PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS FROM FERNANDO LAB
Book Chapters: Fifteen
15.April S. Gislason, W. G. Dilantha Fernando, and Teresa R. de Kievit. 2019. Biosynthesized secondary metabolites for plant growth promotion. In Bioeconomy for Sustainable Development, 978-981-13-9430-0, 482280_1_En, (12) Eds. H.B. Singh, Chetan Keswani, M.S. Reddy, E.S. Royano and C.G. Estrada. Springer Nature (Singapore).
14. W.G. Dilantha Fernando and Teresa de Kievit. 2016. Understanding key mechanisms to enhance biological control of plant pathogens: Are we there yet? Perspectives of Plant Pathology in Genomic Era. Pages 449-455. Edited by P. Chowdappa, P. Sharma, D. Singh, and A.K. Misra. Published by Today & Tomorrow’s Printers & Publishers, Delhi, India.
13. Fernando, W.G. Dilantha Vidarshani Nawalage 2011. Bacterial, Fungal and Plant Volatile Compounds in Reducing Plant Pathogen Inoculums In: Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Nutrient Management. Ed. Maheshwari, D. K. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp.301-320 (Chapter 13) (invited book chapter).
12. Fernando. W.G. Dilantha 2011. Canola Diseases: Ecology and Control. in Encyclopedia of Pest Management. Vol II Ed. David Pimentel. Published by Taylor and Francis, pp..in press. (invited peer reviewed book chapter).
11. K. Vijay Krishna Kumar, M. S. Reddy, J. W. Kloepper, K. S. Lawrence, X. G. Zhou, D. E. Groth, S. Zhang, R. Sudhakara Rao, Qi Wang, M. R. B. Raju, S. Krishnam Raju, W.G.D. Fernando, H. Sudini, B. Du, M. E. Miller. 2011. Commercial Potential of Microbial Inoculants (PGPR) For Sheath Blight Management and Yield Enhancement of Rice In: Bacteria in Agrobiology: Crop Ecosystem. Ed. Maheshwari, D. K. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp…237-264 (Chapter 9) (invited book chapter).
10. Fernando, W.G.D., Ramarathnam, R., and Nakkeeran, S, 2009. Advances in crop protection practices for the environmental sustainability of cropping systems. In Integrated pest management: Innovation development process Editor R. Peshin. Publishers Springer. Pages 131-162.
9. McVetty, P.B.E., Fernando, W.G.D., Li, G., Tahir, M., and Zelmer, C. 2009. High-Eurcic acid, low-glucosinolate rapeseed (HEAR) cultivar development in Canada. In Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. Edited by Ching T Hou and Jei-Fu Shaw. CRC Press pages43-63.
8. Fernando, W.G.D., and R. Ramarathnam. 2008. Identification and use of potential bacterial organic antifungal volatiles in biocontrol. In Prospects and applications for plant-associated microbes. A laboratory manual Part A: Bacteria. edited by Pirttila, A.M., and S. Sorvari, Finland: BioBien Innovations. Pages 256-260.
7. Fernando, W.G.D., and R. Ramarathnam. 2008. Characterization of antifungal volatile producing organic antifungal volatiles in biocontrol. In Prospects and applications for plant-associated microbes. A laboratory manual Part A: Bacteria. edited by Pirttila, A.M., and S. Sorvari, Finland: BioBien Innovations. Pages 85-90.
6. Fernando, W.G.D., Chen, Y., and Ghanbarnia, K. 2007. Disease resistance to blackleg in oilseed rape. Editor S. K. Gupta; in Advances in Botanical Research by Elsevier Publishers, Los Angeles, CA pages 272-311.
5. Fernando, W.G.D., Ramarathnam, R., and de Kievit, T.R. 2007. Bacterial weapons of fungal destruction: Phyllosphere targeted biological control of Sclerotinia stem rot and blackleg diseases in canola (Brassica napus L.) in The Mycota Vol. IV: A Comprehensive treatise on fungi as experimental systems for basic and applied research. Edited by Karl Esser and Volume Edited by C.P. Kubicek and I. S. Druzhinina. Springer Inc. Publishers, Germany, pages 189-200.
4. Fernando, W.G.D., Nakkeeran, S., and Zhang, Y. 2005. Ecofriendly methods in combating Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary. in Recent Research in Developmental and Environmental Biology ISBN: 81-7736-217-8.
3. Fernando, W.G.D., Nakkeeran, S., Zhang, Y. 2005. Biosynthesis of antibiotics by PGPR and its relation in biocontrol of plant diseases. in PGPR: Biocontrol and Biofertilization. Edited by Z.A. Siddiqui. Springer Science, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Pages 67-109.
2. Nakkeeran, S., Fernando, W.G.D. Z.A. Siddiqui. 2005. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria formulations and its scope in commercialization for the management of pests and diseases. in PGPR: Biocontrol and Biofertilization. Edited by Z.A. Siddiqui. Springer Science Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Pages 257-296.
1. Paulitz, T.C., and Fernando, W.G.D. 1996. Biological seed treatments for the control of soil-borne plant pathogens, pp. 185-217 in: Management of Soil-Borne Diseases. ed. V.K. Gupta and R. Uthkede. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana (Pb), India. 354 pp.
a. Refereed Publications: published (166)
166. Liang Chai, Jinfang Zhang, Wannakuwattewaduge Gerard Dilantha Fernando, Haojie Li,
Xiaoqin Huang, Cheng Cui, Jun Jiang, Benchuan Zheng, Yong Liu, and Liangcai Jiang. 2021. Detection of Blackleg Resistance Gene Rlm1 in Double-Low Rapeseed Accessions from Sichuan Province, by Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR. Plant Pathol. J. 37(2) : 194-199
165. Fei Liu, Zhongwei Zou, Gary Peng, and W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2021. Leptosphaeria maculans Isolates Reveal Their Allele Frequency in Western Canada. Plant Disease. 0:1-9 • https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-20-1838-RE (IF = 3.8)
164. Zhongwei Zou, Fei Liu, Shuanglong Huang, and W. G. Dilantha Fernando 2021. Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of VQ Motif-containing Gene Family in Brassica napus and Functional Characterization of BnMKS1 in Response to Leptosphaeria maculans. Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-20-0134-R (IF=3.3)
163. Abbot O. Oghenekaro , Maria A. Oviedo-Ludena, Mitra Serajazari, Xiben Wang, Maria A. Henriquez, Nancy G. Wenner, Gretchen A. Kuldau, Alireza Navabi, Handley R. Kutcher and W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2021. Population Genetic Structure and Chemotype Diversity of Fusarium graminearum Populations from Wheat in Canada and North Eastern United States. Toxins. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13030180 (IF=3.8).
162. Ayooluwa J. Bolaji, Joey C. Wan, Christopher L. Manchur, Yvonne Lawley, Teresa R. de Kievit, W. G. Dilantha Fernando and Mark F. Belmonte. 2021. Microbial community dynamics of soybean (Glycene max) is affected by cropping sequence. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.632280 (IF = 4.2)
161. W.G.D. Fernando, Abbot O. Oghenekaro, James R. Turker, Ana Badea. 2021. Building on a foundation: advances in epidemiology, resistance breeding, and forecasting research for reducing the impact of fusarium head blight in wheat and barley. Canadian Journal of Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2020.1861102 (in press) (IF: 1.236).
160. Rashid, M. H., Liban, S., Zhang, X., Parks, P., Borhan, H., Fernando, W. G. D. 2021. Impact of brassica napus–Leptosphaeria maculans interaction on the emergence of virulent isolates of L. maculans, causal agent of blackleg disease in canola. Plant Pathology. 70(2): 459-474. https://doi:10.1111/ppa.13293 (IF=2.303)
159. Liang Chai, Bin Feng, Xun Liu, Liangcai Jiang, Shu Yuan, Zhongwei Zhang, Haojie Li, Jinfang Zhang, Dilantha Fernando, Chun Xu, Cheng Cui, Jun Jiang, Benchuan Zheng and Lintao Wu. 2021. Fine mapping of a locus underlying the ectopic blade-like outgrowths of leaf and screening its candidate genes in rapeseed (Brassica napus). Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.616844 (IF = 4.3)
158. Peng, G., Liu, C., Fernando, W. G. D., Lang, R., Mclaren, D. L., Johnson, E. N., Kutcher, H. R., Singh, G., Turkington, T. K., Yu, F. 2020. Early fungicide treatment reduces blackleg on canola but yield benefit is realized only on susceptible cultivars under high disease pressure. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. https://doi:10.1080/07060661.2020.1824166 (IF=1.273)
160. Shuanglong Huang, Xuehua Zhang and W.G. Dilantha Fernando. 2020. Directing Trophic Divergence in Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Antagonistic Phytohormones With NO Doubt? Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:600063. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.600063 (IF = 4.1)
156. Shah, N., Gislason, A. S., Becker, M., Belmonte, M. F., Fernando, W. G. D., de Kievit, T. R. 2020. Investigation of the quorum-sensing regulon of the biocontrol bacterium pseudomonas chlororaphis strain PA23. PloS One. 15(2), e0226232. https://doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0226232 (IF=2.740)
155. Yang, F., Zhang, J., Zhang, H., Ji, G., Zeng, L., Li, Y., Yu, C., Fernando, W. G. D., Chen, W. 2020. Bacterial blight induced shifts in endophytic microbiome of rice leaves and the enrichment of specific bacterial strains with pathogen antagonism. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:963. https://doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00963 (IF=4.407)
154. Soomro, W., Kutcher, R., Yu, F., Hwang, S., Fernando, W. G. D., Strelkov, S. E., Peng, G. 2020. The race structure of leptosphaeria maculans in western canada between 2012 and 2014 and its influence on blackleg of canola. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. https://doi:10.1080/07060661.2020.1829064 (IF=1.236)
153. Duncan, R.W., McVetty, P. B. E., Nugent-Rigby, J. A., Fernando, W. G. D., Li, G. 2020. Evolve Roundup Ready® high erucic acid, low glucosinolate hybrid summer rape. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 0(0): 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2019-0331 (IF=0.850) in press.
152. Chai, L., Feng, B., Liu, X., Jiang, L.,Yuan, S., Zhang, Z., Li, H., Zhang, J., Fernando, W. G. D., Xu, C., Cui, C., Jiang, J., Zheng, B., Wu, L. 2021. Fine Mapping of a Locus Underlying the Ectopic Blade-Like Outgrowths on Leaf and Screening Its Candidate Genes in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:616844. https://doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.616844 (IF=4.407)
151. Liu, F., Zou, Z., Peng, G., Fernando, W. G. D. 2020. Leptosphaeria maculans isolates reveal their allele frequency in western Canada. Plant disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-20-1838-RE (IF=3.020)
150. Zhongwei Zou, Vikram Bisht, W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2020. Identification and Characterization of Verticillium longisporum lineage A1/D1 from Brassica Crops in Manitoba, Canada. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21, 3499. (IF:4.556)
149. Zhongwei Zou, Carrie Selin, Fei Liu, W.G. Dilantha Fernando. 2020. Generation and characterisation of a virulent Leptosphaeria maculans isolate carrying a mutated AvrLm7 gene using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 1969. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01969 (IF:4.235)
148. Zhongwei Zou, Fei Liu, Shuanglong Huang, W.G.D. Fernando. 2020. Genome Wide Identification and Analysis of VQ Motif-containing Family in Brassica napus and Functional Characterization of BnMKS1 in Response to Leptosphaeria maculans. Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-20-0134-R (in press) (IF: 3.234)
147. Fei Liu, Zhongwei Zou, Gary Peng, W.G.Dilantha Fernando. 2020. Leptosphaeria maculans isolates reveal their allele frequency in western Canada. Plant Disease, https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-20-1838-RE (in press) (IF: 3.809)
146. Fei Liu, Zhongwei Zou, Shuanglong Huang, Paula Parks, W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2020. Development of a specific marker for detection of a functional AvrLm9 allele and validating the interaction between AvrLm7 and AvrLm9. Molecular Biology Reports, 47, 7115-7123. (IF:2.19)
145. Liu, Fei, Selin, C, Zou, Z and Fernando, W.G.D. 2020. LmCBP1, a secreted chitin binding protein is required for the pathogenicity of Leptosphaeria maculans in canola. Fungal Genetics and Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2019.103320. IF = 3.26
144. Fu, F. Peng. G, Yu, F, and Fernando Dilantha. 2019. Fine mapping of Brassica napus blackleg resistance gene Rlm1 through bulked segregant RNA sequencing. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51191-z IF = 4.01
143. Zhongwei Zou, Xuehua Zhang, Paula Parks, Lindsey J. du Toit, Angela P. Van de Wouw, and W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2019. A new subclade of Leptosphaeria biglobosa identified from Brassica rapa. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, 1668. DOI 10.3390/ijms20071668 IF= 4.28
142. James R. Tucker, Ana Badea, Richard Blagden, Kerri Pleskach, Sheryl A. Tittlemier, and W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2019. Deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside content is highly associated with deoxynivalenol levels in two-row barley genotypes of importance to Canadian barley breeding programs. Toxins 11, 319. DOI 10.3390/toxins11060319 IF = 4.08
141. Chami Amarasinghe, Barbara Sharanowski, and W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2019. Molecular phylogenetic relationships, trichothecene chemotype diversity and aggressiveness of strains in a global collection of Fusarium graminearum species. Toxins 11, 263. DOI 10.3390/toxins11050263 IF = 4.08
140. Hanna B. Dandena & Qiang Zhang & Tengsheng Zhou & Arvind H. Hirani & Zhen Liu & Dilantha W. G. Fernando & Robert W. Duncan & Genyi Li. 2019. Analysis of quantitative adult plant resistance to blackleg in Brassica napus. Molecular Breeding 39:124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-019-1035-y IF= 2.07
139. Zhongwei Zou, Fei Liu, Changqing Chen, and W.G. Dilantha Fermamdo. 2019. Effect of Elevated CO2 Concentration on the Disease Severity of Compatible and Incompatible Interactions of Brassica napus–Leptosphaeria maculans Pathosystem. Plants, 8, 484. doi: 10.3390/plants8110484 IF=2.632
138. Zou. Z., Bisht, V., Fernando, W. G. D. 2020. Identification and characterization of Verticillium longisporum lineage A1/D1 from Brassica crops in North America. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology (accepted with revision – in the process of making revisions).
137. W. G. Dilantha Fernando, Xuehua Zhang, Carrie Selin and Zhongwei Zou, Debra L.McLaren, Anastasia Kubinec, Paula S. Parks, M. Harunur Rashid, K. Rasanie E. Padmathilake, Lihua Rong, Cunchun Yang, Sakaria H. Liban, Belaghihalli N. Gnanesh, and Shuanglong Huang. 2018. A six-year investigation of the dynamics of avirulence profiles, disease incidence, and mating type alleles of Leptosphaeria maculans populations associated with canola crops in Manitoba, Canada. Plant Disease. 102:790-798.
136. M. Harunur Rashid . Georg Hausner . W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2018. Molecular and phenotypic identification of B-genome introgression linked to Leptosphaeria maculans resistant gene Rlm6 in Brassica napus 3 B. juncea interspecific hybrids. Euphytica. 214:205-211.
135. Ru Li1, Hein Min Tun, Musarrat Jahan, Zhengxiao Zhang, Ayush Kumar, Dilantha Fernando, Annemieke Farenhorst & Ehsan Khafipour. 2018. Comparison of DNA, PMA and RNA based 16S RNAIllumina sequencing for detection of live bacteria in water. Scientific Reports 7: 5752 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-02516-3.
134. Zhongwei Zou, Xuehua Zhang and W.G. Dilantha Fernando. 2018. Distribution of mating-type alleles and genetic variability in field populations of Leptosphaeria maculans in western Canada. Journal of Phytopathology 1-10; DOI: 10.1111/jph.12706
133. Kaveh Ghanbarnia, Lisong Ma, Nicholas J. Larkan, Parham Haddadi, W. G. Dilantha Fernando and M. Hossein Borhan. 2018. Leptosphaeria maculans AvrLm9: A new player in the game of hide and seek with AvrLm4-7. Molecular Plant Pathology DOI : 10.1111/mpp.12658
132. Harunur M. Rashid, Zhongwei Zou and Dilantha W.G. Fernando. 2018. Development of molecular markers linked to the Leptosphaeria maculans resistance gene Rlm6 and inheritance of SCAR and CAPS markers in B. napus x B. juncea interspecific hybrids. Plant Breeding 137:402-411.
131. Zhongwei Zou, Fei Liu and W.G. Dilantha Fernando. 2018. Rapid detection of Leptosphaeria maculans avirulence gene AvrLm4-7 conferring the avirulence/virulence specificityon Brassica napus using a tetra-primer ARMS-PCR. European Journal of Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-018-1465-0
130. Austein McLoughlin, Nick Wytinck, Philip Walker, Ian Girard, Khalid Rashid, Teresa de Kievit, WG Dilantha Fernando, Steve Whyard, and Mark Belmonte. 2018. Identification and application of exogenous dsRNA confers plant protection against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea. Scientific Reports 8:7320 DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-25434.
129. Xuehua Zhang and W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2018. Insights into fighting against blackleg disease of Brassica napus in Canada. Crop and Pasture Science. 69, 40–47 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CP16401.
128. Kelly A. Duke, Michael G. Becker, Ian J. Girard, Jenna L. Millar, W. G. Dilantha Fernando, Mark F. Belmonte and Teresa R. de Kievit. 2017. The biocontrol agent Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 primes Brassica napus defenses through distinct gene networks. BMC Genomics. 18:467. DOI 10.1186/s12864-017-3848-6. 18:467-483.
127. Munmun Nandi, Carrie Selin, G. Brawerman, W.G. Dilantha Fernando, Teresa de Kievit. 2017. Hydrogen cyanide, which contributes to Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain PA23 biocontrol, is upregulated in the presence of glycine. Biological Control. 108:47-54.
126. Behla, R., Hirani, A.H., Zelmer, C., Yu, F., W.G. Dilantha Fernando, P.B.E. McVetty, and Genyi Li. 2017. Identification of common QTL for resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in doubled haploid populations of Brassica napus L. Euphytica DOI:10.1007/s10681-017-2047-5
125. Becker, M., Zhang, X., Belmonte, M., Fernando, W.G.D. et al., 2017. Transcriptome analysis of the Brassica napus-Leptosphaeria maculans pathosystem identifies receptor signaling and structural genes underlying plant resistance. The Plant Journal. (in press) DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13514. IF=5.47
124. Humira Sonah, Xuehua Zhang, Rupesh Deshmukh, Hossein Borhan, W.G. Dilantha Fernando, Richard R. Bélanger. 2016. Comparative transcriptomic analysis of virulence factors in Leptosphaeria maculans during compatible and incompatible interactions with canola. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.01784
123. Al-Taweel, K., Amarasinghe, C., Brule-Babel, A., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2016. Gene Expression Analysis of Host-Pathogen Interaction between Wheat and Fusarium graminearum. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 148(3): 617-629.
122. W.G. Dilantha Fernando, 2016. Host innate immunity: more a need to feed the world (comment on DOI: 10.1002/bies.201600101). BioEssays vol. 38: DOI:10.1002/bies.201600205. IF = 4.725
121. Munmun Nandi, Chrystal Berry, Ann Karen C. Brassinga, Mark F. Belmonte, W.G. Dilantha Fernando, Peter C. Loewen and Teresa R. de Kievit. 2016. Pseudomonas brassicacearum strain DF41 kills Caenorhabditis elegans through biofilm-dependent and biofilm-independent mechanisms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02199-16.
120. X. Zhang, G. Peng, P. Parks, B. Hu, Q. Li, L. Jiang, Y. Niue, S. Huang, W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2016. Identifying seedling and adult plant resistance of Chinese Brassica napus germplasm to Leptosphaeria maculans. Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12626
119. Nidhi Shah, Natasha Klaponski, Carrie Selin, Rachel Rudney, W.G. Dilantha Fernando, Mark F. Belmonte, and Teresa R. de Kievit. 2016. PtrA Is
Functionally Intertwined with GacS in Regulating the Biocontrol Activity of Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23. Frontiers in Microbiology
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01512
118. Xuehua Zhang, Gary Peng, H. Randy Kutcher, Marie-Hélène Balesdent, Régine Delourme, W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2016. Breakdown of Rlm3 resistance in the Brassica napus–Leptosphaeria maculans pathosystem in western Canada. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 145:659–674.
117. Carrie Selin, Teresa R.de Kievit, Mark F. Belmonte and W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2016. Elucidating the Role of Effectors in Plant-Fungal Interactions: Progress and Challenges. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00600.
116. S. H. Liban, D. J. Cross, H. R. Kutcher, G. Peng and W. G. D. Fernando. 2016. Race structure and frequency of avirulence genes in the western Canadian Leptosphaeria maculans pathogen population, the causal agent of blackleg in brassica species. Plant Pathology. 65:1161–1169. IF = 2.383
115. Ian J. Girard, Austein G. Mcloughlin, Teresa R. de Kievit, Dilantha W. G. Fernando and Mark F. Belmonte. 2016. Integrating large-scale data and RNA technology to protect crops from fungal pathogens. Frontiers in Plant Science. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00631. IF = 4.495
114. Chami C. Amarasinghe, Senay Simsek, Anita Brûlé-Babel & W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2016. Analysis of deoxynivalenol and deoxynivalenol-3-glucosides content in Canadian spring wheat cultivars inoculated with Fusarium graminearum. Food Additives & Contaminants: DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2016.1198050. IF = 1.878.
113. W. G. Dilantha Fernando, Xuehua Zhang and Chami C. Amarasinghe. 2016. Detection of Leptosphaeria maculans and Leptosphaeria biglobosa causing blackleg disease in canola from Canadian canola seed lots and dockage. Plants. Doi:10.3390/plants5010012.
112. Birinchi Kumar Sarma, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Dilantha Fernando, Roberto Nascimento Silva, and Vijai Kumar Gupta. 2016. Enhancing plant disease resistance without R Genes. Trends in Biotechnology. Doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.04.002. IF = 12.065
111. R.W. Duncan, P.B.E. Mcvetty, J.L. Duguid, S.L. Fox, W. Paulmann, O. Sass, W.G.D. Fernando, and G. Li. 2016. HYHEAR 2 Roundup Ready® high erucic acid, low glucosinolate hybrid summer rape. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 96:1–3. IF = 0.69
110. Chami C. Amarasinghe and W. G. Dilantha Fernando. 2016. Comparative analysis of deoxynivalenol biosynthesis related gene expression among different chemotypes of Fusarium graminearum in spring wheat. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7:1229. IF = 4.165
109. Dinesh M. Fernando, Hein Min Tun, Jenna Poole, Rakesh Patidar, Ru Li, Ruidong Mi, Geethani E. A. Amarawansha, W. G. Dilantha Fernando, Ehsan Khafipour, Annemieke Farenhorst, Ayush Kumara. 2016. Detection of antibiotic resistance genes in source and drinking water samples from a First Nations community in Canada. Applied and Environ. Microbiol. 82:4767–4775. IF = 3.668.
108. Ghanbarnia, K., Fudal, I., Larkan, N. J., Links, M. G., Balesdent, M. H., Profitova B., Fernando, W. G. D., Rouxel, T., Borhan, M. H. 2015. Rapid identification of the Leptosphaeria maculans avirulence gene AvrLm2, using an intraspecific comparative genomics approach. Molecular Plant Pathology. 16: 699-709. IF = 4.335
107. Nandi, M., Selin, C., Brassinga, A. K. C., Belmonte, M. F., Fernando, W. G. D., Loewen, P. C., and de Kievit, T. R. 2015. Pyrrolnitrin and hydrogen cyanide production by Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain PA23 exhibits nematicidal and repellent activity against Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS ONE 10:
e0123184. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123184. IF = 3.234
106. Selvaraj Vinod Kumar · Ponnusamy Rajeshkumar · Chinnaiah Senthilraja · Sevugapperumal Nakkeeran Fernando W. G.D. 2015. First report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing stem rot of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) in India. Plant Disease 04/2015; DOI:10.1094/PDIS-02-15-0240.
105. Al-Taweel, K., Brule-Babel, A. and Fernando, W.G.D. 2014. Transcriptome profiling of wheat differentially expressed genes exposed to different chemotypes of Fusarium graminearum. Theor Appl Gen 8:1703-1718. DOI 10.1007/s00122-014-2333-8
104. Amarasinghe C.C, Tittlemier S.A & Fernando W.G.D. 2014. Nivalenol-producing Fusarium cerealis associated with fusarium head blight in winter wheat in Manitoba, Canada. Plant Pathology. DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12329
103. Selin, C., Manuel, J., Fernando, W.G.D., and de Kievit, T.R. 2014. Expression of the Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain PA23 Rsm system is under control of GacA, RpoS, PsrA, quorum sensing and the stringent response. Biological Control 69:24-33.
102. Berry, C.L., Nandi, M., Manuel, J., Brassinga, A.K.C., Fernando, W.G.D., Loewen, P.C. and de Kievit, T.R. 2014. Characterization of the Pseudomonas sp. DF41 quorum sensing locus and its role in fungal antagonism. Biological Control 69:82-89.
101. Klaponski, N., Selin, C., Duke, K., Fernando, W.G.D., Belmonte, M.F., and de Kievit, T.R. 2014. The requirement for the LysR-type regulator PtrA for Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 biocontrol revealed through proteomic and phenotypic analysis. BMC Microbiology 14:94-106.
100. Loewen, P.C., Villeneuva, J., Fernando, W.G.D., and de Kievit, T.R. 2014. Genome sequence of Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23. Genome Announcements 2(4)e00390-14; doi:10.1128/genomeA.00689.14.
99. Loewen, P.C., Switala, J., Fernando, W.G.D., and de Kievit, T.R. 2014. Genome sequence of Pseudomonas brassicacearum DF41. Genome Announcements 2(3)e00390-14; doi:10.1128/genomeA.00390-14.
98. P. B. E. McVetty, J. L. Cuthbert, V. Marwede, W. Paulmann, O. Sass, R. W. Duncan, W.G.D. Fernando, G. Li, C. D. Zelmer. 2014. HYHEAR 1 hybrid Roundup Ready™ high erucic acid, low glucosinolate summer rape. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 2014, 94(2): 453-455.
97. W.G.D. Fernando and Li Ru. 2013. Opening the black box: Understanding the influence of cropping systems and plant communities on bacterial and fungal population dynamics. Lead Article (invited review) in Ceylon Journal of Science. 41:89-110.
96. Fernando, W.G.D. and Kazuk, R. 2012. Molecular and traditional tools in tracking spores, genes and toxins that cause economic loss in crops. Alergologia- Immunologia 9: 81-85 (Review Article).
95. Ru Li, Ehsan Khafipour, Denis O. Krause, Martin H. Entz, Teresa R. de Kievit, W. G.
Dilantha Fernando. 2012. Pyrosequencing reveals the influence of organic and conventional farming systems on bacterial communities. PLOS One 7:e5-1897: 1-12.
94. C. Peluola, W. G. D. Fernando, C. Huvenaars, H. R. Kutcher, R. L. Lahlali and G. Peng. 2013. Effect of flooding on the survival of Leptosphaeria spp. on canola stubble. Plant Pathology DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12036
93. C.C. Amarasinghe, L. Tamburic-Ilincic, J. Gilbert, A. Brule-Babel and W.G.D. Fernando. 2013. Evaluation of different fungicides for control of fusarium head blight in wheat inoculated with 3A DON and 15A DON chemotypes of Fusarium graminearum in Canada. Can. J. Plant Pathology. DOI:10.1080/07060661.2013.773942
92. P. B. E. McVetty, R. W. Duncan, W. G. D. Fernando, G. Li, and C. D. Zelmer. 2012. Red River 1861 Roundup ReadyTM high erucic acid low glucosinolate summer rape. Can J Plant Sci. 92:1407-1409.
91. Fernando, W.G.D. 2012. An international scientific open access journal to publish all facets of plants, their function and interactions with the environment and other living organisms. PLANTS 1:1-5; doi:10.3390/plants1010001
90. Manuel, J., Selin, C., Fernando, W.G.D., and de Kievit, T.R., 2012. Stringent response mutants of Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 exhibit enhanced antifungal activity against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in vitro. Microbiology. 158:207-216.
89. Selin, C., Fernando, W.G.D. and de Kievit, T.R. 2012. The PhzI/PhzR quorum senescing system is required for pyrrolnitrin and phenazine production and exhibits cross regulation with RpoS in Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23. Microbiology. 158:896-907.
88. Zheng-Wei Liu, He-Ping Li, Wei Cheng, Peng Yang, Jing-Bo Zhang, An-Dong Gong, Yan-Ni Feng, W. G. Dilantha Fernando and Yu-Cai Liao. 2012. Enhanced overall resistance to Fusarium seedling blight and Fusarium head blight in transgenic wheat by co-expression of anti-fungal peptides. European J Plant Pathology. DOI 10.1007/s10658-012-0048-8
87. Berry, C.L., Brassinga, A.K.C., Donald, L.J. Fernando, W.G.D., Loewen, P.C., and de Kievit, T.R. Chemical and biological characterization of sclerosin, an antifungal lipopeptide. 2012. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 58:1027-1034.
86. Manuel, J., Berry, C., Selin, C., Fernando, W.G.D., and de Kievit, T.R. 2011. Repression of the antifungal activity of Pseudomonas sp. strain DF41 by the stringent response. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77:5635-5642.
85. Ghanbarnia K., Larken, N., Rimmer, S.R., Li, G., Kutcher, H.R., Lydiate, D., McVetty, P.B.E., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2012. Genetic mapping of the Leptosphaeria maculans avirulence gene to the LepR1 resistance gene of Brassica napus. Theor Appl Gen.124:505-513.
84. Jin, F., Ding, Y., Ding,W., Reddy M.S., Fernando W.G.D. and Du, B. 2011. Genetic diversity and phylogeny of antagonistic bacteria against Phytophthora nicotianae isolated from tobacco rhizosphere. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 12:3055-3071.
83. Amarasinghe, C. C., Wang, J., Liao, Y-C and Fernando W.G.D. 2011. Difference in TRI13 gene sequences between the 3-Acetyldeoxynivalenol producing Fusarium graminearum chemotypes from Canada and China. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 12:6164-6175.
82. De Kievit, T., Hameeda, B., Selin, C., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2011. Using molecular techniques to understand and enhance biological control by Pseudomonas spp. Invited refereed mini review. The Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology. 5 (2):12-19.
81.Ghanbarnia K., W. G. Dilantha Fernando, Gary Crow. 2011. Role of pycnidiospores of Leptosphaeria maculans on infection of different growth stages of canola plants under field conditions. Canadian J Plant Path. 33:355-363.
80. Long, Yunming; Wang, Zining; Sun, Zudong; Fernando, W.G. Dilantha; McVetty, Peter; Li, Genyi. 2011. Identification of two blackleg resistance genes and fine mapping of one of these two genes in a Brassica napus canola cultivar ‘Surpass 400’. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 122:1223-1231.
79. Inch, S., Walker, D. J., Gilbert, J., Daayf, F., Fernando, W.G.D., Piercey-Normore, M. 2011. The development of a model to predict the potential efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum isolates on perithecial production of Gibberella zeae based on secondary metabolite production. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 33:337-346.
78. Al-Taweel, K., Fernando, W.G.D., Brule-Babel, A. 2011. Construction and characterization of a cDNA Library from wheat infected with Fusarium graminearum Fg 2. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 12: 613-626.
77. Al-Taweel, K., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2011. Differential gene expression is a promising tool for understanding of host–pathogen Interactions. Invited refereed mini review. The Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology. 5:1-10.
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76. Fengli Jin; Yanqin Ding; Wei Ding; M.S. Reddy; W.G.D. Fernando and Binghai Du. 2011. Genetic diversity and phylogeny of antagonistic bacteria against Phytophthora nicotianae isolated from tobacco rhizosphere International Journal of Molecular Sciences 12:3055-3071.
75. Ramarathnam, R., de Kievit, T. and Fernando, W.G.D. 2011. The role of antibiosis and induced systemic resistance, mediated by strains of Pseudomonas chlororaphis, Bacillus cereus and B. amyloliquefaciens, in controlling blackleg disease of canola. BioControl 56:225-235.
74. Kutcher, H.R., Fernando, W.G.D., T.K. Turkington and D.L. McLaren. 2011. Best management practices for blackleg disease of canola. Prairie Soils and Crops eJournal 4:122-134. [http://www.prairiesoilsandcrops.ca].
73. Berry, C., Fernando, W.G.D., Loewen, P.C., and de Kievit, T.R. 2010. Lipopeptides are essential for Pseudomonas sp. DF41 biocontrol of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Biological Control. 55:211-218.
72. Athukorala S.N.P., Fernando, W.G.D, Rashid, K.Y. and de Kievit, T. 2010. The role of volatile and non-volatile antibiotics produced by Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain PA23 in its root colonization and control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Biocontrol Sci & Tech. 20:875-890.
71. Selin, C., Habibian, R., Poritsanos, N., Athukorala, S.N.P., Fernando, W.G.D. and de Kievit, T.R. 2010. Phenazines are not essential for Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 biocontrol of S. sclerotiorum, but do play a role in biofilm formation. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 71:73-83.
70. Guo, X. W., Fernando, W.G.D., Bullock, P., Sapirstein, H. 2010. Quantifying cropping practices in relation to inoculums levels of Fusarium graminearum on stubble. Plant Pathology. Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02353.x
69. von der Ohe, C., Gauthier, V., Tamburic- Ilincic, L., Brule-Babel, A., Fernando, W.G.D., Clear, R., Ward, T.J., and Miedaner, T. 2010. A comparison of aggressiveness and deoxynivalenol production between Canadian Fusarium graminearum isolates with 3-acetyl and 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol chemotypes in field-grown spring wheat. Eur. J. Plant Pathology 107:407-417.
68. El-Hadrami, A., Fernando, W.G.D., and Daayf, F. 2010. Variations in relative humidity modulate Leptosphaeria spp. pathogenicity and interfere with canola mechanisms of defense. Eur. J. Plant Pathology 126:187-202.
67. Yin, X., Yi, B., Chen, W., Zhang, W., Tu, J., Fernando, W.G.D., Fu Tingdong. 2010. Mapping of QTLs detected in a Brassica napus DH population for resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in multiple environments. Euphytica 173: 25-35.
66. P.B.E. McVetty, W.G.D. Fernando, G. Li, M. Tahir, C.D. Zelmer. 2010. Red River 1997 Roundup ReadyTM high erucic acid, low glucosinolate summer rape. Canadian J Plant Science 90:711-713.
65. Athukorala, S.N.P., Fernando, W.G.D. and Rashid, K. 2009. Identification of antifungal antibiotics of Bacillus species isolated from different microhabitats using Polymerase Chain Reaction and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Can J Microbiology 55:1021–32.
64. Ghanbarnia, K., Fernando, W. G. D., and Crow, G. 2009. Developing rainfall- and temperature-based models to describe infection of canola under field conditions caused by pycnidiospores of Leptosphaeria maculans. Phytopathology 99:879-886.
63. Li, Z., Wang, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, J. and Fernando, W. G. D. 2009. Genetic diversity differentiation of S. sclerotiorum populations in sunflower. Phytoparasitica 37:77–85
62. Guo, X.W., Brock-Seow, M. S., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2008. Population structure, chemotype diversity, and potential chemotype shifting of Fusarium graminearum in wheat fields of Manitoba. Plant Disease 92:756-762.
61. Dusabanyagasani, M. and Fernando, W.G.D. 2008. Development of a SCAR marker to track canola resistance against blackleg caused by Leptosphaeria maculans pathogenicity group 3. Plant Disease 92: 903-908.
60. Li. Z., Zhang, M., Wang, Y., Ru, L., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2008. Mycelial compatibility group and pathogenicity variation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum populations in sunflower from China, Canada and England. Plant Pathology J. 7: 131-139.
59. Guo, X.W., W.G.D. Fernando, and M.H. Entz. 2008. Dynamics of infection by Leptosphaeria maculans on canola as influenced by crop rotation and tillage Arch Phyto Pl Protec. 41:57-66.
58. Jurke, C.J., and W.G.D. Fernando. 2008. Effects of seeding rate and plant density on sclerotinia stem rot incidence in Canada. Arch Phyto & Plant Protec. 41:142-155.
57. Jurke, C.J., and W.G.D. Fernando. 2008. Comparison of growthroom screening techniques for the determination of physiological resistance to sclerotinia stem rot in Brassica napus. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection.157-174.
56. Fernando, W.G.D., Zhang, Y., Nakkeeran, S., and Savchuk, S. 2007. Biological control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary by Pseudomonas and Bacillus species on canola petals Crop Protection 26:100-107.
55. Ramarathnam, R., Shen, B. Fernando, W.G.D., Chen, Y., de Kievit, T. and Gao, X. 2007. PCR-based detection and biochemical characterization of fengycin, and bacillomycin D, producing Bacillus sp. involved in the biocontrol of fungal pathogens of canola and wheat. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 53:901-911.
54. M.U. Salam, B.D.L. Fitt, J-N Aubertot, A.J. Diggle, Y.J. Huang, M.J. Barbetti, P. Gladders, M. Jedryczka, R.K. Khangura, N. Wratten, W.G.D. Fernando, X. Pinochet, A. Penaud and K. Sivasithamparam. 2007. Modeling first release of Leptosphaeria ascospores: Two weather-based models for predicting onset of seasonal release of ascospores of Leptosphaeria maculan. Plant Pathology 56:412-423.
53. Balasubramanian, D.S. Jayas, W.G.D. Fernando, G. Li, N.D.G. White. 2007. Sensitivity analysis of DNA fingerprinting technique for detecting insect fragments in wheat flour. Can J of Biosystems Engineering. 49:41-45.
52. Fernando, W.G.D., K. Ghanbarnia, and M. Salati. 2007. First report on the presence of Phoma blackleg pathogenicity Group 1 (Leptosphaeria biglobosa) on Brassica napus (Canola/Rapeseed) in Iran. Plant Disease. 91: (4) 465.
51. Duncan, R.W., Fernando, W.G.D. and K.Y. Rashid. 2006. Time and burial depth impacting viability and bacterial colonization of sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38:275-284.
50. Poritsanos, N., Selin, C., Fernando, W.G.D., Nakkeeran, S. and de Kievit, T.R. 2006. A GacS deficiency does not affect Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 fitness when growing on canola, in aged batch culture or as a biofilm. Can J Microbiology 52:1177-1182.
49. Zhang, Y., Fernando, W.G.D., de Kievit, T., Berry, C., Daayf, F., and Paulitz, T.C. 2006. Detection of antibiotic-related genes from bacterial biocontrol agents using polymerase chain reaction. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 52:476-481.
48. Nakkeeran, S., Kavitha, R. Changdrasekar, G., Krishnamoorthy, A.S., Fernando, W.G.D., Renukadevi, P. 2006. Induction of plant defence compounds by Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 and Bacillus subtilis BSCBE4 and their formulations in controlling damping-off disease of hot pepper caused by Pythium aphanidermatum. Biocontrol Sci & Tech. 16:403-416.
47. Ramarathnam, R., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2006. Preliminary phenotypic and molecular screening for potential bacterial biocontrol agents of Leptosphaeria maculans, the blackleg pathogen of canola. Biocontrol Science and Technology 16:567-582.
46. Fernando,W.G.D, Dusabenyagasani M. Zhang, J. X. Guo, X. W, Ahmed, H. McCallum B.J. 2006. Genetic diversity of G. zeae isolates from Manitoba. Plant Disease. 90:1337-42.
45. Chen, Y., Fernando, W.G.D. 2006. Prevalence and pathogenicity groups of Leptosphaeria maculans in Western Canada and North Dakota. Can J Plant Pathology 28:533-539
44. Chen, Y., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2006. Induced resistance in blackleg disease in canola (B. napus) caused by a weakly virulent isolate of L. biglobosa. Plant Dis 90:1059-64.
43. Magyar, D., Barasits, T., Fischl, G., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2006. First record of the natural occurrence of the teleomorph of Leptosphaeria maculans on oilseed rape and airborne dispersal of ascospores in Hungary. J of Phytopathology 154:428 -431.
42. McVetty, P.B.E., Fernando, W.G.D., Scarth, R., and Li, G. 2006. Red River 1826 Roundup ReadyTM high erucic acid, low glucosinolate summer rape. 2006. Canadian J Plant Science 86:1179-1180.
41. McVetty, P.B.E., Fernando, W.G.D., Scarth, R., and Li, G. 2006. Red River 1852 Roundup ReadyTM high erucic acid, low glucosinolate summer rape. 2006. Can J Pl Sci. 86:1181-1182.
40. Sz. Szlávik, T. Barasits, and Fernando. W. G. D. 2006. First report of pathogenicity group-3 of Leptosphaeria maculans on winter rape in Hungary. Plant Disease 90:684
39. Fernando, W.G.D., Ramarathnam, R., Krishnamoorthy, A.S., and Savchuk, S. 2005. Identification and use of potential bacterial organic volatiles in biological control. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37: 955-964.
38. Inch, S., Fernando, W.G.D., Gilbert, J. 2005. Seasonal and daily spore release of Gibberella zeae (Schw.) Petch in Manitoba. Canadian J Plant Pathology 27:357-363.
37. Chen, Y. and Fernando, W.G.D. 2005. First report of canola blackleg caused by pathogenicity Group 4 of Leptosphaeria maculans in Manitoba. Plant Disease 89: 339
36. Guo, X.W., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2005. Seasonal and diurnal patterns of spore dispersal by L. maculans from canola stubble in relation to environmental conditions. Plant Disease 89:97-104.
35. Guo, X.W., Fernando, W.G.D. and Entz, M.H. 2005. Effects of crop rotation and tillage on the blackleg disease of canola. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 27:53-57.
34. Zhang, J.X., Fernando, W.G.D., and Remphrey, W.R. 2005. The genetic structure of populations of Apiosporina morbosa in Canada. Phytopathology 95:859-866.
33. Zhang, J.X., Fernando, W.G.D., and Remphrey, W.R. 2005. Molecular detection of Apiosporina morbosa causal agent of black knot in Prunus virginiana. Plant Disease. 89:815-821.
32. Fernando, W.G.D., Zhang, J.X., Chen, C.Q., Remphrey, W.R., Schurko, A., and Klassen, G.R. 2005. Molecular and morphological characteristics of Apiosporina morborsa (Schw.) Arx., causal agent of black knot of Prunus spp. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 27:364-375.
31. Zhang, J.X., Fernando W.G.D., Xue, A.G. 2005. Daily and seasonal dynamics of spore release of M pinodes and development of Mycosphaerella blight in field pea. Can J Botany 83:302-310.
30. Zhang, J.X., Xue, A.G. and Fernando W. G. D. 2005. Effect of residue type and burial depth on survival of M. pinodes, in Manitoba. Can J Plant Pathology. 27:132-136.
29. Kavitha, K., Mathiyazhagan, S., Sendhilvel, V., Nakkeeran, S., Chandrasekar, G., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2005. Broad spectrum action of phenazine against active and dormant structures of fungal pathogens and root knot nematode. Arch. Phytopath. Plant Protec. 38:69-76.
28. Bradley, C., Parks, P.S., Chen, Y., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2005. First report of pathogenicity Groups 3 and 4 of Leptosphaeria maculans on canola in North Dakota. Plant Disease 89:776.
27. Mathiyazhagan, S.; Kavitha, K.; Chandrasekar, G.; Nakkeeran, S.; Manian, K.; Krishnamoorthy, A. S.; Sankaralingam, A.; Fernando, W. G. D. 2005. Toxin production by Corynespora casiicola in Phyllanthus amarus the stem blight pathogen. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica. 40:55-65.
26. Zhang, J. X., Fernando W. G. D., and Xue, A. G. 2004. Temporal and spatial dynamics of Mycosphaerella blight (M. pinodes) in field pea, Can J Plant Path. 26:522-532.
25. Gilbert, J., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2004. Epidemiology and biological control of Gibberella zeae/Fusarium graminearum. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 26: 464-472.
24. Savchuk, S. and Fernando, W.G.D. 2004. Effect of timing of application and population dynamics on the degree of biological control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by bacterial antagonists. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 49:379-388.
23. Holtslag, Q.A., Remphrey, W.R., Fernando, W.G.D., St-Pierre, R.G., and Ash, G. H. 2004. The development of a dynamic disease forecasting model to control Entomosporium mespili on Amelanchier alnifolia. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 26:304-313.
22. S. Mathiyazhagan, K. Kavitha, S. Nakkeeran, G. Chandrasekar, . K. Manian, Renukadevi, P, A.S. Krishnamoorthy, Fernando, W.G.D. 2004. PGPR mediated management of stem blight of Phyllanthus amarus (schum and thonn) caused by Corynespora cassiicola (berk and curt) wei. Arch. Phytopath. Plant Protec. 37:183-199.
21. Holtslag, Q.A., Remphrey, W.R., Fernando, W.G.D., St-Pierre, R.G., and Panicker, S. 2003. Leaf wetness duration and temperature required for infection of saskatoon leaves by Entomosporium mespili under controlled conditions. Can J of Plant Pathology 25:168-173
20. Fernando, W.G.D., Parks, P.S., Tomm, G., Viau, L.V. and C. Jurke. 2003. First report of the blackleg disease caused by Leptosphaeria maculans on canola in Brazil. Plant Disease 87:314
19. Holtslag, Q.A., Remphrey, W.R., Fernando, W.G.D., St-Pierre, R.G., and Dill-Macky, R. 2003. Estimating inoculum potential relative to infected leaf area and environmental conditions required for stimulating release of Entomosporium mespili conidia. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 25:371-378.
18. Fernando, W.G.D. and Chen, Y. 2003. First report on the presence of Leptosphaeria maculans Pathogenicity Group-3, causal agent of blackleg of canola in Manitoba. Plant Disease 87:1268.
17. Zhang, J. X., Fernando W. G. D., and Xue, A. G. 2003. Virulence and genetic variability among isolates of Mycosphaerella pinodes. Plant Disease 87:1376-1383.
16. Daayf, F., Adam, L., and Fernando, W.G.D. 2003. Comparative screening of bacteria for the biocontrol of US-8, the new potato late blight strain using in-vitro, detached leaves and whole plant testing systems. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 25:276-284.
15. Fernando, W.G.D., Miller, J.D., Paulitz, T.C., Seaman, W.L., and Seifert, K. 2000. Daily and seasonal dynamics of airborne spores of Fusarium graminearum and other Fusarium species sampled over wheat fields. Canadian Journal of Botany 78:497-505.
14. Fernando, W.G.D. and Jones, A.L.1999. Prohexadione Calcium - A tool for reducing secondary fire blight infection. Acta Hortic.ulture 489:597-600.
13. Schnabel, E.L, Fernando, W.G.D., Meyer, M.P., Jones, A.L, and Jackson, L. 1999. Bacteriophage of Erwinia amylovora and their potential for biocontrol. Acta Horticulture 489:649-654.
12. Fernando, W.G.D., and Pierson, L.S. III. 1999. The effect of increased phenazine antibiotic production on the inhibition of economically important soil-borne plant pathogens by Pseudomonas aureofaciens 30-84. Arch. Phytopath. Plant Protec. 32:491-502.
11. Paulitz, T.C., Dutilleul, P., Yamasaki, S.H., Fernando, W.G.D., and Seaman, W.L. A 1999. generalized two-dimensional Gaussian model of disease foci of head blight of wheat caused by Gibberella zeae. Phytopathology 89:74-83.
10. Fernando, W.G.D., Paulitz, T.C., Seaman, W.L., Dutilleul, P., and Miller, J.D. 1997. Head blight gradients caused by Gibberella zeae, from area sources of inoculum in wheat field plots. Phytopathology 87:414-421.
9. Fernando, W.G.D., and Linderman, R.G. 1997. Effects of the mycorrhizal (Glomus intraradices) colonization on the development of root and stem rot (Phytophthora vignae) of cowpea. J. Nat. Sci. Council of Sri Lanka 25:39-47.
8. Fernando, W.G.D., Watson, A.K., and Paulitz, T.C. 1996. Role of Pseudomonas spp. and competition for iron, carbon and nitrogen in the enhancement of appressorium formation by Colletotrichum coccodes on velvetleaf. European Journal of Plant Pathology 102:1-7.
7. Fernando, W.G.D., and Linderman, R.G. 1995. Inhibition of Phytophthora vignae and stem and root rot of cowpea by soil bacteria. Biological Agriculture and Horticulture 12:1-14.
6. Fernando, W.G.D., Watson, A.K., and Paulitz, T.C. 1994. Phylloplane Pseudomonas sp. enhances disease caused by Colletotrichum coccodes on velvetleaf. Biological Control 4:125-131.
5. Fernando, W.G.D., and Linderman, R.G. 1994. Chemical control of Phytophthora vignae stem and root rot of cowpeas. Plant Disease 78:967-971.
4. Fernando W.G.D., and Linderman, R.G. 1993. Occurrence, distribution and pathogenicity of the cowpea root and stem rot pathogen, Phytophthora vignae, in soils of Sri Lanka Plant Disease 77:1158-1164.
3. Fernando, W.G.D., Watson, A.K., and Paulitz, T.C. 1993. A simple technique to observe conidial germination on leaf surfaces. The Mycologist 7:188-189.
2. Paulitz, T.C., Anas, O., and Fernando, D.G. 1992. Biological control of Pythium damping-off by Pseudomonas putida: The influence of bacterial seed treatments and temperature on ethanol production by pea and soybean seeds. Biocontrol Science and Technology 2:193-201.
1. Sivakadadcham, B., and Fernando, W.G.D. 1991. Root and stem rot on greenhouse-grown cowpea caused by Phytophthora vignae in Sri Lanka. Plant Disease 75:215.