John Leslie
Name
John F. Leslie BA(Dall), MS(UWisc), PhD(UWisc)
Position
Honorary Research Associate
Email
jfl@plantpath.ksu.edu
Phone
+1-785-532-1363
Fax
+1-785-532-2414
Research interests
Fusarium, fungal genetics and populations
Keywords
Fusarium, species, genetics, sorghum, maize, wheat, plant pathology
Current research projects
- Characterisation of Fusarium populations from sorghum, millet and maize in Africa
- Populations and species of Fusarium in native grasslands
- Genetics of vegetative incompatibility in Fusarium
Key publications
- Summerell, B. A., J. F. Leslie, D. Backhouse, W. L. Bryden & L. W. Burgess, eds. 2001. Fusarium: Paul E. Nelson Memorial Symposium. APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota. 392 pp.
- Leslie, J. F., ed. 2002. Sorghum and Millets Diseases. Iowa State Press, Ames, Iowa. 504 pp.
- Summerell, B. A., B. Salleh & J. F. Leslie. 2003. A utilitarian approach to Fusarium identification. Plant Disease 87: 117-128.
- Fotso, J., J. F. Leslie & J. S. Smith. 2002. Production of beauvericin, moniliformin, fusaproliferin, and fumonisins B1, B2 and B3 by ex-type strains of fifteen Fusarium species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68: 5195-5197.
- Jurgenson, J. E., R. L. Bowden, K. A. Zeller, J. F. Leslie, N. J. Alexander & R. D. Plattner. 2002. A genetic map of Gibberella zeae (Fusarium graminearum). Genetics 160: 1452-1460.
- Jurgenson, J. E., K. A. Zeller & J. F. Leslie. 2002. An expanded genetic map of Gibberella moniliformis (Fusarium verticillioides). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68: 1972-1979.
- Kerényi, Z., K. Zeller, L. Hornok & J. F. Leslie. 1999. Standardization of mating-type terminology in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65: 4071-4076.
- Klittich, C. J. R., J. F. Leslie, P. E. Nelson & W. F. O. Marasas. 1997. Fusarium thapsinum (Gibberella thapsina): A new species in section Liseola from sorghum. Mycologia 89: 643-652.
- Leslie, J. F. & K. K. Klein. 1996. Female fertility and mating-type effects on effective population size and evolution in filamentous fungi. Genetics 144: 557-567.
- Leslie, J. F. 1995. Gibberella fujikuroi: Available populations and variable traits (invited review). Canadian Journal of Botany 73: S282-S291.
- Leslie, J. F. 1993. Fungal vegetative compatibility. Annual Review of Phytopathology 31: 127-151.
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