Honorary Professor Roger Shivas
Honorary Professor
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Journal Articles
Calvert, J., McTaggart, A., Carvalhais, L. C., Rensink, S., Dennis, P. G., Drenth, A. and Shivas, R. (2023). Divergent rainforest tree microbiomes between phases of the monsoon cycle, host plants and tissues. Plant Biology, 25 (6), 860-870. doi: 10.1111/plb.13569
Kruse, J., McTaggart, A. R., Dhileepan, K., Musili, P. M., Mutie, F. M., Ntandu, J. E., Edogbanya, P. R. O., Chukwuma, E. C. and Shivas, R. G. (2021). Broad and narrow host ranges in resolved species of Cintractia limitata s. lat. (Anthracoideaceae, Ustilaginomycotina) on Cyperus. Mycological Progress, 20 (2), 191-201. doi: 10.1007/s11557-020-01664-7
Tran, N. T., McTaggart, A. R., Drenth, A., Shivas, R. G., Loch, D. S., Kruse, J. and Geering, A. D. W. (2020). Couch smut, an economically important disease of Cynodon dactylon in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 49 (2), 87-94. doi: 10.1007/s13313-020-00680-1
Crous, P. W., Cowan, D. A., Maggs-Kölling, G., Yilmaz, N., Larsson, E., Angelini, C., Brandrud, T. E., Dearnaley, J. D.W., Dima, B., Dovana, F., Fechner, N., García, D., Gené, J., Halling, R. E., Houbraken, J., Leonard, P., Luangsa-Ard, J. J., Noisripoom, W., Rea-Ireland, A. E., Ševčíková, H., Smyth, C. W., Vizzini, A., Adam, J. D., Adams, G. C., Alexandrova, A. V., Alizadeh, A., Álvarez Duarte, E., Andjic, V., Antonín, V. ... Groenewald, J. Z. (2020). Fungal planet description sheets: 1112–1181. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, 45 (1), 251-409. doi: 10.3767/persoonia.2020.45.10
Shivas, Roger G., Beasley, Dean R., Bransgrove, Kaylene, Tan, Yu Pei and Bulow, Geoff (2019). Biodiscovery and the Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium. Microbiology Australia, 40 (3), 134-137. doi: 10.1071/MA19036
Parkinson, L., Dann, E. and Shivas, R. (2018). Black root rot of avocado – what do we know and how can we manage it?. Talking Avocados, 28 (3), 35-39.
Parkinson, Louisamarie E, Shivas, Roger G and Dann, Elizabeth K (2017). Pathogenicity of Nectriaceous Fungi on Avocado in Australia. Phytopathology, 107 (12), 1479-1485. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-03-17-0084-R
McTaggart, Alistair R., Beasley, Dean R., Wingfield, Michael J., Wood, Alan R., Pretorius, Zakkie A., Drenth, Andre, Shivas, Roger G. and Roux, Jolanda (2017). A dynamic, web-based resource to identify rust fungi (Pucciniales) in southern Africa. MycoKeys, 26 (26), 77-83. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.26.14602
Marin-Felix, Y., Groenewald, J. Z., Cai, L., Chen, Q., Marincowitz, S., Barnes, I., Bensch, K., Braun, U., Camporesi, E., Damm, U., de Beer, Z. W., Dissanayake, A., Edwards, J., Giraldo, A., Hernandez-Restrepo, M., Hyde, K. D., Jayawardena, R. S., Lombard, L., Luangsa-ard, J., McTaggart, A. R., Rossman, A. Y., Sandoval-Denis, M., Shen, M., Shivas, R. G., Tan, Y. P., van der Linde, E. J., Wingfield, M. J., Wood, A. R., Zhang, J. Q. ... Crous, P. W. (2017). Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 1. Studies in Mycology, 86 (86), 99-216. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2017.04.002
Li, Ying-Ming, Shivas, Roger G., McTaggart, Alistair R., Zhaoa, Peng and Caia, Lei (2017). Ten new species of Macalpinomyces on Eriachne in Northern Australia. Mycologia, 109 (3), 408-421. doi: 10.1080/00275514.2017.1330026
Shivas, Roger G., Tan, Yu Pei, Edwards, Jacqueline, Dinh, Quang, Maxwell, Aaron, Andjic, Vera, Liberato, José R., Anderson, Chris, Beasley, Dean R., Bransgrove, Kaylene, Coates, Lindy M., Cowan, Karren, Daniel, Rosalie, Dean, Jan R., Lomavatu, Mereia Fong, Mercado-Escueta, Doris, Mitchell, Roger W., Thangavel, Raja, Tran-Nguyen, Lucy T. T. and Weir, Bevan S. (2016). Colletotrichum species in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 45 (5), 447-464. doi: 10.1007/s13313-016-0443-2
McTaggart, Alistair R., Shivas, Roger G., Boekhout, Teun, Oberwinkler, Franz, Vanky, Kalman, Pennycook, Shaun R. and Begerow, Dominik (2016). Mycosarcoma (Ustilaginaceae), a resurrected generic name for corn smut (Ustilago maydis) and its close relatives with hypertrophied, tubular sori. IMA Fungus, 7 (2), 309-315. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.10
Crous, P. W., Wingfield, M. J., Le Roux, J. J., Richardson, D. M., Strasberg, D., Shivas, R. G., Alvarado, P., Edwards, J., Moreno, G., Sharma, R., Sonawane, M. S., Tan, Y. P., Altes, A., Barasubiye, T., Barnes, C. W., Blanchette, R. A., Boertmann, D., Bogo, A., Carlavilla, J. R., Cheewangkoon, R., Daniel, R., de Beer, Z. W., de Jesus Yanez-Morales, M., Duong, T. A., Fernandez-Vicente, J., Geering, A. D. W., Guest, D. I., Held, B. W., Heykoop, M. ... Groenewald, J. Z. (2015). Fungal Planet description sheets: 371-399. Persoonia, 35 (1), 264-327. doi: 10.3767/003158515X690269
Thompson, S. M., Tan, Y. P., Shivas, R. G., Neate, S. M., Morin, L., Bissett, A. and Aitken, E. A. B. (2015). Green and brown bridges between weeds and crops reveal novel Diaporthe species in Australia. Persoonia, 35 (1), 39-49. doi: 10.3767/003158515X687506
Crous, P. W., Wingfield, M. J., Guarro, J., Hernandez-Restrepo, M., Sutton, D. A., Acharya, K., Barber, P. A., Boekhout, T., Dimitrov, R. A., Duenas, M., Dutta, A. K., Gene, J., Gouliamova, D. E., Groenewald, M., Lombard, L., Morozova, O. V., Sarkar, J., Smith, M. Th., Stchigel, A. M., Wiederhold, N. P., Alexandrova, A. V., Antelmi, I., Armengol, J., Barnes, I., Cano-Lira, J. F., Castaneda Ruiz, R. F., Contu, M., Courtecuisse, Pr. R., da Silveira, A. L. ... Groenewald, J. Z. (2015). Fungal Planet description sheets: 320–370. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, 34 (1), 167-266. doi: 10.3767/003158515X688433
Shivas, Roger Graham, Marney, Thomas Stephen, Tan, Yu Pei and Mctaggart, Alistair Ross (2015). Novel species of Cercospora and Pseudocercospora (Capnodiales, Mycosphaerellaceae) from Australia. Fungal Biology, 119 (5), 362-369. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2014.09.004
Doungsa-ard, Chanintorn, McTaggart, Alistair R., Geering, Andrew D. W., Dalisay, Teresita U., Ray, Jane and Shivas, Roger G. (2015). Uromycladium falcatarium sp. nov., the cause of gall rust on Paraserianthes falcataria in south-east Asia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 44 (1), 25-30. doi: 10.1007/s13313-014-0301-z
Hyde, Kevin D., Nilsson, R. Henrik, Alias, S. Aisyah, Ariyawansa, Hiran A., Blair, Jaime E., Cai, Lei, de Cock, Arthur W. A. M., Dissanayake, Asha J., Glockling, Sally L., Goonasekara, Ishani D., Gorczak, Michal, Hahn, Matthias, Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., van Kan, Jan A. L., Laurence, Matthew H., Levesque, C. Andre, Li, Xinghong, Liu, Jian-Kui, Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S. N., Manamgoda, Dimuthu S., Martin, Frank N., McKenzie, Eric H. C., McTaggart, Alistair R., Mortimer, Peter E., Nair, Prakash V. R., Pawlowska, Julia, Rintoul, Tara L., Shivas, Roger G., Spies, Christoffel F. J. ... Zhou, Nan (2014). One stop shop: backbones trees for important phytopathogenic genera: I (2014). Fungal Diversity, 67 (1), 21-125. doi: 10.1007/s13225-014-0298-1
Gardiner, Donald M., Stiller, Jiri, Covarelli, Lorenzo, Lindeberg, Magdalen, Shivas, Roger G. and Manners, John M. (2013). Genome sequences of Pseudomonas spp. isolated from cereal crops. Genome Announcements, 1 (3) e00209-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00209-13
McTaggart, A. R., Ryley, M. J. and Shivas, R. G. (2012). First report of the powdery mildew Erysiphe diffusa on soybean in Australia. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 7 (1), 127-129. doi: 10.1007/s13314-012-0065-7
Dann, E. K., Cooke, A. W., Forsberg, L. I., Pegg, K. G., Tan, Y. -P. and Shivas, R. G. (2012). Pathogenicity studies in avocado with three nectriaceous fungi, Calonectria ilicicola, Gliocladiopsis sp. and Ilyonectria liriodendri. Plant Pathology, 61 (5), 896-902. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02579.x
Shivas, R. G. and McTaggart, A. R. (2009). Three new species of Tilletia on native grasses from northern Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 38 (2), 128-131. doi: 10.1071/AP08089
Conference Papers
Tran, N. T., McTaggart, A. R., Drenth, A., Shivas, R. G., Loch, D. S. and Geering, A. D. W. (2019). Biology and epidemiology of smut (Ustilago cynodontis) in couch grass. Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 25-28 November 2019.
Tran, N. T., McTaggart, A. R., Drenth, A., Shivas, R. G., Loch, D. S. and Geering, A. D. W. (2019). Distribution of Ustilago cynodontis within couch grass plants. TropAg Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 11-13 November 2019.
Parkinson, L. E., Le, D. P., Shivas, R. G. and Dann, E. K. (2019). Pathogenicity and molecular detection of nectriaceous fungi associated with black root rot of avocado. IX World Avocado Congress, Medellín, Colombia, 23–27 September 2019. World Avocado Congress.
Parkinson, L., Shivas, R. and Dann, E. K. (2018). Phylogeny and molecular diagnosis of nectriaceous fungi associated with black root rot in avocado. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), Boston, MA United States, July 29-August 03 2018. St. Paul, MN United States: American Phytopathological Society.
Newspaper Article
Geering, A., McTaggart, A., Doungsa-ard, C. and Shivas, R. (2013, 01 01). Deciphering the onion rust complex Onions Australia Magazine 26-27.