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The LmSNF1 gene is required for pathogenicity in the canola blackleg pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans
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Zhang, Hui, Strelkov, Stephen E., Feng, Jie, Hwang, Sheau-Fang
Leptosphaeria maculans is a fungal pathogen causing blackleg in canola. Its virulence has been attributed, among other factors, to the activity of hydrolytic cell wall degrading enzymes (CWDEs). Studies on the pathogenicity function of CWDEs in plant pathogenic fungi have been difficult due to...
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The Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback and Produced Water on Exercise Capacity and Metabolic Fuel Selection in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
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Hydraulic fracturing is an increasingly popular technique for unconventional hydrocarbon extraction in Canada. As its popularity continues to grow, concerns are being raised regarding its waste product, hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water (FPW), and its effects on the environment....
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Spring 2013
Glucose is the sole fuel for the brain in normal physiological conditions. Absence of glucose or its presence in high concentrations has been shown to be harmful to neurons. Microglia, the innate immune cells of the brain, are the first line of defense against changes in the CNS environment and...
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The ecology of boreal forest floor microbial communities in relation to environmental factors
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Soil microbial communities in boreal forests are structured by complex interactions among many factors operating simultaneously on large and small spatial scales. Of particular note in the boreal mixedwood, the microbial communities under trembling aspen and white spruce forest floors are...
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Target-specific PCR primers can detect and differentiate ophiostomatoid fungi from microbial communities associated with the mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae.
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Khadempour, Lily, Alamouti, Sepideh Massoumi, Hamelin, Richard, Bohlmann, Jörg, Breuil, Colette
The aim of this study was to develop DNA probes that could identify the major fungal species associated with mountain pine beetles (MPB). The beetles are closely associated with fungal species that include ophiostomatoid fungi that can be difficult to differentiate morphologically. The most...
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Fall 2013
Solubility of glucose and lactose in subcritical water (SCW) was first determined at different pressures and temperatures. Sugar solubility increased with temperature but decreased with an increase in pressure. Then, carbohydrates and phenolics were extracted from lentil husk and cotyledon using...
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Spatial genetic structure of a symbiotic beetle-fungal system: Toward multi-taxa integrated landscape genetics
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Sperling, Felix A. H., Hamelin, Richard C., Murray, Brent W., James, Patrick M. A., Coltman, Dave W.
Spatial patterns of genetic variation in interacting species can identify shared features that are important to gene flow and can elucidate co-evolutionary relationships. We assessed concordance in spatial genetic variation between the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) and one of its...