Overview
Availability
- Dr Donald Gardiner is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Biotechnology, Flinders University
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic Fusarium that includes the Fusarium solani species complex
Geiser, David M., Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M. S., Aoki, Takayuki, Arie, Tsutomu, Balmas, Virgilio, Barnes, Irene, Bergstrom, Gary C., Bhattacharyya, Madan K., Blomquist, Cheryl L., Bowden, Robert L., Brankovics, Balázs, Brown, Daren W., Burgess, Lester W., Bushley, Kathryn, Busman, Mark, Cano-Lira, José F., Carrillo, Joseph D., Chang, Hao-Xun, Chen, Chi-Yu, Chen, Wanquan, Chilvers, Martin, Chulze, Sofia, Coleman, Jeffrey J., Cuomo, Christina A., de Beer, Z. Wilhelm, de Hoog, G. Sybren, Del Castillo-Múnera, Johanna, Del Ponte, Emerson M., Diéguez-Uribeondo, Javier ... Zhang, Xue (2021). Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic Fusarium that includes the Fusarium solani species complex. Phytopathology, 111 (7), 1-16. doi: 10.1094/phyto-08-20-0330-le
2021
Journal Article
A conserved Zn2Cys6 transcription factor, identified in a spontaneous mutant from in vitro passaging, is involved in pathogenicity of the blackleg fungus Leptosphaeria maculans
Chambers, Kylie R., Van de Wouw, Angela P., Gardiner, Donald M., Elliott, Candace E. and Idnurm, Alexander (2021). A conserved Zn2Cys6 transcription factor, identified in a spontaneous mutant from in vitro passaging, is involved in pathogenicity of the blackleg fungus Leptosphaeria maculans. Fungal Biology, 125 (7), 541-550. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2021.02.002
2021
Journal Article
Identification of putative virulence genes by DNA methylation studies in the cereal pathogen Fusarium graminearum
Tini, Francesco, Beccari, Giovanni, Marconi, Gianpiero, Porceddu, Andrea, Sulyok, Micheal, Gardiner, Donald M., Albertini, Emidio and Covarelli, Lorenzo (2021). Identification of putative virulence genes by DNA methylation studies in the cereal pathogen Fusarium graminearum. Cells, 10 (5) 1192, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/cells10051192
2021
Journal Article
Genetic diversity of Australian Fusarium pseudograminearum populations causing crown rot in wheat
Khudhair, Mohammed, Obanor, F., Kazan, K., Gardiner, D. M., Aitken, E., McKay, A., Giblot-Ducray, D., Simpfendorfer, S. and Thatcher, L. F. (2021). Genetic diversity of Australian Fusarium pseudograminearum populations causing crown rot in wheat. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 159 (4), 741-753. doi: 10.1007/s10658-020-02198-0
2021
Journal Article
Map-based cloning identifies velvet A as a critical component of virulence in Fusarium pseudograminearum during infection of wheat heads
Gardiner, Donald M., Rusu, Anca, Benfield, Aurelie H. and Kazan, Kemal (2021). Map-based cloning identifies velvet A as a critical component of virulence in Fusarium pseudograminearum during infection of wheat heads. Fungal Biology, 125 (3), 191-200. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2020.10.012
2020
Journal Article
Fungicides may have differential efficacies towards the main causal agents of Fusarium head blight of wheat
Tini, Francesco, Beccari, Giovanni, Onofri, Andrea, Ciavatta, Emiliano, Gardiner, Donald M. and Covarelli, Lorenzo (2020). Fungicides may have differential efficacies towards the main causal agents of Fusarium head blight of wheat. Pest Management Science, 76 (11), 3738-3748. doi: 10.1002/ps.5923
2020
Journal Article
Ribosome profiling in plants: what is not lost in translation?
Kage, Udaykumar, Powell, Jonathan J., Gardiner, Donald M. and Kazan, Kemal (2020). Ribosome profiling in plants: what is not lost in translation?. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71 (18), 5323-5332. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa227
2020
Journal Article
Can natural gene drives be part of future fungal pathogen control strategies in plants?
Gardiner, Donald M., Rusu, Anca, Barrett, Luke, Hunter, Gavin C. and Kazan, Kemal (2020). Can natural gene drives be part of future fungal pathogen control strategies in plants?. New Phytologist, 228 (4) nph.16779, 1431-1439. doi: 10.1111/nph.16779
2020
Journal Article
Erratum: Regulators of nitric oxide signaling triggered by host perception in a plant pathogen (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2020)117(11147-11157)Doi: 10.1073/pnas.1918977117)
Ding, Yi, Gardiner, Donald M., Xiao, Di and Kazan, Kemal (2020). Erratum: Regulators of nitric oxide signaling triggered by host perception in a plant pathogen (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2020)117(11147-11157)Doi: 10.1073/pnas.1918977117). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (27). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2010924117
2020
Journal Article
Regulators of nitric oxide signaling triggered by host perception in a plant pathogen
Ding, Yi, Gardiner, Donald M., Xiao, Di and Kazan, Kemal (2020). Regulators of nitric oxide signaling triggered by host perception in a plant pathogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (20) 201918977, 11147-11157. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1918977117
2020
Journal Article
Gene technologies in weed management: a technical feasibility analysis
Kumaran, Nagalingam, Choudhary, Anupma, Legros, Mathieu, Sheppard, Andy W., Barrett, Luke G., Gardiner, Donald M. and Raghu, Sathyamurthy (2020). Gene technologies in weed management: a technical feasibility analysis. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 38, 6-14. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.12.003
2020
Journal Article
Fusaristatin A production negatively affects the growth and aggressiveness of the wheat pathogen Fusarium pseudograminearum
Khudhair, Mohammed, Kazan, Kemal, Thatcher, Louise F., Obanor, Friday, Rusu, Anca, Sørensen, Jens L., Wollenberg, Rasmus D., McKay, Alan, Giblot-Ducray, Danièle, Simpfendorfer, Steven, Aitken, Elizabeth and Gardiner, Donald M. (2020). Fusaristatin A production negatively affects the growth and aggressiveness of the wheat pathogen Fusarium pseudograminearum. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 136 103314, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2019.103314
2019
Journal Article
Heterologous expression of intact biosynthetic gene clusters in Fusarium graminearum
Nielsen, Mikkel Rank, Wollenberg, Rasmus Dam, Westphal, Klaus Ringsborg, Sondergaard, Teis Esben, Wimmer, Reinhard, Gardiner, Donald Max and Sørensen, Jens Laurids (2019). Heterologous expression of intact biosynthetic gene clusters in Fusarium graminearum. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 132 103248, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2019.103248
2019
Journal Article
Gene drives in plants: Opportunities and challenges for weed control and engineered resilience
Barrett, Luke G., Legros, Mathieu, Kumaran, Nagalingam, Glassop, Donna, Raghu, S. and Gardiner, Donald M. (2019). Gene drives in plants: Opportunities and challenges for weed control and engineered resilience. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286 (1911) 20191515, 20191515. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1515
2019
Other Outputs
Novel regulators of nitric oxide signaling triggered by host perception in a plant pathogen
Ding, Yi, Gardiner, Donald M., Xiao, Di and Kazan, Kemal (2019). Novel regulators of nitric oxide signaling triggered by host perception in a plant pathogen. doi: 10.1101/779173
2019
Journal Article
Regulation of a novel Fusarium cytokinin in Fusarium pseudograminearum
Blum, Ailisa, Benfield, Aurélie H., Sørensen, Jens L., Nielsen, Mikkel R., Bachleitner, Simone, Studt, Lena, Beccari, Giovanni, Covarelli, Lorenzo, Batley, Jacqueline and Gardiner, Donald M. (2019). Regulation of a novel Fusarium cytokinin in Fusarium pseudograminearum. Fungal Biology, 123 (3), 255-266. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2018.12.009
2019
Journal Article
Nanoscale enrichment of the cytosolic enzyme trichodiene synthase near reorganized endoplasmic reticulum in Fusarium graminearum
Boenisch, Marike J., Blum, Ailisa, Broz, Karen L., Gardiner, Donald M. and Kistler, H. Corby (2019). Nanoscale enrichment of the cytosolic enzyme trichodiene synthase near reorganized endoplasmic reticulum in Fusarium graminearum. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 124, 73-77. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2018.12.008
2019
Journal Article
There it is! Fusarium pseudograminearum did not lose the fusaristatin gene cluster after all
Wollenberg, Rasmus Dam, Sondergaard, Teis Esben, Nielsen, Mikkel Rank, Knutsson, Simon, Pedersen, Tobias Bruun, Westphal, Klaus Ringsborg, Wimmer, Reinhard, Gardiner, Donald Max and Sørensen, Jens Laurids (2019). There it is! Fusarium pseudograminearum did not lose the fusaristatin gene cluster after all. Fungal Biology, 123 (1), 10-17. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2018.10.004
2019
Journal Article
Comparative analysis of genetic structures and aggressiveness of Fusarium pseudograminearum populations from two surveys undertaken in 2008 and 2015 at two sites in the wheat belt of Western Australia
Khudhair, M., Thatcher, L. F., Gardiner, D. M., Kazan, K., Roper, M. M., Aitken, E. and Obanor, F. (2019). Comparative analysis of genetic structures and aggressiveness of Fusarium pseudograminearum populations from two surveys undertaken in 2008 and 2015 at two sites in the wheat belt of Western Australia. Plant Pathology, 68 (7) ppa.13056, 1337-1349. doi: 10.1111/ppa.13056
2018
Journal Article
BdACT2a encodes an agmatine coumaroyl transferase required for pathogen defence in Brachypodium distachyon
Carere, Jason, Powell, Jonathan, Fitzgerald, Timothy, Kazan, Kemal and Gardiner, Donald M. (2018). BdACT2a encodes an agmatine coumaroyl transferase required for pathogen defence in Brachypodium distachyon. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 104, 69-76. doi: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2018.09.003
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of virulence in Leptospaheria maculans, a fungal pathogen of canola
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Chris Brosnan
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of virulence in Leptospaheria maculans, a fungal pathogen of canola
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Chris Brosnan
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Doctor Philosophy
Histological analysis of banana-Fusarium interactions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shi Wei Chen, Professor Elizabeth Aitken
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Doctor Philosophy
Mechanisms of RNA uptake and gene silencing in plant pathogens
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Anne Sawyer
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Doctor Philosophy
Histological analysis of banana-Fusarium interactions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shi Wei Chen, Professor Elizabeth Aitken
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Doctor Philosophy
Bioinformatic Approaches for Elucidating RNAi Mechanisms and Enhancing dsRNA Design for Agronomic Pest and Pathogen Management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Chris Brosnan
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Doctor Philosophy
Topical application of RNA interference targeting plant fungal diseases
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Chris Brosnan, Professor Elizabeth Aitken
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Characterisation of putative pathogenicity SIX genes in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Aitken
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Regulation and Cell Biology of Secondary Metabolite Production in Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium pseudograminearum
Associate Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Degradation of the benzoxazolinone class of phytoalexins by Fusarium pseudograminearum, a pathogenic fungus of wheat
Associate Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Molecular analysis of fungal pathogenicity in crown rot disease of wheat caused by fusarium graminearum
Associate Advisor
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