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Milton  Drott
                        Cereal Disease Lab

                        




                        
                        Research Plant Pathologist
                        Phone: (612) 625-3780
                        
                        
                        Fax: (651) 649-5054(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            ProjectsPlant-Fungal Interactions and Host Resistance in Fusarium Head Blight of Barley and Wheat
                                                    In-House Appropriated
                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 441767Comparative Genomic Analysis of Fusarium Species
                                                    Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (N)Accession Number: 443738Development of Fusarium Head Blight Control Strategies to Support East African Agriculture
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 445388Corn Mycotoxin Mitigation Initiative
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 442329Barley Fusarium Head Blight Resistance Genomics
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 437198**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Development and validation of a diagnostic high resolution melting curve assay for the NX-2 chemotype of Fusarium graminearum

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)A new and effective method to induce infection of Phyllachora maydis into corn for tar spot studies in controlled environments
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Solorzano, J.E., Issendorf, S.E., Drott, M.T., Check, J.C., Roggenkamp, E.M., Cruz, C.D., Kleczewksi, N.M., Malvick, D.K. 2023. A new and effective method to induce infection of Phyllachora maydis into corn for tar spot studies in controlled environments. Plant Methods. 19. Article 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-023-01052-8.Mining for a new class of fungal natural products: The evolution, diversity, and distribution of isocyanide synthase biosynthetic gene clusters
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Nickles, G.R., Oestereicher, B., Keller, N.P., Drott, M.T. 2023. Mining for a new class of fungal natural products: The evolution, diversity, and distribution of isocyanide synthase biosynthetic gene clusters. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(14):7220-7235. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad573.Aneuploidy formation in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus flavus in response to azole stress
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Barda, O., Sadhasivam, S., Gong, D., Doron-Faigenboim, A., Zakin, V., Drott, M.T., Sionov, E. 2023. Aneuploidy formation in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus flavus in response to azole stress. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(4). Article e04339-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04339-22.Pangenomics of the death cap mushroom Amanita phalloides, and of Agaricales, reveals dynamic evolution of toxin genes in an invasive range
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Drott, M.T., Chul Park, S., Wang, Y., Harrow, L., Keller, N.P., Pringle, A. 2023. Pangenomics of the death cap mushroom Amanita phalloides, and of Agaricales, reveals dynamic evolution of toxin genes in an invasive range. The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01432-x.LaeA-regulated fungal traits mediate bacterial community assembly
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tannous, J., Cosetta, C.M., Drott, M.T., Rush, T.A., Abraham, P.E., Giannone, R.J., Keller, N.P., Wolfe, B.E. 2023. LaeA-regulated fungal traits mediate bacterial community assembly. mBio. 14(3). Article e00769-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00769-23.Lipo-Chitooligosaccharides induce specialized fungal metabolite profiles that modulate bacterial growth
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Rush, T.A., Tannous, J., Lane, M.J., Gopalakrishnan Meena, M., Carrell, A.A., Golan, J.J., Drott, M.T., Cottaz, S., Fort, S., Ané, J., Keller, N.P., Pelletier, D.A., Jacobson, D.A., Kainer, D., Abraham, P.E., Giannone, R.J., Labbe, J.L. 2022. Lipo-Chitooligosaccharides induce specialized fungal metabolite profiles that modulate bacterial growth. mSystems. 7(6). Article e01052-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01052-22.


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