Mcdonald, Bruce
Professor
Department of Environmental Systems Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland
Biography
Bruce McDonald was appointed Full Professor for Plant Pathology at the ETH in September of 1998. Born in 1960, Bruce obtained a BSc degree in Plant Science from University of California at Riverside in 1982. He obtained his PhD degree in Genetics from University of California at Davis in 1987. He became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at Texas A&M University in 1988, where he established an innovative research program oriented around understanding the population genetics and evolutionary biology of fungal plant pathogens. He spent sabbatical periods at CSIRO Plant Industry (Canberra, Australia), University of California, San Diego and Oregon State University in Corvallis.
Research Interest
His research lies at the intersection of the fields of plant pathology, population genetics, evolutionary biology, plant breeding and mycology, with a focus on major fungal pathogens of wheat, barley and rice.
Publications
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A small secreted protein in Zymoseptoria tritici is responsible for avirulence on wheat cultivars carrying the Stb6 resistance gene Ziming Zhong, Thierry C. Marcel, Fanny E. Hartmann, Xin Ma, Clémence Plissonneau, Marcello Zala, Aurélie Ducasse, Johann Confais, Jérôme Compain, Nicolas Lapalu, Joëlle Amselem, Bruce A. McDonald, Daniel Croll and Javier Palma-Guerrero New Phytologist, 214 (2): 616-631, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017.
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The genetic basis of local adaptation for pathogenic fungi in agricultural ecosystems Daniel Croll and Bruce A. McDonald Molecular Ecology, 26 (7): 2027-2040, Oxford: Wiley, 2017
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Mutations in the CYP51 gene reduce DMI sensitivity in Parastagonospora nodorum populations in Europe and China Danilo A.S. Pereira, Bruce A. McDonald and Patrick C. Brunner Pest Management Science, 73 (7): 1503-1510, Chichester: Wiley, 2017
