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Fine dissection of limber pine resistance to Cronartium ribicola using targeted sequencing of the NLR family by Liu, Jun-Jun, Schoettle, Anna W, Sniezko, Richard A, Williams, Holly, Zamany, Arezoo, Rancourt, Benjamin

“…Abstract Background Proteins with nucleotide binding site (NBS) and leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domains (NLR) make up one of most important resistance (R)…”
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Disease resistance in whitebark pine and potential for restoration of a threatened species by Sniezko, Richard A., Johnson, Jeremy S., Kegley, Angelia, Danchok, Robert

“…Societal impact statement Forests world‐wide are being negatively affected by non‐native, invasive pathogens and pests, and some tree species face uncertain…”
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Will Genomic Information Facilitate Forest Tree Breeding for Disease and Pest Resistance? by Richard A. Sniezko, Jennifer Koch, Jun-Jun Liu, Jeanne Romero-Severson

“…Forest trees are beleaguered by the ever-increasing onslaught of invasive pests and pathogens, with some species in danger of functional extinction. Recent…”
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Assessing the durability, stability, and usability of genetic resistance to a non‐native fungal pathogen in two pine species by Sniezko, Richard A., Johnson, Jeremy S., Savin, Douglas P.

“…Societal Impact Statement Damage to white pine forests by white pine blister rust, caused by the non‐native invasive fungal pathogen Cronartium ribicola, is…”
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Comparative Transcriptomics and RNA-Seq-Based Bulked Segregant Analysis Reveals Genomic Basis Underlying Cronartium ribicola vcr2 Virulence by Liu, Jun-Jun, Sniezko, Richard A, Zamany, Arezoo, Williams, Holly, Omendja, Kangakola, Kegley, Angelia, Savin, Douglas P

“…Breeding programs of five-needle pines have documented both major gene resistance (MGR) and quantitative disease resistance (QDR) to (Cri), a non-native,…”
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Characterization of Five Novel Mitoviruses in the White Pine Blister Rust Fungus Cronartium ribicola by Liu, Jun-Jun, Chan, Danelle, Xiang, Yu, Williams, Holly, Li, Xiao-Rui, Sniezko, Richard A, Sturrock, Rona N

“…The white pine blister rust (WPBR) fungus Cronartium ribicola (J.C. Fisch.) is an exotic invasive forest pathogen causing severe stem canker disease of native…”
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Genetic Resistance to Fusiform Rust in Southern Pines and White Pine Blister Rust in White Pines—A Contrasting Tale of Two Rust Pathosystems—Current Status and Future Prospects by Richard A. Sniezko, Jason Smith, Jun-Jun Liu, Richard C. Hamelin

“…Damage or mortality from pathogens can reduce productivity of forest plantations, as well as significantly harm natural forest ecosystems. Genetic resistance…”
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Association Mapping and Development of Marker-Assisted Selection Tools for the Resistance to White Pine Blister Rust in the Alberta Limber Pine Populations by Liu, Jun-Jun, Sniezko, Richard A, Sissons, Robert, Krakowski, Jodie, Alger, Genoa, Schoettle, Anna W, Williams, Holly, Zamany, Arezoo, Zitomer, Rachel A, Kegley, Angelia

“…Since its introduction to North America in the early 1900s, white pine blister rust (WPBR) caused by the fungal pathogen has resulted in substantial economic…”
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First Report of Fungal Endophyte Communities and Non-Defensive Phytochemistry of Biocontrol-Inoculated Whitebark Pine Seedlings in a Restoration Planting by Ehren R. V. Moler, Keith Reinhardt, Richard A. Sniezko, Ken Aho

“…Plant endosymbionts (endophytes) influence host plant health and express genotype-dependent ecological relationships with plant hosts. A fungal species…”
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Endophyte-mediated resistance against white pine blister rust in Pinus monticola by Ganley, Rebecca J., Sniezko, Richard A., Newcombe, George

“…Induced resistance responses, including fungal endophyte-mediated resistance, have been well studied in both agricultural crops and grass systems. Yet, the…”
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Breeding trees resistant to insects and diseases: putting theory into application by Sniezko, Richard A., Koch, Jennifer

“…Tree species world-wide are under increasing threat from diseases and insects, many of which are non-native. The integrity of our natural, urban and plantation…”
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Characterization of Cronartium ribicola dsRNAs reveals novel members of the family Totiviridae and viral association with fungal virulence by Liu, Jun-Jun, Xiang, Yu, Sniezko, Richard A, Schoettle, Anna W, Williams, Holly, Zamany, Arezoo

“…Mycoviruses were recently discovered in the white pine blister rust (WPBR) fungus Cronartium ribicola (J.C. Fisch.). Detection and characterization of their…”
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Reintroduction of at-risk forest tree species using biotechnology depends on regulatory policy, informed by science and with public support by Jacobs, Douglass F., Dumroese, R. Kasten, Brennan, Andrea N., Campbell, Faith T., Conrad, Anna O., Delborne, Jason A., Fitzsimmons, Sara, Flores, David, Giardina, Christian P., Greenwood, Leigh, Martín, Juan A., Merkle, Scott A., Nelson, C. Dana, Newhouse, Andrew E., Powell, William A., Romero-Severson, Jeanne, Showalter, David N., Sniezko, Richard A., Strauss, Steven H., Westbrook, Jared, Woodcock, Paul

“…Introduced pests (insects and pathogens) have rapidly increased the numbers of at-risk native forest tree species worldwide. Some keystone species have been…”
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Proactive intervention to sustain high-elevation pine ecosystems threatened by white pine blister rust by Schoettle, Anna W, Sniezko, Richard A

“…Only recently have efforts begun to address how management might prepare currently healthy forests to affect the outcome of invasion by established non-native…”
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Genetic resistance to Phytophthora lateralis in Port‐Orford‐cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) – Basic building blocks for a resistance program by Sniezko, Richard A., Johnson, Jeremy S., Reeser, Paul, Kegley, Angelia, Hansen, Everett M., Sutton, Wendy, Savin, Douglas P.

“…Societal Impact Statement Non‐native pathogens and pests cause high mortality to tree species globally and may imperil the future viability of associated…”
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Prospects for developing durable resistance in populations of forest trees by Sniezko, Richard A., Liu, Jun-Jun

“…Long-lived tree species face a myriad of biotic and abiotic threats over their lifetime, some of the most serious being the presence of non-native diseases or…”
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Limber pine (Pinus flexilis James) genetic map constructed by exome‐seq provides insight into the evolution of disease resistance and a genomic resource for genomics‐based breeding by Liu, Jun‐Jun, Schoettle, Anna W., Sniezko, Richard A., Yao, Fupan, Zamany, Arezoo, Williams, Holly, Rancourt, Benjamin

“…Summary Limber pine (Pinus flexilis) is a keystone species of high‐elevation forest ecosystems of western North America, but some parts of the geographic range…”
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Genomic basis of white pine blister rust quantitative disease resistance and its relationship with qualitative resistance by Weiss, Matthew, Sniezko, Richard A., Puiu, Daniela, Crepeau, Marc W., Stevens, Kristian, Salzberg, Steven L., Langley, Charles H., Neale, David B., De La Torre, Amanda R.

“…Summary The genomic architecture and molecular mechanisms controlling variation in quantitative disease resistance loci are not well understood in plant…”
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Comparative Association Mapping Reveals Conservation of Major Gene Resistance to White Pine Blister Rust in Southwestern White Pine ( Pinus strobiformis ) and Limber Pine ( P. flexilis ) by Liu, Jun-Jun, Schoettle, Anna W, Sniezko, Richard A, Waring, Kristen M, Williams, Holly, Zamany, Arezoo, Johnson, Jeremy S, Kegley, Angelia

“…All native North American white pines are highly susceptible to white pine blister rust (WPBR) caused by . Understanding genomic diversity and molecular…”
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Transcriptome analysis of the white pine blister rust pathogen Cronartium ribicola: de novo assembly, expression profiling, and identification of candidate effectors by Liu, Jun-Jun, Sturrock, Rona N, Sniezko, Richard A, Williams, Holly, Benton, Ross, Zamany, Arezoo

“…The fungus Cronartium ribicola (Cri) is an economically and ecologically important forest pathogen that causes white pine blister rust (WPBR) disease on…”
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