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Michelle E H Thompson

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Thompson M, Raizada M
J Microbiol Methods . 2024 Aug; 225:107027. PMID: 39214401
There is interest in studying microbes that colonize maize silks (style tissue, critical for reproduction) including the fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum (Fg) and its interactions with the microbiome and biocontrol...
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Thompson M, Raizada M
Microorganisms . 2024 Jul; 12(7). PMID: 39065240
Within flowers, the style channel receives pollen and transmits male gametes inside elongating pollen tubes to ovules. The styles of maize/corn are called silks. Fertilization-stage silks possess complex microbiomes, which...
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Thompson M, Shrestha A, Rinne J, Limay-Rios V, Reid L, Raizada M
Pathogens . 2023 Nov; 12(11). PMID: 38003787
Styles transmit pollen-derived sperm nuclei from pollen to ovules, but also transmit environmental pathogens. The microbiomes of styles are likely important for reproduction/disease, yet few studies exist. Whether style microbiome...
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Thompson M, Raizada M
Pathogens . 2018 Oct; 7(4). PMID: 30314351
Silks are the long threads at the tips of maize ears onto which pollen land and sperm nuclei travel long distances to fertilize egg cells, giving rise to embryos and...