Current Projects:

1) Worldwide population structure and phylogeography of Ascochyta (Didymella) rabiei on chickpea

2) Molecular systematics of Ascochyta spp. on legumes

3) Epidemiology of ascospore dispersal - in collaboration with Frank Dugan and Weidong Chen

4) Biological control of the sexual stage (Didymella rabiei) - in collaboration with Frank Dugan and Weidong Chen

5) Development of transformation and mutagenesis system for Ascochyta spp.

6) Genetics of virulence in Ascochyta rabiei - in collaboration with Weidong Chen

7) Mating system transition of an Ascochyta rabiei population in California

8) Genetics of host specificity of Ascochyta spp. on legumes and other hosts - in collaboration with Lori Carris and Fred Muehlbauer

Completed Projects (click on link to download pdf file of manuscript):

1) Population Structure of the Ascochyta Blight pathogen (Ascochyta rabiei) on Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in the US Pacific Northwest

2) Cloning and characterization of mating genes (MAT) from A. rabiei