Matthew D Lebar
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Recent Articles
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Lohmar J, Gross S, Carter-Wientjes C, Mack B, Wei Q, Lebar M, et al.
PLoS One
. 2025 Mar;
20(3):e0315766.
PMID: 40029854
Forkhead transcription factors regulate several important biological processes in many eukaryotic species including fungi. Bioinformatic analysis of the Aspergillus flavus genome revealed four putative forkhead transcription factor genes. Genetic disruption...
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Wyman E, Grayburn W, Gilbert M, Lebar M, Lohmar J, Cary J, et al.
Front Microbiol
. 2025 Feb;
15:1514950.
PMID: 39902287
Introduction: is an opportunistic pathogenic fungus that infects oilseed crops worldwide. When colonizing plants, it produces mycotoxins, including carcinogenic compounds such as aflatoxins. Mycotoxin contamination results in an important economic...
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Sweany R, Gilbert M, Carter-Wientjes C, Moore G, Lebar M
Toxins (Basel)
. 2024 Dec;
16(12).
PMID: 39728797
Kojic acid is a secondary metabolite with strong chelating and antioxidant properties produced by and . Although antioxidants and chelators are important virulence factors for plant pathogens, the ecological role...
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Castano-Duque L, Lebar M, Mack B, Lohmar J, Carter-Wientjes C
J Fungi (Basel)
. 2024 Sep;
10(9).
PMID: 39330424
, a fungus known for producing aflatoxins, poses significant threats to agriculture and global health. Flavonoids, plant-derived compounds, inhibit proliferation and mitigate aflatoxin production, although the precise molecular and physical...
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Sweany R, Mack B, Gebru S, Mammel M, Cary J, Moore G, et al.
Mycologia
. 2024 May;
116(4):536-557.
PMID: 38727560
The ascomycete fungus infects and contaminates corn, peanuts, cottonseed, and tree nuts with toxic and carcinogenic aflatoxins. Subdivision between soil and host plant populations suggests that certain strains are specialized...
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Galewski P, Majumdar R, Lebar M, Strausbaugh C, Eujayl I
Int J Mol Sci
. 2023 Oct;
24(19).
PMID: 37834460
Sugar beet is susceptible to Beet curly top virus (BCTV), which significantly reduces yield and sugar production in the semi-arid growing regions worldwide. Sources of genetic resistance to BCTV is...
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Lebar M, Mack B, Carter-Wientjes C, Wei Q, Mattison C, Cary J
Front Fungal Biol
. 2023 Sep;
3:1029195.
PMID: 37746228
fungi produce mycotoxins that are detrimental to human and animal health. Two sections of aspergilli are of particular importance to cereal food crops such as corn and barley. section species...
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Jesmin R, Cary J, Lebar M, Majumdar R, Gummadidala P, Dias T, et al.
Front Microbiol
. 2023 Sep;
14:1208961.
PMID: 37744918
Aflatoxins, a family of fungal secondary metabolites, are toxic and carcinogenic compounds that pose an enormous threat to global food safety and agricultural sustainability. Specifically agricultural products in African, Southeast...
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Warburton M, Woolfolk S, Smith J, Hawkins L, Castano-Duque L, Lebar M, et al.
Plant Genome
. 2023 Mar;
16(2):e20311.
PMID: 36866429
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a crop of major economic and food security importance globally. The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, can devastate entire maize crops, especially in countries or...
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Gilbert M, Mack B, Lebar M, Chang P, Gross S, Sweany R, et al.
J Fungi (Basel)
. 2023 Jan;
9(1).
PMID: 36675939
is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for millions of dollars in crop losses annually and negative health impacts on crop consumers globally. strains have the potential to produce aflatoxin and other...