James A. Sweigard

Lifestyle transitions in plant pathogenic Colletotrichum fungi deciphered by genome and transcriptome analyses

Richard J. O’Connell, Michael R. Thon, Stéphane Hacquard et al. · Nature Genetics · 2012 · 1K citations · Full text

Biology, Genetics, Lifestyle Transitions +8

A Telomeric Avirulence Gene Determines Efficacy for the Rice Blast Resistance Gene <i>Pi-ta</i>

Marc J. Orbach, Leonard Farrall, James A. Sweigard et al. · The Plant Cell · 2000 · 546 citations

<i>Magnaporthe grisea</i> Pth11p Is a Novel Plasma Membrane Protein That Mediates Appressorium Differentiation in Response to Inductive Substrate Cues

Todd M. DeZwaan, Anne Carroll, Barbara Valent et al. · The Plant Cell · 1999 · 403 citations · Full text

Pth11 Mutants, Protein Secretion, Genetics +22

Improved Vectors for Selecting Resistance to Hygromycin

Anne Carroll, James A. Sweigard, Barbara Valent · Fungal Genetics Reports · 1994 · 403 citations · Full text

Engineering, Genetics, Modified Gene +17

Identification, cloning, and characterization of PWL2, a gene for host species specificity in the rice blast fungus.

James A. Sweigard, A. Carroll, Seogchan Kang et al. · The Plant Cell · 1995 · 387 citations · Full text

Plant Defense Gene, Genetics, Plant Pathology +18