki;Charles W. Bacon;Scott E. Baker

  311
  Citations

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

  Kerry O’Donnell;Todd J. Ward;Dereje Aberra;H. Corby Kistler;H. Corby Kistler

  274
  Citations

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

  Brice A.J. Sarver;Todd J. Ward;Liane R. Gale;Karen Broz

  263
  Citations

• Intraspecific Phylogeny and Lineage Group Identification Based on the prfA Virulence Gene Cluster of Listeria monocytogenes

  Todd J. Ward;Lisa Gorski;Monica K. Borucki;Robert E. Mandrell

  254
  Citations

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

  Tapani Yli-Mattila;Tatiana Gagkaeva;Todd J. Ward;Takayuki Aoki

  244
  Citations

• Molecular Characterization of the Fusarium graminearum Species Complex in Japan

  H. Suga;G. W. Karugia;T. Ward;L. R. Gale

  233
  Citations

• Evolutionary relationships among mucoralean fungi (Zygomycota) : evidence for family polyphyly on a large scale

  Kerry O'Donnell;Francois M. Lutzoni;Todd J. Ward;Gerald L. Benny

  233
  Citations

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

  Elisabeth Varga;Gerlinde Wiesenberger;Christian Hametner;Todd J. Ward

  217
  Citations

• Evolution of a large ribosomal RNA multigene family in filamentous fungi: Birth and death of a concerted evolution paradigm

  Alejandro P. Rooney;Todd J. Ward

  211
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• Nivalenol-type populations of Fusarium graminearum and F. asiaticum are prevalent on wheat in Southern Louisiana.

  Liane Rosewich Gale;Stephen A. Harrison;Todd J. Ward;Kerry O'Donnell

  208
  Citations

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

  Todd J. Ward;Thomas F. Ducey;Thomas Usgaard;Katherine A. Dunn

  201
  Citations