Brief CV for Dr. Dr. Gerrit Haatje Jan Kema

Waalwijk, C., de Vries, Ph.M., Köhl, J., Xu, X., Van der Lee T.A.J. and Kema G.H.J., 2008. Development of quantitative detection methods for Fusarium in cereals and their application. In: Proceedings of Mycoglobe meeting, Accra, Ghana, september 2005; “Mycotoxins: Detection Methods, Management, Public Health and Agricultural Trade” J. Leslie, R. Bandyopadhyay and A. Visconti (eds). Pp.195-205. CAB International. ISBN 978-1-84593-082-0.

De Capdeville, G., Souza, M.T., Szinay, D., Diniz, L. E., Wijnker, E., De Jong, H., Swennen, R., and Kema, G.H.J., 2008. The potential of high-resolution BAC-FISH in Banana (Musa  spp.). Euphytica ..: accepted.

Mehrabi, R., Ben M’Barek, S., Van der Lee, T.A.J., Waalwijk, C., De Wit, P.J.G.M., and Kema G.H.J., 2008. Ga and Gb proteins regulate the cAMP pathway that is required for development and pathogenicity of the phytopathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola. Eukaryotic Cell: Accepted

Dufresne, M., Van der Lee, T.A.J., Ben M’Barek, S., Xu, X., Zhang, X., Liu, T., Waalwijk, C., Zhang, W., Kema, G.H.J., and Daboussi, M.J., 2008. Transposon-tagging identifies novel pathogenicity genes in Fusarium graminearum. Fungal Genet. Biol. Accepted

H-C, Jing, Lovell D., Gutteridge, R., Kornyukhin, D., Mitrofanova, O.P., Kema, G.H.J. and Hammond-Kosack, K., 2008. Phenotypic and genetic analysis of the Triticum monococcum – Mycosphaerella graminicola interaction. New Phytologist 179:1121–1132.

Bluhm, B.H., Dhillon, B., Lindquist, E.A., Kema, G.H.J., Goodwin, S.B., and Dunkle, L.D., 2008. Analyses of expressed sequence tags from the maize foliar pathogen Cercospora zeae-maydis identify novel genes expressed during vegetative, infectious, and reproductive growth. BMC Genomics accepted

Torriani, S.F.F., Goodwin, S.B., Kema, G.H.J., and McDonald, B.A. 2008. Intraspecific comparison of the mitochondrial genome sequences from two strains of the plant pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola. Fungal Genetics and Biology 45: 628–637.

Kema, G.H.J., Van der Lee, T.A.J., Mendes, O., Verstappen, E.C.P., Klein Lankhorst, R., Sandbrink, H.,  Van der Burgt, A., Zwiers, L-H., Csukai, M., and Waalwijk, C., 2008. Large Scale Gene Discovery in the Septoria Tritici Blotch Fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola With a Focus on In Planta Expression. Molec. Plant-Microbe Interact. 21:1249-1260.

Roohparvar, R., De Waard, M.A., Kema, G.H.J., and Zwiers, L.-H., 2007. MgMfs1, a major facilitator superfamily transporter from the fungal wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola, is a strong protectant against natural toxic compounds and fungicides. Fungal Genet. Biol. 44:378-388.

Mehrabi, R., Taga, M., and Kema, G.H.J., 2007. Electrophoretic and cytological karyotyping of the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola. Mycologia 99:804-812.

Shetty, N.P., Mehrabi, R., Lütken, H., Haldrup, A., Kema, G.H.J., Collinge, D.B., and Jørgensen, H.J.L. 2007. Role of hydrogen peroxide during the interaction between the hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen Septoria tritici and wheat. New Phytologist 174: 637-647

Arzanlou, M., Abeln, E.C.A, Kema, G.H.J., Waalwijk, C., Carlier, J. and Crous, P.W. 2007. Molecular diagnostics in the Sigatoka disease complex of banana, Phytopatology 97:1112-1118.

Goodwin, S.B., Van der Lee, T.A.J., Cavaletto, J.R., Te Lintel Hekkert, B., and Kema, G.H.J. 2007. Database mining and genetic mapping of highly polymorphic microsatellites in Mycosphaerella graminicola. Fungal Genet. Biol. 44:398-414.

Ware, S.B., Verstappen, E.C.P., Breeden, J., Cavaletto, J.R., Goodwin, S.B., Waalwijk, C., Crous, P.W., and Kema, G.H.J. 2007. Discovery of a functional Mycosphaerella teleomorph in the presumed asexual barley pathogen Septoria passerinii. Fungal Genet. Biol. 44: 389-397.

Conde, L., Waalwijk, C., Canto-Canché, B.B., Kema, G.H.J., Crous, P.W., James, A.C., Abeln, E.C.A., 2007. Isolation and characterization of the mating type locus of Mycosphaerella fijiensis, the causal agent of black leaf streak disease of banana. Molec. Plant Pathol. 8 (1): 111-120.

Dufresne, M., Hua-Van, A., Abd el Wahab, H., Ben M’Barek, S., Vasnier, C., Teysset, L., Kema, G.H.J., Daboussi, M.J., 2007. Transposition of a fungal MITE through the action of a Tc1-like transposase. Genetics 175:441-452.

Mehrabi, R., and Kema, G.H.J., 2006. Protein Kinase A subunits of the ascomycete pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola regulate asexual fructification, filamentation, melanization and osmosensing. Molec. Plant Pathol. 7 (6): 565-577.

Cousin, A., Mehrabi, R., Guilleroux, M., Dufresne, M., Van der Lee, Th.A.J., Waalwijk, C., Langin, T., and Kema, G.H.J., 2006. The MAP kinase-encoding gene MgFus3 of the non-appressorium phytopathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola is required for penetration and in vitro pycnidia formation. Molec. Plant Pathol. 7 (4): 269-278.

Mehrabi, R., Zwiers, L.H., De Waard, M., and Kema, G.H.J. 2006. MgHog1 regulates dimorphism and pathogenicity in the fungal wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 19: 1262-1269.

Mehrabi, R., Van der Lee, Th.A.J., Waalwijk, C., and Kema, G.H.J. 2006. MgSlt2, a cellular integrity MAP kinase of the fungal wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola, is dispensable for penetration but essential for invasive growth. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 19:389-398

Van der Lee, T.A.J., Yu, D., Jalink, H., van der Schoor, R., Waalwijk, C. and. Kema G.H.J. 2005. Tools to analyse the complexitiy of fungal populations and resistance in the wheat -Fusarium pathosystem. In: Modern fungicides and antifungal compounds IV (Eds. Dehne, H.W., Gisi, U., Russell, P.E. and Lyr, H. Proceedings of the 14th International Reinhardsbrunn Symposium on Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds. April 25-29, Reinhardsbrunn, Germany, 311-320.

Goodwin, S.B., Waalwijk, C. and Kema, G.H.J. 2004. Genetics and genomics of Mycosphaerella graminicola, a model for the Dothideales. In: Applied Mycology  & Biotechnology. Volume 4. Fungal Genomics ©2004 Elsevier Science B., 315-330.

Waalwijk, C., Van der Lee, T.A.J., De Vries, I., Hesselink, T., Arts, J. and Kema, G.H.J., 2004. Synteny in toxigenic Fusarium species: the fumonisin gene cluster and the mating type region as examples. European Journal of Plant Pathology 100: 533-544.

Waalwijk, C., Van der Heide, R., De Vries, I., Van der Lee, T.A.J., Schoen, C.D., Costrel-de Corainville, G., Häuser-Hahn, I., Kastelein, P., Köhl, J., Lonnet, Ph., Demarquet, T. and Kema, G.H.J., 2004. Quantitative detection of Fusarium species in wheat using TaqMan. European Journal of Plant Pathology 110: 481-494.

Zhan, J., Kema, G.H.J. and McDonald, B.A. 2004. Evidence for natural selection in the mitochondrial genome of Mycosphaerella graminicola. Phytopathology 94:261-267.

Kema, G.H.J., M. van Ginkel, and M. Harrabi, (eds.) 2003. Global insights into the Septoria and Stagonospora Diseases of Cereals. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Septoria and Stagonospora Diseases of Cereals. 8-12 December, 2003, Tunis, Tunisia

Waalwijk, C., Kastelein, P., de Vries, I., Kerényi, Z., Van der Lee, T., Hesselink, T., Köhl, J., and Kema, G.H.J. 2003. Major changes in Fusarium spp. in wheat in The Netherlands. European Journal Plant Pathol. 109:743-754.

Goodwin, S.B., Cavaletto, J.R., Zhang, G., Waalwijk, C. and Kema, G.H.J. 2003. Cloning and analysis of the mating type idiomorphs from the barley pathogen Septoria passerinii. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 269: 1-12.

Stergiopoulos, I., Van Nistelrooy, J.G.M., Kema, G.H.J. and De Waard, M.A., 2003. Multiple mechanisms account for variation in base-line sensitivity to azole fungicides in field isolates of Mycosphaerella graminicola. Pest Management Sci 59:1333-1343.

Brading, P.A., Kema, G.H.J., Verstappen, E.C.P., Brown, J.K.M., 2002. A gene-for-gene relationship in septoria tritici blotch of wheat. Phytopathology: 92:439-445.

Kema, G. H. J., Goodwin, S. B., Hamza, S., Verstappen, E. C. P., Cavaletto, J. R., Van der Lee, T. A. J., Hagenaar-de Weerdt, M., Bonants, P. J. M., and Waalwijk, C., 2002. A combined AFLP and RAPD genetic linkage map of Mycosphaerella graminicola, the septoria tritici leaf blotch pathogen of wheat. Genetics: 161:1497-1505.

Waalwijk, C., Mendes, O., Verstappen, E. C. P., De Waard, M. A., and Kema, G. H. J., 2002. Isolation and characterisation of the mating-type ideomorphs from the wheat septoria leaf blotch fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola. Fungal Genet. And Biol. 35:277-286

Zhan, J., Kema, G.H.J., Waalwijk, C. and McDonald, B.A., 2002. Distribution of mating type alleles in the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola over spatial scales from lesions to continents. Fungal Genet. and Biol.26: 128-136.

Brown, J.K.M., Kema, G.H.J., Forrer, H-R, Verstappen, E.C.P., Arraiano, L.S., Brading, P.A., Foster, E.M., Hecker, A. and Jenny, E. 2001. Resistance of wheat varieties to septoria tritici blotch caused by isolates of Mycosphaerella graminicola in field trials. Plant Pathology: 50:325-338.

Goodwin, S.B., Cavaletto, J.R., Waalwijk, C., and Kema, G.H.J., 2001. A DNA fingerprint probe from Mycosphaerella graminicola identifies an active transposable element. Phytopathology 91: 1181-1188.

Perrone, G., Logrieco, A., Kema, G.H.J., Ritieni, A., & Bottalico, A., 2000. Phytotoxic activity of Mycosphaerella graminicola culture filtrates. In: Phytosfere'99 - Highlights in European Plant Biotechnology Research and Technology Transfer (Eds. G.E. de Vries and K. Metzlaff). Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Plant Biotechnology, held in Rome Italy, from 7 to 9 June 1999. Pp. 39-45.

Kema, G. H. J., Verstappen, E. C. P., and Waalwijk, C., 2000. Avirulence in the wheat septoria tritici leaf blotch fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola is controlled by a single locus. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 13:1375-1379.

Kema, G.H.J., Verstappen, E.C.P., Waalwijk, C., Bonants, P.J.M., de Koning, J.R.A., Hagenaar-de Weerdt, M., Hamza, S., Koeken, J.G.P. and Van der Lee, T.A.J., 1999. Genetics of biological and molecular markers in Mycosphaerella graminicola, the cause of Septoria tritici leaf blotch of wheat. In: Septoria of Cereals, A study of pathosystems., (ed. J.A. Lucas, P. Bowyer and H.M. Anderson), CABI Publishing, CAB International, UK, USA. Pages 161-180.

Kema, G.H.J., and Van Silfhout, C.H., 1997. Genetic variation for virulence and resistance in the wheat-Myco­sphae­rella graminicola patho­system. III. Comparative seedling and adult plant experiments. Phyto­pathology 87: 266-272.

Pretorius, Z.A., Boshoff, W.H.P., and Kema, G.H.J., 1997. First report of Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici on wheat in South Africa. Plant Disease 81: 424.

Kema, G.H.J., 1996. Mycosphaerella graminicola on wheat; genetic variation and histopathology. PhD Thesis Wageningen Agricultural University, 141 pp.

Kema, G.H.J., 1996. Wheat rusts, an atlas of resistance genes [book review], European Journal of Plant Pathology 102:407-409.

Kema, G.H.J., Annone, J.G., Sayoud, R., Van Silfhout, C.H., Van Ginkel, M., and De Bree, J., 1996. Genetic variation for virulence and resistance in the wheat-Myco­sphae­rella graminicola pathosystem. I. Interactions between patho­gen isolates and host cul­tivars. Phytopathology 86:200-212.

Kema, G.H.J., Sayoud, R., Annone, J.G., and Van Silfhout, C.H., 1996. Genetic variation for virulence and resistance in the wheat-Myco­sphae­rella graminicola patho­system. II. Analysis of interactions between pathogen isolates and host culti­vars. Phytopathology 86:213-220.

Kema, G.H.J., Verstappen, E.C.P., Todorova, M., and Waalwijk, C., 1996.­ Successful crosses and molecular tetrad and progeny analyses demonstrate heterothallism in Mycosphaerella graminicola. Current Genetics 30:251-258.

Kema, G.H.J., Yu Dazhao, Rijkenberg, F.H.J., Shaw, M.W., and Baayen, R.P., 1996. Histology of the pathogenesis of Mycosphaerella graminicola in wheat. Phytopatho­logy 86: 777-786.

Kema, G.H.J., Niks, R.E., and Daamen, R.A. (Eds), 1996. Proceedings of the 9th Cereal Rusts and Powdery Mildews Conference, Lunteren, 2-6 September, The Netherlands, 325 pp.

Gilchrist, L., Van Ginkel, M., McNab, A., and Kema, G.H.J. (Eds), 1996. Proceedings of the Septoria workshop, 20-24 September 1993, CIMMYT, Mexico, 157 pp.

Kema, G.H.J., Lange, W, and Van Silfhout, C.H., 1995. Differential suppression of stripe rust resistance of synthetic wheat hexaploids derived from Triticum tur­gidum ssp. dIcoccoides and Aegilops squarrosa. Phytopathology 85:425-429.

Kema, G.H.J., 1992. Resistance in spelt wheat to yellow rust. I. Formal analysis and variation for gliadin patterns. Euphytica 63:207-217.

Kema, G.H.J., and Lange, W., 1992. Resistance in spelt wheat to yellow rust. II. Mono­somic analysis of the Iranian accession 415. Euphytica 63:219-224.

Kema, G.H.J., 1992. Resistance in spelt wheat to yellow rust. III. Phylogeneti­cal considera­tions. Euphytica 63:225-231.

Kema, G.H.J., and Annone, J.G., 1991. In vitro production of pycnidia by Sep­toria tritici. Neth.J.Pl.­Path. 97:65-72.

Van Dijk, P., Parlevliet, J.E., Kema, G.H.J., Zeven, A.C., and Stubbs, R.W., 1988. Characterisation of the durable resistance to yellow rust in old winter wheat cul­tivars in the Netherlands. Euphytica 38:149-158.

Kema, G.H.J., Zeven, A.C., and Stubbs, R.W., 1986. Resistance to yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis Westend.) in Triticum aestivum ssp. spelta. Cereal Rusts Bulletin 14:7-15.