Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers
Tör, M, Wood, T., Webb, A., Göl, D., McDowell, J.M. (2023). Recent developments in plant-downy mildew interactions. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2023.01.010
Arruebarrena Di Palma A., Perk E. A., Carboni M. E., García-Mata C., Budak H., Tör M., Laxalt A. M. (2022) The isothiocyanate sulforaphane induces respiratory burst oxidase homologue D-dependent reactive oxygen species production and regulates expression of stress response genes. Plant Direct 6: e437. Doi: 10.1002/pld3.437
Bilir, O., Göl, D., Hong, Y., McDowell, J. and Tör, M. (2022) Small RNA-based plant protection. Front. Plant Sci.13:951097. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.951097
Jimenez-Quiros C., Okechukwu EC., Hong Y., Baysal Ö., Tör M. (2022) Comparison of Antifungal Activity of Bacillus Strains against Fusarium graminearum In Vitro and In Planta. Plants. 11:1999. Doi: 10.3390/plants11151999
Mohamed, A., Jin, Z., Osman, T., Shi, N., Tör, M., Jackson, S., Hong, H. (2022) Hotspot siRNA Confers Plant Resistance against Viral Infection. Biology. 11: 714. doi: 10.3390/biology11050714.
Yu Z, Wang Y, Mei F, Yan H, Jin Z, Zhang P, Zhang Z, Tör, M., Jackson S, Shi N, Hong Y (2022) Spinach-based RNA mimicking GFP in plant cells. Functional & Integrative Genomics DOI:10.1007/s10142-022-00835-x.
Kahveci, E., Devran, Z., Ozkaynak, E., Hong, Y., Studholme, D. J. and Tör, M. (2021) Genomic-assisted marker development suitable for CsCvy-1 selection in cucumber breeding. Frontiers in Plant Science-Plant Breeding. Front. Plant Sci. 12:691576. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.691576.
Zhang, X., Zhang, X., Shi, N., Hu, Y., Jin, Z., Liu, S., Tör, M., Ma, P. and Hong, Y. (2021) Cis and trans effects of a heterologous RNA on virus-induced gene silencing. Planta, under revision.
Jina, Z., Liua, S., Yua, Z., Tan, J., Deng, Z., Zhang, P., Galzi, S., Filloux, D., Shi, N., Tör, M., Wang, W., Liu, Y., Roumagnac, P. and Hong, Y. (2021) On the origin of an endogenous viral element to geminivirus-like extrachromosomal circular DNA in plants. PNAS, under revision.
Zhang, P., Yu, Z., He, C., Zhang, X., Qin, C., Mohamed, A. M., Liu, S., Jin, Z., Zhang, Z., Shi, N., Tör, M., Daròs, J-A., Li, S., Liu, Y.,Hong, Y. (2021) RNA silencing response to a chloroplast-replicating pathogen. Plant Physiology, under revision.
Lai, T., Ye, B., Tan, J., Chen, Y., Li, R., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Zhou, Y., Shi, N., Tör, M., Liu, Y., Jackson, S., Deng, S. and Hong, Y. (2021) A phosphorylated SBP-box transcription factor SPL-CNR involves LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN1 in tomato fruit ripening. In preparation for Plant Journal.
Telli, O., Jimenez-Guiros, C., McDowell, J and Tör, M (2020) Effect of light and darkness on the growth and development of downy mildew pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis. Plant Pathology 2020; 69: 1291-1300 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13207
Yuan, C., Li, H., Chen, Q., Xu, X., Zhang, X., Jin, Z., He, M., Shi, N., Xue, D., Wang, H., Jackson, S., He, Y., Tör, M., Liu, Y., Qin, C. and Hong, Y. (2020) A Foxtail Mosaic Virus-induced Flowering (FoMViF) Assay in Monocotyledonous Crops. Journal of Experimental Botany 71: 3012–3023 https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa080
Lai,T., Wang, X., Ye, B., Jin, M., Chen, W., Wang, Y., Zhou, Y., Blanks, A., Gu, M., Zhang, P., Li, C., Wang, W., Liu, Y., Gallusci,P., Tör, M. and Hong, Y. (2020) Characterization of LeSPL-CNR and its functional relevance to cell death and fruit ripening in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa067
Zhang, X., Kang, L., Zhang, Q., Meng, Q., Pan, Y., Yu, Z., Shi, N., Jackson, S., Zhang, X., Wang, H., Tör, M. and Hong, Y. (2020) An RNAi suppressor activates in planta virus-mediated gene editing. Functional and Integrative Genomics. 20: 471-477 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-019-00730-y.
Bilir, Ö., Telli, O. Norman, C., Budak, H., Hong, Y. and Tör, M. (2019) Small RNA inhibits infection by downy mildew pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis. MPP 20:1523-1534. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12863.
Zhang, X., Laia, T., Zhang, P., Zhangb, X., Yuana, C., Jina, Z.,Lia, H., Yua, Z., Qina, C., Tör, M., Mab, P., Cheng, Q., Hong, Y. (2019) Mini review: Revisiting mobile RNA silencing in plants. Plant Science 278: 113-117. 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.10.025.
Devran, Z., Kahveci, E., Hong, Y., Studholme, D. J. and Tör, M. (2018) Identifying molecular markers suitable for Frl selection in tomato breeding. Theor. Appl Genet. 131: 2099–2105. 10.1007/s00122-018-3136-0
Woods-Tör, A., Studholme, D. J., Cevik, V., Telli, O., Holub, E. B. and Tör, M. (2018) A Suppressor/Avirulence Gene Combination in Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis Determines Race Specificity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front. Plant Sci. 9:265. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00265
Chen, W., Yu, Z., Wang, H., Wu, C., Kong, J., Wang, Z., Zhen,Q., Shi, N., Zhang, P., Zhong, S., Hunter, P., Manning, K., Tör, M. and Hong, Y. (2018) Comparative WGBS identifies genes that influence non-ripe phenotype in tomato epimutant Colourless non-ripening. Sci. China Life Sci. 61: 244-252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-017-9206-5.
Qin C, Li B, Fan Y, Zhang X, Yu Z, Ryabov E, Zhao M, Wang H, Shi N, Zhang P, Jackson S, Tör M, Cheng Q, Liu Y, Gallusci P, Hong Y (2017) Roles of Dicer-Like proteins 2 and 4 in Intra- and Intercellular Antiviral Silencing. Plant Physiol. 174: 1067–1081. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00475.
Conference Papers
2022: Invited Speaker: Pathogenomic-assisted plant breeding for disease resistance. 1st International Congress on Biotech Studies, November 9-11, Online.
2022: Invited Speaker: Fundamental and translational research on downy mildews: Reverse genetics, pathogenomics and biologics. 21st Annual Meeting of the Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network. August, Brno, Czech Republic.
2021: Keynote speaker: Application of small-RNA technologies in fundamental and translational research for plant protection: advantages, limitations and prospects. III International, Biological & Life Science Conference, Edirne, Turkey, September 1-3.
2021: Invited speaker: Evidence for synchronization of circadian rhythms between a downy mildew pathogen and its plant host. Plant Biology World-Wide Summit, July 19-23.
2019: Keynote Speaker. SIGS and HIGS: investigation into silencing genes in the obligate downy mildew pathogen. International Molecular Plant Protection Congress Adana TURKEY - April 10-13.
Poster Presentations
Tör, M., Okechukwu, E. C., Göl, D., Osborn, R., Baysal, O., Arikan, B., Arora, S., Domoney, C., Thomas, J., Wood, T. (2022) Integrating R-genes, pathogenomics and biological control for the management of downy mildew disease in pulses. EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Innate immunity in host-pathogen interactions, 17 - 20 July, EMBL Advanced Training Centre.
Göl, D., Osborn, R., Okechukwu, E. O., Hong, Y., Studholme, D., McDowell, J. and Tör, M. (2022) Targeting a tubulin gene in different downy mildews using small RNA inhibits spore germination. 21st Annual Meeting of the Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network. 22-25 August, Brno, Czech Republic.
Okechukwu, E.C., Baysal, O., Kocamaz., S., Arıkan, B., Thomas, J., Wood, T., Domoney, C. and Tör, M. (2021) Exploring Bacillus species to control downy mildew pathogens in pulses. BSPP Presidential Meeting 6-8 December, Birmingham, UK.
Norman, C., Hong, Y., Studholme, D.J., Tör, M. (2021) Elucidating the role of small RNAs in Alternaria alternata-tomato pathosystem.BSPP Presidential Meeting 6-8 December, Birmingham, UK.
Tör, M., Bilir, Ö., Telli, O., John, S., Norman, C., Budak, H. and Hong, Y. and (2019) Silencing genes in Arabidopsis downy mildew using exogenously applied small RNAs. In: XVIII International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, July, Glasgow, UK.
Tör, M. (2019) Keynote Speaker. SIGS and HIGS: investigation into silencing genes in the obligate downy mildew pathogen. International Molecular Plant Protection Congress Adana TURKEY - April 10-13.
Jimenez-Quiros, C., Baysal, Ö., Nicholson, P. and Tör, M. (2019) Bacillus strains modulate immune response, biomass production and flowering time in Arabidopsis and Brachypodium distachyon. XVIII International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, July, Glasgow, UK.
Jimenez-Quiros, C., Baysal, Ö., Studholme, D. J.and Tör, M. (2018) Comparative genomic analysis of three species that have an antagonistic effect on Fusarium graminearum. BSPP Presidential Meeting 10-11 December, Warwick, UK.
Jimenez-Quiros, C., Baysal, Ö., Nicholson, P. and Tör, M. (2018) Determining the antifungal activity of Bacillus species against Fusarium graminearum. Phytopathology108: 140-140Supplement: S