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
- 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.
- 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., (2018) Pathogen enrichment sequencing (PenSeq) enables population genomic studies in oomycetes., New Phytologist. Published online.
- 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, 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, Humana Press, New York, Volume 1848, pp199-206.
- 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.
- 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.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Pritchard, L.; Bos, J.I.B.; Venter, E.; Avrova, A.O.; Rehmany, A.P.; Bohme, U.; Brooks, K.; Cherevach, I.; Hamlin, N.; White, B.; Fraser, A.; Lord, A.; Quail, M.A.; Churcher, C.; Hall, N.; Berriman, M.; Huang, S.; Kamoun, S.; Beynon, J.L.; Birch, P.R.J., (2005) An ancestral oomycete locus contains late blight avirulence gene Avr3a, encoding a protein that is recognised in the host cytoplasm., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 102, 7766-7771.
- Rehmany, A.P.; Gordon, A.; Rose, L.E.; Allen, R.L.; Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Kamoun, S.; Tyler, B.M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Beynon, J.L., (2005) Differential recognition of highly divergent downy mildew avirulence gene alleles by RPP1 resistance genes from two Arabidopsis lines., Plant Cell, 17, 1839-1850.
- Liu, Z.; Bos, J.I.B.; Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; da Cunha, L.; Torto-Alalibo, T.; Win, J.; Avrova, A.O.; Wright, F.; Birch, P.R.J.; Kamoun, S., (2005) Patterns of diversifying selection in the phytotoxin-like scr74 gene family of Phytophthora infestans., Molecular Biology and Evolution, 22, 659-572.
- He, Y.; Jones, J.T.; Armstrong, M.R.; Lamberti, F.; Moens, M., (2005) The mitochondrial genome of Xiphinema americanum sensu stricto (Nematoda: Enoplea):considerable economization in the length and structural features of encoded genes., Journal of Molecular Evolution, 61, 819-833.
- 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.; Venter, E.; Birch, P.R.J., (2003) Potato late blight in the 21st century: new tools for an old problem., Recent Research Developments in Microbiology, 7, 43-451.
- Birch, P.R.J.; Avrova, A.O.; Armstrong, M.R.; Venter, E.; Taleb, N.; Phillips, M.S.; Gilroy, E.M.; Whisson, S.C., (2003) The potato - Phytophthora infestans interaction transcriptome., Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 25, 226-231.
- Bos, J.I.; Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Torto, T.A.; Ochwo, M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Kamoun, S., (2003) Intraspecific comparative genomics to identify avirulence genes from Phytophthora., New Phytologist, 159, 63-72.
- 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.
- Blok, V.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Neilson, R.; Castelli, L.; Trudgill, D.L.; Phillips, M.S., (2001) Diversity within Globodera pallida: molecular and biological., Russian Journal of Nematology, 9, 145.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Banks, B.; Birch, P.R.J.; Jones, J.T.; Phillips, M.S.; Wishart, J.; Blok, V.C., (2001) Nematode/host interactions: differences in gene expression in compatible and incompatible interactions., Russian Journal of Nematology, 9, 143.
- Blok, V.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Tzortzakakis, E.A.; Phillips, M.S., (2000) Virulence and avirulence of root-knot nematodes on tomato., 25th International Nematology Symposium, Herzliya, Israel, 2-7 April 2000. Nematology, 2, 745.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Blok, V.C.; Phillips, M.S., (2000) A multipartite mitrochondrial genome in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Genetics, 154, 181-192.
- 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.
- Jones, J.T.; Phillips, M.S.; Armstrong, M.R., (1997) Molecular approaches in plant nematology., Fundamental and Applied Nematology, 20, 1-14.
- 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.
- 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., (2018) Pathogen enrichment sequencing (PenSeq) enables population genomic studies in oomycetes., New Phytologist. Published online.
- 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, 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.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Pritchard, L.; Bos, J.I.B.; Venter, E.; Avrova, A.O.; Rehmany, A.P.; Bohme, U.; Brooks, K.; Cherevach, I.; Hamlin, N.; White, B.; Fraser, A.; Lord, A.; Quail, M.A.; Churcher, C.; Hall, N.; Berriman, M.; Huang, S.; Kamoun, S.; Beynon, J.L.; Birch, P.R.J., (2005) An ancestral oomycete locus contains late blight avirulence gene Avr3a, encoding a protein that is recognised in the host cytoplasm., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 102, 7766-7771.
- Rehmany, A.P.; Gordon, A.; Rose, L.E.; Allen, R.L.; Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Kamoun, S.; Tyler, B.M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Beynon, J.L., (2005) Differential recognition of highly divergent downy mildew avirulence gene alleles by RPP1 resistance genes from two Arabidopsis lines., Plant Cell, 17, 1839-1850.
- Liu, Z.; Bos, J.I.B.; Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; da Cunha, L.; Torto-Alalibo, T.; Win, J.; Avrova, A.O.; Wright, F.; Birch, P.R.J.; Kamoun, S., (2005) Patterns of diversifying selection in the phytotoxin-like scr74 gene family of Phytophthora infestans., Molecular Biology and Evolution, 22, 659-572.
- He, Y.; Jones, J.T.; Armstrong, M.R.; Lamberti, F.; Moens, M., (2005) The mitochondrial genome of Xiphinema americanum sensu stricto (Nematoda: Enoplea):considerable economization in the length and structural features of encoded genes., Journal of Molecular Evolution, 61, 819-833.
- Whisson, S.C.; Avrova, A.O.; Armstrong, M.R.; Venter, E.; Birch, P.R.J., (2003) Potato late blight in the 21st century: new tools for an old problem., Recent Research Developments in Microbiology, 7, 43-451.
- Birch, P.R.J.; Avrova, A.O.; Armstrong, M.R.; Venter, E.; Taleb, N.; Phillips, M.S.; Gilroy, E.M.; Whisson, S.C., (2003) The potato - Phytophthora infestans interaction transcriptome., Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 25, 226-231.
- Bos, J.I.; Armstrong, M.R.; Whisson, S.C.; Torto, T.A.; Ochwo, M.; Birch, P.R.J.; Kamoun, S., (2003) Intraspecific comparative genomics to identify avirulence genes from Phytophthora., New Phytologist, 159, 63-72.
- Blok, V.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Neilson, R.; Castelli, L.; Trudgill, D.L.; Phillips, M.S., (2001) Diversity within Globodera pallida: molecular and biological., Russian Journal of Nematology, 9, 145.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Banks, B.; Birch, P.R.J.; Jones, J.T.; Phillips, M.S.; Wishart, J.; Blok, V.C., (2001) Nematode/host interactions: differences in gene expression in compatible and incompatible interactions., Russian Journal of Nematology, 9, 143.
- Blok, V.C.; Armstrong, M.R.; Tzortzakakis, E.A.; Phillips, M.S., (2000) Virulence and avirulence of root-knot nematodes on tomato., 25th International Nematology Symposium, Herzliya, Israel, 2-7 April 2000. Nematology, 2, 745.
- Armstrong, M.R.; Blok, V.C.; Phillips, M.S., (2000) A multipartite mitrochondrial genome in the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida., Genetics, 154, 181-192.
- Jones, J.T.; Phillips, M.S.; Armstrong, M.R., (1997) Molecular approaches in plant nematology., Fundamental and Applied Nematology, 20, 1-14.
- 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, Humana Press, New York, Volume 1848, pp199-206.
- 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.
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