Miles Armstrong
Current research interests
- Identification and cloning avirulence determinants from Phytophthora infestans.
- Investigation of the molecular basis of pathogenicity in P. infestans by finding the plant protein targets of effector proteins.
Past research
- Construction of genetic linkage map in Vicia faba.
- Finding RAPD markers associated with GRV resistance.
- Using mtDNA in population genetic studies of potato cyst nematodes.
- Assessing the plant transcriptional response to nematode infection using SSH.
Bibliography
- Wang, Y.; Hunter-Brown, L.; Adams, T.; Woon Cheung, Y.; Lie, J.; Young, V.; Todd, D.; Armstrong, M.; Neugebauer, K.; Kaur, A.; Harrower, B.; Oome, S.; Wang, X.; Bayer, M.; Hein, I. (2023) SMRT–AgRenSeq-d in potato (Solanum tuberosum) as a method to identify candidates for the nematode resistance Gpa5, Horticulture Research, 10(11), Art. Uhad211
- Varypatakis, K.; Véronneau, P-Y.; Thorpe, P.J.; Cock, P.J.A.; Tze-Yin Lim, J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Janakowski, S.; Sobczak, M.; Hein, I.; Mimee, B.; Jones, J.T.; Blok, V.C. (2020) The genomic impact of selection for virulence against resistance in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Genes, 11, Article No. 1429.
- Zheng, J.Y.; Duan, S.G.; Armstrong, M.R.; Duan, Y.F.; Xu, J.F.; Chen, X.W.; Hein, I.; Jin, L.P.; li, G.C. (2020) New findings on the resistance mechanism of an elite diploid wild potato species JAM1-4 in response to a super race strain of Phytophthora infestans., Phytopathology, 110, 1375-1387.
- Lin, X.; Armstrong, I.; Baker, K.; Wouters, D.; Visser, R.G.F.; Wolters, P.J.; Hein, I.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A. (2020) RLP/K enrichment sequencing; a novel method to identify receptor-like protein (RLP) and receptor-like kinase (RLK) genes, New Phytologist, 227(4), 1264-1276
- Duan, Y.F.; Duan, S.G.; Armstrong, M.R.; Xu, J.F.; Zheng, J.Y. Hu, J.; Chen, X.W.; Hein, I.; Li, G.C.; Jin, L.P. (2020) Comparative transcriptome profiling reveals compatible and incompatible patterns of potato toward phytophthora infestans., G3- Genes Genomes Genetics, 10, 623-634.
- Torrance, L.; Cowan, G.H.; McLean, K.; MacFarlane, S.; Al-Abedy, A.N.; Armstrong, M.; Lim, T.Y.; Hein, I.; Bryan, G.J. (2020) Natural resistance to potato virus Y in solanum tuberosum group Phureja., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 967-980.
- Ren, Y.J.; Armstrong, M.; Qi, Y.; McLellan, H.; Zhong, C.; Du, B.W.; Birch, P.R.J.; Tian, Z.D. (2019) Phytophthora infestans RXLR effectors target parallel steps in an immune signal transduction pathway., Plant Physiology, 180, 2227-2239.
- Strachan, S.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Kaur, A.; Wright, K.M.; Lim, T.Y.; Baker, K.; Jones, J.; Bryan, G.; Blok, V.; Hein, I. (2019) Mapping the H2 resistance effective against Globodera pallida pathotype Pa1 in tetraploid potato., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132, 1283-1294.
- He, Q.; McLellan, H.; Hughes, R.K.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.; Lu, Y.; Banfield, M.J.; Tian, Z.; Birch, P.R.J. (2019) Phytophthora infestans effector SFI3 targets potato UKB to suppress early immune transcriptional response., New Phytologist, 222, 438-454.
- Thilliez, G.J.A.; Armstrong, M.R.; Lim, T.Y.; Baker, K.; Jouet, A.; Ward, B.; van Oosterhout, C.; Jones, J.D.G.; Huitema, E.; Birch, P.R.J.; Hein, I. (2019) Pathogen enrichment sequencing (PenSeq) enables population genomic studies in oomycetes., New Phytologist, 221, 1634-1648.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Vossen, J.; Lim, T.Y.; Hutten, R.C.B.; Xu, J.F.; Strachan, S.M.; Harrower, B.; Champouret, N.; Gilroy, E.M.; Hein I. (2019) Tracking disease resistance deployment in potato breeding by enrichment sequencing., Plant Biotechnology Journal, 17, 540-549.
- Jiang, R.; Li, J.C.; Tian, Z.D.; Du, J.; Armstrong, M.; Baker, K.; Lim, J.T.Y.; Vossen, J.H.; He, H.; Portal, L.; Zhou, J.; Bonierbale, M.; Hein, I.; Lindqvist-Kreuze, H.; Xie, C.H. (2018) Potato late blight field resistance from QTL dPI09c is conferred by the NB-LRR gene R8., Journal of Experimental Botany, 69, 1545-1555.
- Murphy, F.; He, Q.; Armstrong, M.; Giuliani, L.M.; Boevink, P.C.; Zhang, W.; Tian, Z.; Birch, P.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2018) The potato MAP3K StVIK is required for Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector Pi17316 to promote disease., Plant Physiology, 177, 398-410.
- Chen, X.; Lewandowska, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Baker, K.; Lim, T.Y.; Bayer, M.; Harrower, B.; McLean, K.; Jupe, F.; Witek, K.; Lees, A.K.; Jones, J.D.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2018) Identification and rapid mapping of a gene conferring broad-spectrum late blight resistance in the diploid potato species Solanum verrucosum through DNA capture technologies, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131(6), 1287-1297
- Baker, K.; Stephen, G.; Strachan, S.; Armstrong, M.; Hein, I. (2018) BLASTmap: A Shiny-based application to visualize BLAST results as interactive heat maps and a tool to design gene-specific baits for bespoke target enrichment sequencing, In: Ma, W. & Wolpert, T. (eds.) Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Oomyctes. Methods in Molecular Biology. New York: Humana Press, Volume 1848, 199-206.
- Boevink, P.C.; McLellan, H.; Gilroy, E.M.; Naqvi, S.; He, Q.; Yang, L.N.; Wang, X.D.; Turnbull, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Tian, Z.D.; Birch, P.R.J. (2016) Oomycetes seek help from the plant: Phytophthora infestans effectors target host susceptibility factors., Molecular Plant, 9, 636-638.
- Van Weymers, P.S.M.; Baker, K.; Chen, X.W.; Harrower, B.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Thilliez, G.J.A.; Lees, A.K.; Lynott, J.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; McKenzie, G.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2016) Utilizing 'Omic' technologies to identify and prioritize novel sources of resistance to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans in potato germplasm collections., Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article No. 762.
- Boevink, P.C.; Wang, X.D.; McLellan, H.; He, Q.; Naqvi, S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Zhang, W.; Hein, I.; Gilroy, E.M.; Tian, Z.D.; Birch, P.R.J. (2016) A Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector targets plant PP1c isoforms that promote late blight disease., Nature Communications, 7, Article No. 10311.
- Wang, X.D.; Boevink, P.; McLellan, H.; Armstrong, M.; Bukharova, T.; Qin, Z.W.; Birch, P.R.J. (2015) A host KH RNA-binding protein is a susceptibility factor targeted by an RXLR effector to promote late blight disease., Molecular Plant, 8, 1385-1395.
- King, S.R.F.; McLellan, H.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Bukharova, T.; Sukarta, O.; Win, J.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J.; Banfielda, M.J. (2014) Phytophthora infestans RXLR Effector PexRD2 interacts with Host MAPKKK epsilon to suppress plant immune signaling., The Plant Cell, 26, 1345-1359.
- Turnbull, D.; Breen, S.A.; Naqvi, S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Engelhardt, S.; Brunner, F.; Birch, P.R.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2014) Phytophthora infestans effector PiAVR2 targets StBSL1 to activate the Brassinosteriod pathway., XVI International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 2014, Rhodes, Greece, 6-10 July 2014.
- Boevink, P.; Wang, X.; McLellan, H.; Armstrong, M.; Bukharova, T.; Birch, P.R.J. (2014) Targeting of PP1c isoforms by an RXLR effector., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Meeting, Norwich, July 2014.
- Turnbull, D.; Breen, S.A.; Naqvi, S.; Yang, L.; Murphy, F.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Engelhardt, S.; Welsh, L.; Hein, I.; Zhan, J.; Birch, P.R.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2014) Pumped up on (brassino) steroids: multiple Phytophthora infestans effectors manipulate the Brassinosteroid pathway in potato., FESPB/EPSO 2014 Congress, The Convention Centre, Dublin, 22-26 June 2014.
- McLellan, H.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Pritchard, L.; Gomez, S.; Morales, J.; Whisson, S.C.; Beynon, J.L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2013) An RxLR effector from Phytophthora infestans prevents re-localisation of two plant NAC transcription factors from the endoplasmic reticulum to the nucleus., PLoS Pathogens, 9, Article No. e1003670.
- Engelhardt, S.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Ramos, M.; Hein, I.; Birch, P.R.J. (2012) Relocalization of late blight resistance protein R3a to endosomal compartments is associated with effector recognition and required for the immune response., The Plant Cell, 24, 5142-5158.
- Whisson, S.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Seman, Z.A.; Hein, I.; Birch, P.R.J. (2011) Exploiting knowledge of pathogen effectors to enhance late blight resistance in potato., Potato Research, 54, 325-340.
- Bos, J.I.B.; Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Boevink, P.; Hein, I.; Taylor, R.M.; Tian, Z.D.; Engelhardt, S.; Vetukuri, R.R.; Harrower, B.E.; Dixelius, C.; Bryan, G.J.; Sadanandom, A.; Whisson, S.C.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Phytophthora infestans effector AVR3a is essential for virulence and manipulates plant immunity by stabilizing host E3 ligase CMPG1., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 107, 9909-9914.
- Breen, S.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Morales, J.G.; Hein, I.; Douglas, E.; Boevink, P.; McLellan, H.; Randall, E.; Tian, Z.D.; Avrova, A.O.; Pritchard, L.; Lokossou, A.A.; Govers, F.; van der Vossen, E.A.G.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; Brunner, F.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Avr2, an RXLR effector from Phytophthora infestans., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Boevink, P.; Bukharova, T.; McLellan, H.; Ramos, M.; Gilroy, E.M.; Pritchard, L.; Whisson, S.C.; Beynon, J.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Identifying candidate host 'targets' of Phytophthora infestans translocated RXLR proteins., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
- Gilroy, E.M.; Hein, I.; McLellan, H.; Breen, S.; Engelhardt, S.; Tian, Z.D.; Seman, Z.A.; Pritchard, L.; Armstrong, M.R.; Randall, E.; Avrova, A.O.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Lees, A.K.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; van West, P.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Using knowledge of RXLR effectors to seek durable resistance., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
- Wang, Y.; Hunter-Brown, L.; Adams, T.; Woon Cheung, Y.; Lie, J.; Young, V.; Todd, D.; Armstrong, M.; Neugebauer, K.; Kaur, A.; Harrower, B.; Oome, S.; Wang, X.; Bayer, M.; Hein, I. (2023) SMRT–AgRenSeq-d in potato (Solanum tuberosum) as a method to identify candidates for the nematode resistance Gpa5, Horticulture Research, 10(11), Art. Uhad211
- Varypatakis, K.; Véronneau, P-Y.; Thorpe, P.J.; Cock, P.J.A.; Tze-Yin Lim, J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Janakowski, S.; Sobczak, M.; Hein, I.; Mimee, B.; Jones, J.T.; Blok, V.C. (2020) The genomic impact of selection for virulence against resistance in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Genes, 11, Article No. 1429.
- Zheng, J.Y.; Duan, S.G.; Armstrong, M.R.; Duan, Y.F.; Xu, J.F.; Chen, X.W.; Hein, I.; Jin, L.P.; li, G.C. (2020) New findings on the resistance mechanism of an elite diploid wild potato species JAM1-4 in response to a super race strain of Phytophthora infestans., Phytopathology, 110, 1375-1387.
- Lin, X.; Armstrong, I.; Baker, K.; Wouters, D.; Visser, R.G.F.; Wolters, P.J.; Hein, I.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A. (2020) RLP/K enrichment sequencing; a novel method to identify receptor-like protein (RLP) and receptor-like kinase (RLK) genes, New Phytologist, 227(4), 1264-1276
- Duan, Y.F.; Duan, S.G.; Armstrong, M.R.; Xu, J.F.; Zheng, J.Y. Hu, J.; Chen, X.W.; Hein, I.; Li, G.C.; Jin, L.P. (2020) Comparative transcriptome profiling reveals compatible and incompatible patterns of potato toward phytophthora infestans., G3- Genes Genomes Genetics, 10, 623-634.
- Torrance, L.; Cowan, G.H.; McLean, K.; MacFarlane, S.; Al-Abedy, A.N.; Armstrong, M.; Lim, T.Y.; Hein, I.; Bryan, G.J. (2020) Natural resistance to potato virus Y in solanum tuberosum group Phureja., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 967-980.
- Ren, Y.J.; Armstrong, M.; Qi, Y.; McLellan, H.; Zhong, C.; Du, B.W.; Birch, P.R.J.; Tian, Z.D. (2019) Phytophthora infestans RXLR effectors target parallel steps in an immune signal transduction pathway., Plant Physiology, 180, 2227-2239.
- Strachan, S.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Kaur, A.; Wright, K.M.; Lim, T.Y.; Baker, K.; Jones, J.; Bryan, G.; Blok, V.; Hein, I. (2019) Mapping the H2 resistance effective against Globodera pallida pathotype Pa1 in tetraploid potato., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132, 1283-1294.
- He, Q.; McLellan, H.; Hughes, R.K.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.; Lu, Y.; Banfield, M.J.; Tian, Z.; Birch, P.R.J. (2019) Phytophthora infestans effector SFI3 targets potato UKB to suppress early immune transcriptional response., New Phytologist, 222, 438-454.
- Thilliez, G.J.A.; Armstrong, M.R.; Lim, T.Y.; Baker, K.; Jouet, A.; Ward, B.; van Oosterhout, C.; Jones, J.D.G.; Huitema, E.; Birch, P.R.J.; Hein, I. (2019) Pathogen enrichment sequencing (PenSeq) enables population genomic studies in oomycetes., New Phytologist, 221, 1634-1648.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Vossen, J.; Lim, T.Y.; Hutten, R.C.B.; Xu, J.F.; Strachan, S.M.; Harrower, B.; Champouret, N.; Gilroy, E.M.; Hein I. (2019) Tracking disease resistance deployment in potato breeding by enrichment sequencing., Plant Biotechnology Journal, 17, 540-549.
- Jiang, R.; Li, J.C.; Tian, Z.D.; Du, J.; Armstrong, M.; Baker, K.; Lim, J.T.Y.; Vossen, J.H.; He, H.; Portal, L.; Zhou, J.; Bonierbale, M.; Hein, I.; Lindqvist-Kreuze, H.; Xie, C.H. (2018) Potato late blight field resistance from QTL dPI09c is conferred by the NB-LRR gene R8., Journal of Experimental Botany, 69, 1545-1555.
- Murphy, F.; He, Q.; Armstrong, M.; Giuliani, L.M.; Boevink, P.C.; Zhang, W.; Tian, Z.; Birch, P.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2018) The potato MAP3K StVIK is required for Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector Pi17316 to promote disease., Plant Physiology, 177, 398-410.
- Chen, X.; Lewandowska, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Baker, K.; Lim, T.Y.; Bayer, M.; Harrower, B.; McLean, K.; Jupe, F.; Witek, K.; Lees, A.K.; Jones, J.D.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2018) Identification and rapid mapping of a gene conferring broad-spectrum late blight resistance in the diploid potato species Solanum verrucosum through DNA capture technologies, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131(6), 1287-1297
- Boevink, P.C.; McLellan, H.; Gilroy, E.M.; Naqvi, S.; He, Q.; Yang, L.N.; Wang, X.D.; Turnbull, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Tian, Z.D.; Birch, P.R.J. (2016) Oomycetes seek help from the plant: Phytophthora infestans effectors target host susceptibility factors., Molecular Plant, 9, 636-638.
- Van Weymers, P.S.M.; Baker, K.; Chen, X.W.; Harrower, B.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Thilliez, G.J.A.; Lees, A.K.; Lynott, J.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; McKenzie, G.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2016) Utilizing 'Omic' technologies to identify and prioritize novel sources of resistance to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans in potato germplasm collections., Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article No. 762.
- Boevink, P.C.; Wang, X.D.; McLellan, H.; He, Q.; Naqvi, S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Zhang, W.; Hein, I.; Gilroy, E.M.; Tian, Z.D.; Birch, P.R.J. (2016) A Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector targets plant PP1c isoforms that promote late blight disease., Nature Communications, 7, Article No. 10311.
- Wang, X.D.; Boevink, P.; McLellan, H.; Armstrong, M.; Bukharova, T.; Qin, Z.W.; Birch, P.R.J. (2015) A host KH RNA-binding protein is a susceptibility factor targeted by an RXLR effector to promote late blight disease., Molecular Plant, 8, 1385-1395.
- King, S.R.F.; McLellan, H.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Bukharova, T.; Sukarta, O.; Win, J.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J.; Banfielda, M.J. (2014) Phytophthora infestans RXLR Effector PexRD2 interacts with Host MAPKKK epsilon to suppress plant immune signaling., The Plant Cell, 26, 1345-1359.
- McLellan, H.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Pritchard, L.; Gomez, S.; Morales, J.; Whisson, S.C.; Beynon, J.L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2013) An RxLR effector from Phytophthora infestans prevents re-localisation of two plant NAC transcription factors from the endoplasmic reticulum to the nucleus., PLoS Pathogens, 9, Article No. e1003670.
- Engelhardt, S.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Ramos, M.; Hein, I.; Birch, P.R.J. (2012) Relocalization of late blight resistance protein R3a to endosomal compartments is associated with effector recognition and required for the immune response., The Plant Cell, 24, 5142-5158.
- Whisson, S.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Boevink, P.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Seman, Z.A.; Hein, I.; Birch, P.R.J. (2011) Exploiting knowledge of pathogen effectors to enhance late blight resistance in potato., Potato Research, 54, 325-340.
- Bos, J.I.B.; Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Boevink, P.; Hein, I.; Taylor, R.M.; Tian, Z.D.; Engelhardt, S.; Vetukuri, R.R.; Harrower, B.E.; Dixelius, C.; Bryan, G.J.; Sadanandom, A.; Whisson, S.C.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Phytophthora infestans effector AVR3a is essential for virulence and manipulates plant immunity by stabilizing host E3 ligase CMPG1., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 107, 9909-9914.
- Hein, I.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) The zig-zag-zig in oomycete-plant interactions., Molecular Plant Pathology, 10, 547-562.
- Birch, P.R.J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Bos, J.; Boevink, P.; Gilroy, E.M.; Taylor, R.M.; Wawra, S.; Pritchard, L.; Conti, L.; Ewan, R.; Whisson, S.C.; van West, P.; Sadanandom, A.; Kamoun, S. (2009) Towards understanding the virulence functions of RXLR effectors of the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans., Journal of Experimental Botany, 60, 1133-1140.
- Birch, P.R.J.; Whisson, S.C.; Boevink, P.; Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Pritchard, L.; Grouffaud, S.; Sandanandom, A.; Taylor, R.; Kamoun, S.; Bos, J.I. (2008) Translocated oomycete effectors that target the plant immune system., Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 150, S176-S177.
- Whisson, S.C.; Boevink, P.; Moleleki, L.N. ; Avrova, A.O.; Morales, J.G.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Grouffaud, S.; van West, P.; Chapman, S.N.; Hein, I.; Toth, I.K.; Pritchard, L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2007) A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells., Nature, 450, 115-118.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Husmeier, D.; Phillips, M.S.; Blok, V.C. (2007) Segregation and recombination of a multipartite mitochondrial DNA in populations of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Journal of Molecular Evolution, 64, 689-701.
- Blok, V.C.; Chapman, S.N.; Armstrong, M.R.; Phillips, M.; Lilley, C.; Urwin, P.; Blanchard, A.; Grenier, E.; Jones, J.T. (2006) Genomics analysis in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Phytopathology, 96, S149.
- Bos, J.I.B.; Kanneganti, T.; Young, C.; Cakir, C.; Huitema, E.; Win, J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Birch, P.R.J.; Kamoun, S. (2006) The C-terminal half of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR3a is sufficient to trigger R3a-mediated hypersensitivity and suppress INF1-induced cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana., Plant Journal, 48, 165-176.
- Torrance, L.; Cowan, G.H.; McLean, K.; MacFarlane, S.; Al-Abedy, A.N.; Armstrong, M.; Lim, T.Y.; Hein, I.; Bryan, G.J. (2020) Natural resistance to potato virus Y in solanum tuberosum group Phureja., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 967-980.
- Baker, K.; Stephen, G.; Strachan, S.; Armstrong, M.; Hein, I. (2018) BLASTmap: A Shiny-based application to visualize BLAST results as interactive heat maps and a tool to design gene-specific baits for bespoke target enrichment sequencing, In: Ma, W. & Wolpert, T. (eds.) Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Oomyctes. Methods in Molecular Biology. New York: Humana Press, Volume 1848, 199-206.
- Whisson, S.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Armstrong, M.R.; Jones, J.T.; Venter, E.; Birch, P.R.J. (2004) Targeting late blight with gene discovery., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2002/2003, pp102-103.
- Whisson, S.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Armstrong, M.R.; Campbell, E.; Birch, P.R.J. (2002) Late blight of potato: Pathogen genomics approaches to a continuing problem., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp29-32.
- Blok, V.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Banks, B.; Birch, P.R.J.; Bryan, G.J.; Castelli, L.; Jones, J.T.; Kumar, A.; Phillips, M.S.; Purvis, A.; Ramsay, G.; Waugh, R.; Wishart, J. (2002) Investigating gene expression in nematode-infected roots., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp122-124.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Blok, V.C.; Phillips, M.S.; Trudgill, D.L. (1999) The novel mitochondrial genome architecture of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida.., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1998/99, pp150-152.
- Turnbull, D.; Breen, S.A.; Naqvi, S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Engelhardt, S.; Brunner, F.; Birch, P.R.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2014) Phytophthora infestans effector PiAVR2 targets StBSL1 to activate the Brassinosteriod pathway., XVI International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 2014, Rhodes, Greece, 6-10 July 2014.
- Boevink, P.; Wang, X.; McLellan, H.; Armstrong, M.; Bukharova, T.; Birch, P.R.J. (2014) Targeting of PP1c isoforms by an RXLR effector., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Meeting, Norwich, July 2014.
- Turnbull, D.; Breen, S.A.; Naqvi, S.; Yang, L.; Murphy, F.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Engelhardt, S.; Welsh, L.; Hein, I.; Zhan, J.; Birch, P.R.J.; Gilroy, E.M. (2014) Pumped up on (brassino) steroids: multiple Phytophthora infestans effectors manipulate the Brassinosteroid pathway in potato., FESPB/EPSO 2014 Congress, The Convention Centre, Dublin, 22-26 June 2014.
- Breen, S.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Morales, J.G.; Hein, I.; Douglas, E.; Boevink, P.; McLellan, H.; Randall, E.; Tian, Z.D.; Avrova, A.O.; Pritchard, L.; Lokossou, A.A.; Govers, F.; van der Vossen, E.A.G.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; Brunner, F.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Avr2, an RXLR effector from Phytophthora infestans., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Boevink, P.; Bukharova, T.; McLellan, H.; Ramos, M.; Gilroy, E.M.; Pritchard, L.; Whisson, S.C.; Beynon, J.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Identifying candidate host 'targets' of Phytophthora infestans translocated RXLR proteins., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
- Engelhardt, S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Boevink, P.; Ramos, M.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) R3a-mediated recognition of AVR3a: Cell biological and biochemical characterisation., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
- Gilroy, E.M.; Hein, I.; McLellan, H.; Breen, S.; Engelhardt, S.; Tian, Z.D.; Seman, Z.A.; Pritchard, L.; Armstrong, M.R.; Randall, E.; Avrova, A.O.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Lees, A.K.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; van West, P.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Using knowledge of RXLR effectors to seek durable resistance., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Congress, Toulouse, France, 6-8 June 2010.
- Gilroy, E.M.; Breen, S.; Hein, I.; Tian, Z.D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Douglas, E.; Lokossou, A.A.; Boevink, P.; McLellan, H.; Randall, E.; Morales, J.G.; Avrova, A.O.; Pritchard, L.; van der Vossen, E.A.G.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) Amino acid polymorphisms upstream of the RXLR motif in Phytophthora infestans effector Avr2 condition R gene recognition., The Fungal Cell, British Mycological Society Meeting, Westpark Conference Centre, Dundee, 1-4 September 2009.
- Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Bos, J.; Taylor, R.; Morales, J.; Hein, I.; Douglas, E.; Boevink, P.; Avrova, A.O.; Breen, S.; van West, P.; Pritchard, L.; Whisson, S.C.; Sadanandom, A.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) Functional analysis of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effectors Avr2 and Avr3a., Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, USA, 17-22 March 2009.
- Birch, P.R.J.; Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Bos, J.; Taylor, R.M.; Morales, J.G.; Hein, I.; Douglas, E.; Boevink, P.; Breen, S.; Pritchard, L.; Whisson, S.C.; Sadanandom, A.; Kamoun, S. (2009) Localisation and function of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effectors and their host targets., XIV MPMI Conference, Montreal, Canada, 19-23 July 2009.
- Boevink, P.; Ramos, M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Allen, R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Donovan, S.; Rehmany, A.; Beynon, J.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) Evolutionarily distinct RXLR effectors from distantly related oomycetes target the plant exocyst., 14th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Quebec, Canada, 19-23 July 2009.
- Whisson, S.C.; Boevink, P.; Moleleki, L.N.; Avrova, A.O.; Morales, J.G.; Gilroy, E.M.; Armstrong, M.R.; Toth, I.K.; Pritchard, L.; Birch, P.R.J. (2007) A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells., XIII International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sorrento, Italy, 22-26 July 2007.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J. (2006) Gene signalling in the Phytophthora infestans-potato interaction., Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network, Wageningen, 4-7 May 2006.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2002) Cloning of avirulence genes from Phytophthora infestans., Molecular Biology of Fungal Pathogens XIII, Gregynog, Wales, 17-19 July 2002.
- Blok, V.C.; Neilson, R.; Armstrong, M.R.; Castelli, L.; Trudgill, D.L.; Phillips, M.S. (2001) Host selection for parasite phenotypes and genotypes., British Society for Parasitology, Spring Meeting, University of Keele, 17-20 April 2001.
- Mantelin, S; Nguyen Thi, H.; Ho-Bich, H.; Armstrong, M.; Xiong, L.; Jones, J.T.; Hein, I.; Bellafiore, S. (2019) Towards the characterisation of a novel resistance gene to control the rice root-knot nematode., XVIIIth International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Glasgow, Scotland, 14-18 July 2019. (Poster)
- Sudermann, M.; Armstrong, M.; Lim, J.T.Y.; Hein, I.; Smart, C.D. (2018) Effector diversity within the US-23 clonal lineage of Phytophthora infestans., Phytopathology, 108, S1.208. Abstract.
- Boevink, P.; Bukharova, T.; McLellan, H.; Armstrong, M.R.; Gilroy, E.M.; Birch, P.R.J. (2010) Imaging plant-pathogen interactions: Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector localisation in planta., 9th International Mycological Congress,The Biology of Fungi, Edinburgh, 1-6 August 2010 (Poster).
- Hein, I.; Whisson, S.C.; Armstrong, M.; Gilroy, E.M.; Avrova, A.O.; Tian, Z.; Chapman, S.N.; Birch, P.R.J.; Bryan, G.J. (2010) Identifying key Phytophthora infestans effectors as targets for more durable late blight resistance., 7th Solanaceae Conference 2010, Dundee, 5-9 September 2010, 155 (Poster).
- Gilroy, E.M.; Breen, S.; Morales, J.G.; Lokossou, A.A.; Ramos, B.; Armstrong, M.R.; Hein, I.; Boevink, P.; Pritchard, L.; van der Vossen, E.A.G.; Vleeshouwers, V.G.A.A.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2009) Cloning and functional analysis of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector, Avr2., 22nd New Phytologist Symposium on Effectors in Plant-Microbe Interactions, INRA Versailles Research Centre, Paris, France, 13-16 September 2009 (Poster).
- Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2007) Yeast 2 hybrid screening as a method for the identification of plant targets of oomycete effector protein Avr3a., BSPP Presential Meeting, University of Bath, 12-14 September 2007 (Poster).
- Morales, J.; Whisson, S.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Armstrong, M.R.; Kamoun, S.; Birch, P.R.J. (2007) Screening potato genotypes for responses to RXLR class effector genes from Phytophthora infestans., 13th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sorrento, Italy, 21-26 July 2007 (Poster).
- Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Pritchard, L.; Bos, J.I.B.; Venter, E.; Avrova, A.O.; Rehmany, A.P.; Huang, S.; Kamoun, S.; Beynon, J.; Birch, P.R.J. (2005) An ancestral oomycete locus contains late blight avirulence gene Avr3a, encoding a protein that is recognised in the host cell cytoplasm., Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions Conference, Merida, Mexico, 14-19 December 2005 (Poster).
- Avrova, A.O.; Whisson, S.C.; Young, V.; Armstrong, M.R.; Grenville, L.J.; van West, P.; Birch, P.R.J. (2004) Functional analysis of Phytophthora infestans genes., Molecular Biology of Fungal Pathogens XV, Gregynog, Wales, 17-19 July 2004, 10 (Poster).
- Armstrong, M.R.; Avrova, A.O.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2003) Cloning avirulence genes from Phytophthora infestans., XXII Fungal Gnetics Conference, Pacific Grove, California, 18-23 March 2003 (Poster).
- Whisson, S.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Avrova, A.O.; Birch, P.R.J. (2003) Physical mapping and positional cloning of avirulence genes in Phytophthora infestans., 8th International Congress of Plant Pathology, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-7 February 2003 (Poster).
- Whisson, S.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Kamoun, S.; Rehmany, A.; Beynon, J.; Avrova, A.O.; Birch, P.R.J. (2003) A candidate AVr3 gene from Phytophthora infestans., BSPP Presidential Meeting, University of Nottingham, 15-18 December 2003 (Poster).
- Armstrong, M.R.; Avrova, A.O.; Whisson, S.C.; Birch, P.R.J. (2003) Cloning of avirulence genes from Phytophthora infestans., 11th International Congress on Molecular Plant-microbe Interactions, St. Petersburg, Russia, 18-26 July 2003 (Poster).
- Blok, V.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Phillips, M.S.; Paterson, A.; Young, V.; Avrova, A.O.; Birch, P.R.J. (2003) Expression of a WRKY-like transcription factor in potato roots in response to infection by potato cyst nematodes (PCN)., BSPP Presidential Meeting 2003 - Plant-Pathogen Genomics - from Sequence to Application, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, 15-18 December 2003, 43 (Abstract).
- Armstrong, M.R.; Banks, B.; Birch, P.R.J.; Jones, J.T.; Phillips, M.S.; Wishart, J.; Blok, V.C. (2001) Comparisons of incompatible and compatible plant-parasitic nematode/host interactions., MPMI '01 Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 10-14 July 2001 (Abstract).
- Blok, V.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Neilson, R.; Castelli, L.; Trudgill, D.L.; Phillips, M.S. (2001) Diversity within Globodera pallida: molecular and biological., Proceedings of the Third International Russian Society of Nematologists Meeting, Moscow State University, Moscow, July 2001 (Abstract).
- Armstrong, M.R.; Banks, B.; Birch, P.R.J.; Jones, J.T.; Phillips, M.S.; Wishart, J.; Blok, V.C. (2000) Interactions between host roots and plant-parasitic nematodes., British Society of Plant Pathology Presidential Meeting, Wye, Kent, 18-20 December 2000. (Abstract).
- Blok, V.C.; Phillips, M.S.; Armstrong, M.R.; Jones, J.T.; Trudgill, D.L. (2000) Prospects for managing Globodera pallida., 39th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nematologists, Quebec, Canada, 24-28 June 2000 (Abstract).
- Armstrong, M.R.; Blok, V.C.; Phillips, M.S.; Trudgill, D.L. (2000) Biological and molecular variation in potato cyst nematode (Globodera pallida)., XXXII Annual Meeting of the Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America, Alabama, USA, 46-47 (Abstract).
- Trudgill, D.L.; Armstrong, M.R.; Blok, V.C.; Phillips, M.S. (1999) Molecular and biological variation in introduced and indigenous white potato cyst nematode (Globodera pallida)., British Ecological Society, University of Leeds, 56 (Abstract).
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