Dr Alistair McTaggart
Adjunct Research Fellow
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Publications
Book
Shivas, Roger G., Kiss, Levente, Geering, Andrew D. W. and McTaggart, Alistair R. (2023). Management of Plant Pathogen Collections, 2nd edition. East Toowoomba, QLD Australia: Australasian Plant Pathology Society.
Book Chapter
Aime, M. Catherine, McTaggart, Alistair R., Mondo, Stephen J. and Duplessis, Sebastien (2017). Phylogenetics and phylogenomics of rust fungi. Fungal phylogenetics and phylogenomics. (pp. 267-307) edited by Jeffrey P. Townsend and Zheng Wang. Cambridge, MA., United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.adgen.2017.09.011
Journal Articles
Rizal, Leela M., Hereward, James P., McTaggart, Alistair R., Furlong, Michael J. and Walter, Gimme H. (2025). Genomic analyses and mating tests among sympatric isolates of
Beauveria bassiana
provide evidence for a diverse cryptic species complex. Mycologia, 1-19. doi: 10.1080/00275514.2025.2568223
Tran, Nga T., Teo, Ai Chin, McTaggart, Alistair R., Campbell, Paul R., Persley, Denis M., Thomas, John E. and Geering, Andrew D. W. (2025). Origins and distribution of Panicum Mosaic virus and Sugarcane Mosaic virus on Stenotaphrum secundatum in Australia. Phytopathology, 115 (4), 431-440. doi: 10.1094/phyto-11-24-0363-r
Rincon-Florez, Vivian A., Carvalhais, Lilia C., Silva, Adriano M. F., McTaggart, Alistair, Ray, Jane D., O'Dwyer, Cecilia, Roberts, Janet, Souza, Elineide B., Albuquerque, Greecy M. R. and Drenth, Andre (2024). Validation of PCR diagnostic assays for detection and identification of all Ralstonia solanacearum sequevars causing Moko disease in banana. Phytopathology, 114 (11), 2375-2384. doi: 10.1094/phyto-06-24-0190-r
Luo, Zhenyan, Feng, Jinghang, Bird, Austin, Moeller, Mareike, Tam, Rita, Shepherd, Luc, Murphy, Lydia, Singh, Lavi, Graetz, Abigail, Amorim, Lilian, Massola Júnior, Nelson Sidnei, Prodhan, M. Asaduzzaman, Shuey, Louise S., Beattie, Douglas, Gonzalez, Alejandro Trujillo, Tobias, Peri, Padovan, Amanda, Kimber, Rohan Benjamin Essex, McTaggart, A. R., Kehoe, Monica, Schwessinger, Benjamin and Boufleur, Thais Regina (2024). Eight novel diagnostic markers differentiate lineages of the highly invasive myrtle rust pathogen Austropuccinia psidii. Plant Disease, 109 (4), 1-38. doi: 10.1094/pdis-10-24-2111-sr
Anderson, Jay M., Coates, Lindy M., Aitken, Elizabeth A. B., Mitchell, Roger W., McTaggart, Alistair R. and Dann, Elizabeth K. (2024). The pathogenic diversity and host range of Colletotrichum spp. causing pepper spot and anthracnose of lychee (Litchi chinensis) in Australia. Plant Pathology, 73 (6), 1334-1348. doi: 10.1111/ppa.13901
Bhunjun, C. S., Chen, Y. J., Phukhamsakda, C., Boekhout, T., Groenewald, J. Z., McKenzie, E. H.C., Francisco, E. C., Frisvad, J. C., Groenewald, M., Hurdeal, V. G., Luangsa-Ard, J., Perrone, G., Visagie, C. M., Bai, F. Y., Błaszkowski, J., Braun, U., de Souza, F. A., de Queiroz, M. B., Dutta, A. K., Gonkhom, D., Goto, B. T., Guarnaccia, V., Hagen, F., Houbraken, J., Lachance, M. A., Li, J. J., Luo, K. Y., Magurno, F., Mongkolsamrit, S. ... Crous, P. W. (2024). What are the 100 most cited fungal genera?. Studies in Mycology, 108 (1), 1-412. doi: 10.3114/sim.2024.108.01
Luo, Zhenyan, McTaggart, Alistair and Schwessinger, Benjamin (2024). Genome biology and evolution of mating-type loci in four cereal rust fungi. PLoS Genetics, 20 (3) 1011207, 1-41. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011207
McTaggart, A.R., Scarlett, K., Slot, J.C., Barlow, C., Appleyard, C., Gardiner, D.M., Fechner, N., Tilden, J., Hass, D., Voogelbreinder, S., Lording, W.J., Lloyd, R.A., Shuey, L.S., Drenth, A. and James, T.Y. (2024). Wood-loving magic mushrooms from Australia are saprotrophic invaders in the Northern Hemisphere. Fungal Systematics and Evolution, 14 (1), 209-222. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2024.14.14
Degnan, Rebecca M., Shuey, Louise S., Radford-Smith, Julian, Gardiner, Donald M., Carroll, Bernard J., Mitter, Neena, McTaggart, Alistair R. and Sawyer, Anne (2023). Double-stranded RNA prevents and cures infection by rust fungi. Communications Biology, 6 (1) 1234, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05618-z
McTaggart, Alistair R., McLaughlin, Stephen, Slot, Jason C., McKernan, Kevin, Appleyard, Chris, Bartlett, Tia L., Weinert, Matthew, Barlow, Caine, Warne, Leon N., Shuey, Louise S., Drenth, André and James, Timothy Y. (2023). Domestication through clandestine cultivation constrained genetic diversity in magic mushrooms relative to naturalized populations. Current Biology, 33 (23), 5147-5159.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.059
McTaggart, Alistair R., James, Timothy Y., Slot, Jason C., Barlow, Caine, Fechner, Nigel, Shuey, Louise S. and Drenth, André (2023). Genome sequencing progenies of magic mushrooms (Psilocybe subaeruginosa) identifies tetrapolar mating and gene duplications in the psilocybin pathway. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 165 103769, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2022.103769
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
Degnan, Rebecca M., McTaggart, Alistair R., Shuey, Louise S., Pame, Leny Jane S., Smith, Grant R., Gardiner, Donald M., Nock, Volker, Soffe, Rebecca, Sale, Sarah, Garrill, Ashley, Carroll, Bernard J., Mitter, Neena and Sawyer, Anne (2022). Exogenous double‐stranded RNA inhibits the infection physiology of rust fungi to reduce symptoms in planta. Molecular Plant Pathology, 24 (3), 191-207. doi: 10.1111/mpp.13286
Samarfard, Samira, Ghorbani, Abozar, Karbanowicz, Thomas P., Lim, Zhi Xian, Saedi, Mahshid, Fariborzi, Niloofar, McTaggart, Alistair R. and Izadpanah, Keramatollah (2022). Regulatory non-coding RNA: The core defense mechanism against plant pathogens. Journal of Biotechnology, 359, 82-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2022.09.014
Geering, Andrew D. W., McTaggart, Alistair R. and Teycheney, Pierre-Yves (2022). Untangling the taxonomy of dahlia mosaic virus. Archives of Virology, 167 (11), 2325-2329. doi: 10.1007/s00705-022-05567-8
McTaggart, Alistair R., James, Timothy Y., Idnurm, Alexander, Park, Robert F., Shuey, Louise S., Demers, Michelle N. K. and Aime, M. Catherine (2022). Sexual reproduction is the null hypothesis for life cycles of rust fungi. PLOS Pathogens, 18 (5) e1010439, 1-5. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010439
Ferrarezi, Jessica A., McTaggart, Alistair R., Tobias, Peri A., Hayashibara, Carolina A A, Degnan, Rebecca M., Shuey, Louise S., Franceschini, Livia M., Lopes, Mariana S. and Quecine, Maria C. (2022). Austropuccinia psidii uses tetrapolar mating and produces meiotic spores in older infections on Eucalyptus grandis. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 160 103692, 103692. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2022.103692
McTaggart, Alistair R., Drenth, André, Wingfield, Michael J., O’Dwyer, Cecilia, Shuey, Louise S. and Pegg, Geoff S. (2022). Epidemic spread of smut fungi (Quambalaria) by sexual reproduction in a native pathosystem. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 163 (2), 341-349. doi: 10.1007/s10658-022-02480-3
He, Mao-Qiang, Zhao, Rui-Lin, Liu, Dong-Mei, Denchev, Teodor T., Begerow, Dominik, Yurkov, Andrey, Kemler, Martin, Millanes, Ana M., Wedin, Mats, McTaggart, A. R., Shivas, Roger G., Buyck, Bart, Chen, Jie, Vizzini, Alfredo, Papp, Viktor, Zmitrovich, Ivan V., Davoodian, Naveed and Hyde, Kevin D. (2022). Species diversity of basidiomycota. Fungal Diversity, 114 (1), 281-325. doi: 10.1007/s13225-021-00497-3
Crous, P. W., Osieck, E. R., Jurjevi, Z., Boers, J., Van Iperen, A. L., Starink-Willemse, M., Dima, B., Balashov, S., Bulgakov, T. S., Johnston, P. R., Morozova, O., Pinruan, U., Sommai, S., Alvarado, P., Decock, C. A., Lebel, T., McMullan-Fisher, S., Moreno, G., Shivas, R. G., Zhao, L., Abdollahzadeh, J., Abrinbana, M., Ageev, D., Akhmetova, G., Alexandrova, A., Altes, A., Amaral, A. G. G., Angelini, C., Antonin, ... Groenewald, J. Z. (2021). Fungal Planet description sheets: 1284-1382. Persoonia, 47 (1), 178-374. doi: 10.3767/persoonia.2021.47.06
Gamarra Gamarra, Delia Palmira, Torres Suarez, Gilberto, Villar Quiñonez, Charo Milagros, McTaggart, Alistair R. and Carrasco Lozano, Emerson Clovis (2021). Phylogenetic relationship of coffee leaf rust in the central jungle of Peru. Acta Agronómica, 70 (2). doi: 10.15446/acag.v70n2.88945
Aime, M.C. and McTaggart, A.R. (2021). A higher-rank classification for rust fungi, with notes on genera. Fungal Systematics and Evolution, 7 (1), 21-47. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2021.07.02
McTaggart, A.R., James, T.Y., Shivas, R.G., Drenth, A., Wingfield, B.D., Summerell, B.A. and Duong, T.A. (2021). Population genomics reveals historical and ongoing recombination in the Fusarium oxysporum species complex. Studies in Mycology, 99 (99) 100132, 100132-100132. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2021.100132
Fraser, Stuart, McTaggart, Alistair R., Roux, Jolanda and Wingfield, Mike J. (2021). Hyperparasitism by Sphaerellopsis macroconidialis may lower over‐wintering survival of Uromycladium acaciae. Forest Pathology, 51 (3) e12691, 1-5. doi: 10.1111/efp.12691
Fraser, Stuart, McTaggart, Alistair R., Roux, Jolanda, Nel, Johan, Potgieter, James, Shuey, Louise, Somchit, Chanatda and Wingfield, Mike J. (2021). The life cycle and field epidemiology of Uromycladium acaciae (Pucciniales) on Acacia mearnsii in South Africa. Annals of Applied Biology, 179 (1) aab.12677, 21-33. doi: 10.1111/aab.12677
Crous, P.W., Lombard, L., Sandoval-Denis, M., Seifert, K.A., Schroers, H.-J., Chaverri, P., Gené, J., Guarro, J., Hirooka, Y., Bensch, K., Kema, G.H.J., Lamprecht, S.C., Cai, L., Rossman, A.Y., Stadler, M., Summerbell, R.C., Taylor, J.W., Ploch, S., Visagie, C.M., Yilmaz, N., Frisvad, J.C., Abdel-Azeem, A.M., Abdollahzadeh, J., Abdolrasouli, A., Akulov, A., Alberts, J.F., Araújo, J.P.M., Ariyawansa, H.A., Bakhshi, M. ... Thines, M. (2021). Fusarium: more than a node or a foot-shaped basal cell. Studies in Mycology, 98 (98) 100116, 1-184. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2021.100116
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
Filardo, Fiona, Nancarrow, Narelle, Kehoe, Monica, McTaggart, Alistair R., Congdon, Benjamin, Kumari, Safaa, Aftab, Mohammad, Trębicki, Piotr, Rodoni, Brendan, Thomas, John and Sharman, Murray (2021). Genetic diversity and recombination between turnip yellows virus strains in Australia. Archives of Virology, 166 (3), 813-829. doi: 10.1007/s00705-020-04931-w
Kruse, J., Butt, M., Randles, J. W., Shivas, R. G. and McTaggart, A. R. (2020). First report of Puccinia vincae in Australia. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 15 (1) 12. doi: 10.1007/s13314-020-0382-1
McTaggart, A. R., Prychid, C. J., Bruhl, J. J. and Shivas, R. G. (2020). The PhyloCode applied to Cintractiellales, a new order of smut fungi with unresolved phylogenetic relationships in the Ustilaginomycotina. Fungal Systematics and Evolution, 6 (1), 55-64. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2020.06.04
Crous, P. W., Wingfield, M. J., Chooi, Y. -H., Gilchrist, C. L. M., Lacey, E., Pitt, J. I., Roets, F., Swart, W. J., Cano-Lira, J. F., Valenzuela-Lopez, N., Hubka, V., Shivas, R. G., Stchigel, A. M., Holdom, D. G., Jurjevic, Z., Kachalkin, A. V., Lebel, T., Lock, C., Martin, M. P., Tan, Y. P., Tomashevskaya, M. A., Vitelli, J. S., Baseia, I. G., Bhatt, V. K., Brandrud, T. E., De Souza, J. T., Dima, B., Lacey, H. J., Lombard, L. ... Groenewald, J. Z. (2020). Fungal Planet description sheets: 1042-1111. Persoonia, 44 (1), 301-459. doi: 10.3767/persoonia.2020.44.11
Samarfard, Samira, McTaggart, Alistair R., Sharman, Murray, Bejerman, Nicolás E. and Dietzgen, Ralf G. (2020). Viromes of ten alfalfa plants in Australia reveal diverse known viruses and a novel RNA virus. Pathogens, 9 (3) 214, 214. doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030214
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
Rauf, M. R. B. A., McTaggart, A. R., Marincowitz, S., Barnes, I., Japarudin, Y. and Wingfield, M. J. (2020). Pathogenicity of Chrysoporthe deuterocubensis and Myrtoporthe bodenii gen. et sp. nov. on Eucalyptus in Sabah, Malaysia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 49 (1), 53-64. doi: 10.1007/s13313-019-00676-6
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
McTaggart, Alistair R., du Plessis, Esna, Roux, Jolanda, Barnes, Irene, Fraser, Stuart, Granados, Ginna M., Ho, Wellcome W. H., Shuey, Louise S. and Drenth, André (2019). Sexual reproduction in populations of Austropuccinia psidii. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 156 (2), 537-545. doi: 10.1007/s10658-019-01903-y
Granados, Ginna M., McTaggart, Alistair R., Rodas, Carlos A., Roux, Jolanda and Wingfield, Michael J. (2019). Species of Cryphonectriaceae occupy an endophytic niche in the Melastomataceae and are putative latent pathogens of Eucalyptus. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 156 (1), 273-283. doi: 10.1007/s10658-019-01887-9
Drenth, André, McTaggart, Alistair R. and Wingfield, Brenda D. (2019). Fungal clones win the battle, but recombination wins the war. IMA Fungus, 10 (1) 18, 18. doi: 10.1186/s43008-019-0020-8
Rush, Tomás Allen, Golan, Jacob, McTaggart, Alistair, Kane, Cade, Schneider, R. W. and Aime, M. Catherine (2019). Variation in the Internal Transcribed Spacer Region of and Implications for Molecular Diagnostic Assays. Plant Disease, 103 (9), PDIS08181426RE-08. doi: 10.1094/pdis-08-18-1426-re
Crous, P. W., Carnegie, A. J., Wingfield, M. J., Sharma, R., Mughini, G., Noordeloos, M. E., Santini, A., Shouche, Y. S., Bezerra, J. D. P., Dima, B., Guarnaccia, V., Imrefi, I., Jurjevic, Z., Knapp, D. G., Kovacs, G. M., Magista, D., Perrone, G., Rama, T., Rebriev, Y. A., Shivas, R. G., Singh, S. M., Souza-Motta, C. M., Thangavel, R., Adhapure, N. N., Alexandrova, A. V., Alfenas, A. C., Alfenas, R. F., Alvarado, P., Alves, A. L. ... Groenewald, J. Z. (2019). Fungal planet description sheets: 868-950. Persoonia, 42 (1), 291-473. doi: 10.3767/persoonia.2019.42.11
du Plessis, E., Granados, G. M., Barnes, I., Ho, W. H., Alexander, B. J. R., Roux, J. and McTaggart, A. R. (2019). The pandemic strain of Austropuccinia psidii causes myrtle rust in New Zealand and Singapore. Australasian Plant Pathology, 48 (3), 253-256. doi: 10.1007/s13313-019-0624-x
van der Nest, Magriet A., Steenkamp, Emma T., Roodt, Danielle, Soal, Nicole C., Palmer, Marike, Chan, Wai-Yin, Wilken, P. Markus, Duong, Tuan A., Naidoo, Kershney, Santana, Quentin C., Trollip, Conrad, De Vos, Lieschen, van Wyk, Stephanie, McTaggart, Alistair R., Wingfield, Michael J. and Wingfield, Brenda D. (2019). Genomic analysis of the aggressive tree pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus. Fungal Biology, 123 (5), 351-363. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.02.002
Palmer, Marike, Venter, Stephanus N., McTaggart, Alistair R., Coetzee, Martin Pa, Van Wyk, Stephanie, Avontuur, Juanita R., Beukes, Chrizelle W., Fourie, Gerda, Santana, Quentin C., Van Der Nest, Magriet A., Blom, Jochen and Steenkamp, Emma T. (2019). The synergistic effect of concatenation in phylogenomics: the case in Pantoea. Peerj, 7 (4) e6698, e6698. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6698
Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Hyde, Kevin D., Jeewon, Rajesh, Ghobad-Nejhad, Masoomeh, Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N., Liu, NingGuo, Phillips, Alan J. L., Oliveira-Filho, José Ribamar C., da Silva, Gladstone A., Gibertoni, Tatiana B., Abeywikrama, P., Carris, L. M., Chethana, K. W.T., Dissanayake, A. J., Hongsanan, S., Jayasiri, S. C., McTaggart, A. R., Perera, R. H., Phutthacharoen, K., Savchenko, K. G., Shivas, R. G., Thongklang, Naritsada, Dong, Wei, Wei, DePing, Wijayawardena, Nalin N. and Kang, Ji-Chuan (2019). One stop shop II: taxonomic update with molecular phylogeny for important phytopathogenic genera: 26–50 (2019). Fungal Diversity, 94 (1), 41-129. doi: 10.1007/s13225-019-00418-5
Geering, Andrew D. W. and McTaggart, Alistair R. (2019). Questions surrounding the taxonomic validity of the species Garlic mite-borne filamentous virus (genus Allexivirus). Archives of Virology, 164 (9), 2367-2370. doi: 10.1007/s00705-019-04333-7
Rs, Jayawardena, Ehc, McKenzie, Yj, Chen, Phillips, A. J.L., Hongsanan, S., Norphanphoun, C., Abeywikrama, P. D., Maharachchikumbura, S. S.N., Manawasinghe, I. S., McTaggart, A. R., Shivas, R. G., Gentekaki, E. and Hyde, Kevin D. (2019). https://onestopshopfungi.org/, a database to enhance identification of phytopathogenic genera. Asian Journal of Mycology, 2 (1), 281-286. doi: 10.5943/ajom/2/1/18
McTaggart, Alistair R., Duong, Tuan A., Le, Vang Quy, Shuey, Louise S., Smidt, Werner, Naidoo, Sanushka, Wingfield, Michael J. and Wingfield, Brenda D. (2018). Chromium sequencing: the doors open for genomics of obligate plant pathogens. BioTechniques, 65 (5), 253-257. doi: 10.2144/btn-2018-0019
McTaggart, Alistair R. and Aime, M. Catherine (2018). The species of Coleosporium (Pucciniales) on Solidago in North America. Fungal Biology, 122 (8), 800-809. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2018.04.007
Ali, Daniel B., Marincowitz, Seonju, Wingfield, Michael J., Roux, Jolanda, Crous, Pedro W. and McTaggart, Alistair R. (2018). Novel Cryphonectriaceae from La Réunion and South Africa, and their pathogenicity on Eucalyptus. Mycological Progress, 17 (8), 953-966. doi: 10.1007/s11557-018-1408-3
Fraser, Stuart, McTaggart, Alistair R., Chan, Julian Moreno, Nxumalo, Thobile, Shuey, Louise S., Wingfield, Michael J. and Roux, Jolanda (2018). An artificial inoculation protocol for Uromycladium acaciae, cause of a serious disease of Acacia mearnsii in southern Africa. Southern Forests, 81 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2018.1468985
Doungsa-ard, C., McTaggart, A. R., Geering, A. D. W. and Shivas, R. G. (2018). Diversity of gall-forming rusts (Uromycladium, Pucciniales) on Acacia in Australia. Persoonia, 40 (1), 221-238. doi: 10.3767/persoonia.2018.40.09
McTaggart, A. R., Shuey, L. S., Granados, G. M., du Plessis, E., Fraser, S., Barnes, I., Wingfield, M. J. and Roux, J. (2018). Evidence that Austropuccinia psidii may complete its sexual life cycle on Myrtaceae. Plant Pathology, 67 (3), 729-734. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12763
Stewart, J. E., Ross-Davis, A. L., Grasa, R. N., Alfenas, A. C., Peever, T. L., Hanna, J. W., Uchida, J. Y., Hauff, R. D., Kadooka, C. Y., Kim, M. S., Cannon, P. G., Namba, S., Simeto, S., Pérez, C. A., Rayamajhi, M. B., Lodge, D. J., Arguedas, M., Medel-Ortiz, R., López-Ramirez, M. A., Tennant, P., Glen, M., Machado, P. S., Mctaggart, A. R., Carnegie, A. J. and Klopfenstein, N. B. (2018). Genetic diversity of the myrtle rust pathogen (Austropuccinia psidii) in the Americas and Hawaii: global implications for invasive threat assessments. Forest Pathology, 48 (1) e12378. doi: 10.1111/efp.12378
Steenkamp, Emma T., Wingfield, Michael J., McTaggart, Alistair R. and Wingfield, Brenda D. (2017). Fungal species and their boundaries matter – Definitions, mechanisms and practical implications. Fungal Biology Reviews, 32 (2), 104-116. doi: 10.1016/j.fbr.2017.11.002
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
Fraser, S., McTaggart, A. R., Wingfield, M. J. and Roux, J. (2017). Effect of temperature, leaf wetness and the developmental stage of host tissue on infection of Acacia mearnsii by Uromycladium acaciae (Pucciniales). Australasian Plant Pathology, 46 (5), 407-419. doi: 10.1007/s13313-017-0503-2
du Plessis, E., McTaggart, A. R., Granados, G. M., Wingfield, M. J., Roux, J., Ali, M. I. M., Pegg, G. S., Makinson, J. and Purcell, M. (2017). First report of myrtle rust caused by Austropuccinia psidii on Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Myrtaceae) from Singapore. Plant Disease, 101 (9), 1676-1676. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-04-17-0530-PDN
Granados, G. M., McTaggart, A. R., Barnes, I., Rodas, C. A., Roux, J. and Wingfield, M. J. (2017). The pandemic biotype of Austropuccinia psidii discovered in South America. Australasian Plant Pathology, 46 (3), 267-275. doi: 10.1007/s13313-017-0488-x
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
McTaggart, Alistair R., Shivas, Roger G., Doungsa-ard, Chanintorn, Weese, Terri L., Beasley, Dean R., Hall, Barbara H., Metcalf, Dean A. and Geering, Andrew D. W. (2016). Identification of rust fungi (Pucciniales) on species of Allium in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 45 (6), 581-592. doi: 10.1007/s13313-016-0445-0
Roux, J., Granados, G. M., Shuey, L., Barnes, I., Wingfield, M. J. and McTaggart, A. R. (2016). A unique genotype of the rust pathogen, Puccinia psidii, on Myrtaceae in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology, 45 (6), 645-652. doi: 10.1007/s13313-016-0447-y
McTaggart, Alistair R., Shivas, Roger G., Doungsa-ard, Chanintorn, Weese, Terri L., Beasley, Dean R., Hall, Barbara H., Metcalf, Dean A. and Geering, Andrew D. W. (2016). Erratum to: Identification of rust fungi (Pucciniales) on species of Allium in Australia (Australasian Plant Pathology, (2016), 45, 6, (581-592), 10.1007/s13313-016-0445-0). Australasian Plant Pathology, 45 (6), 593-594. doi: 10.1007/s13313-016-0451-2
Wingfield, Brenda D., Ambler, Jon M., Coetzee, Martin P. A., de Beer, Z. Wilhelm, Duong, Tuan A., Joubert, Fourie, Hammerbacher, Almuth, McTaggart, Alistair R., Naidoo, Kershney, Nguyen, Hai D. T., Ponomareva, Ekaterina, Santana, Quentin S., Seifert, Keith A., Steenkamp, Emma T., Trollip, Conrad, van der Nest, Magriet A., Visagie, Cobus M., Wilken, P. Markus, Wingfield, Michael J. and Yilmaz, Neriman (2016). Draft genome sequences of Armillaria fuscipes, Ceratocystiopsis minuta, Ceratocystis adiposa, Endoconidiophora laricicola, E-polonica and Penicillium freii DAOMC 242723. IMA Fungus, 7 (1), 217-227. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.01.11
McTaggart, Alistair R., van der Nest, Magriet A., Steenkamp, Emma T., Roux, Jolanda, Slippers, Bernard, Shuey, Louise S., Wingfield, Michael J. and Drenth, Andre (2016). Fungal genomics challenges the dogma of name-based biosecurity. PLoS Pathogens, 12 (5) e1005475, e1005475. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005475
McTaggart, Alistair R., Roux, Jolanda, Granados, Ginna M., Gafur, Abdul, Tarrigan, Marthin, Santhakumar, P. and Wingfield, Michael J. (2016). Rust (Puccinia psidii) recorded in Indonesia poses a threat to forests and forestry in South-East Asia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 45 (1), 83-89. doi: 10.1007/s13313-015-0386-z
Maier, W., McTaggart, A. R., Roux, J. and Wingfield, M. J. (2016). Phakopsora myrtacearum sp. nov., a newly described rust (Pucciniales) on eucalypts in eastern and southern Africa. Plant Pathology, 65 (2), 189-195. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12406
McTaggart, Alistair R., Shivas, Roger G., van der Nest, Magriet A., Roux, Jolanda, Wingfield, Brenda D. and Wingfield, Michael J. (2016). Host jumps shaped the diversity of extant rust fungi (Pucciniales). New Phytologist, 209 (3), 1149-1158. doi: 10.1111/nph.13686
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
McTaggart, A. R., Doungsa-ard, C., Geering, A. D. W., Aime, M. C. and Shivas, R. G. (2015). A co-evolutionary relationship exists between Endoraecium (Pucciniales) and its Acacia hosts in Australia. Persoonia, 35 (1), 50-62. doi: 10.3767/003158515X687588
Van der Nest, M. A., Steenkamp, E. T., McTaggart, A. R., Trollip, C., Godlonton, T., Sauerman, E., Roodt, D., Naidoo, K., Coetzee, M. P. A., Wilken, P. M., Wingfield, M. J. and Wingfield, B. D. (2015). Saprophytic and pathogenic fungi in the Ceratocystidaceae differ in their ability to metabolize plant-derived sucrose Speciation and evolutionary genetics. Bmc Evolutionary Biology, 15 (1) 273. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0550-7
Rodas, C. A., Roux, J., Maier, W., Granados, G. M., Bolanos, M. D., McTaggart, A. R. and Wingfield, M. J. (2015). First report of Puccinia psidii on Corymbia citriodora and Eucalyptus in Colombia. Forest Pathology, 45 (6), 534-536. doi: 10.1111/efp.12223
McTaggart, Alistair R., Doungsa-ard, Chanintorn, Wingfield, Michael J. and Roux, Jolanda (2015). Uromycladium acaciae, the cause of a sudden, severe disease epidemic on Acacia mearnsii in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology, 44 (6), 637-645. doi: 10.1007/s13313-015-0381-4
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
Davis, R. I., Henderson, J., Jones, L. M., McTaggart, A. R., O'Dwyer, C., Tsatsia, F., Fanai, C. and Rossel, J. B. (2015). First record of a wilt disease of banana plants associated with phytoplasmas in Solomon Islands. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 10 (14) 14, 1-6. doi: 10.1007/s13314-015-0163-4
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
Carnegie, A. J., Shuey, L. S., McTaggart, A. R. and Shivas, R. G. (2015). First record of Thyronectria pinicola on Pinus radiata in Australia. Plant Disease, 99 (8), 1182-1183. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-02-15-0187-PDN
Liberato, J. R., McTaggart, A. R. and Shivas, R. G. (2014). First report of Masseeëlla capparis in Australia. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 9 (1) 121. doi: 10.1007/s13314-013-0121-y
Geering, Andrew D. W., Maumus, Florian, Copetti, Dario, Choisne, Nathalie, Zwickl, Derrick J., Zytnicki, Matthias, McTaggart, Alistair R., Scalabrin, Simone, Vezzulli, Silvia, Wing, Rod A., Quesneville, Hadi and Teycheney, Pierre-Yves (2014). Endogenous florendoviruses are major components of plant genomes and hallmarks of virus evolution. Nature Communications, 5 (1) 5269, 5269.1-5269.11. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6269
McTaggart, A. R., Geering, A. D. W. and Shivas, R. G. (2014). Uredinopsis pteridis and Desmella aneimiae, the first rust fungi (Pucciniales) reported on ferns (Pteridophyta) in Australia. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 9 (149) 149, 1-4. doi: 10.1007/s13314-014-0149-7
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
McTaggart, Alistair R., Geering, Andrew D. W. and Shivas, Roger G. (2014). The rusts on Goodeniaceae and Stylidiaceae. Mycological Progress, 13 (4) 989, 1017-1025. doi: 10.1007/s11557-014-0989-8
McTaggart, Alistair R., Shuey, Louise S., McKenna, Stephen G., Davis, Richard I. and Shivas, Roger G. (2014). Plasmopara sphagneticolae sp. nov. (peronosporales) on sphagneticola (asteraceae) in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 44 (1), 81-85. doi: 10.1007/s13313-014-0323-6
Shivas, Roger G., Beasley, Dean R. and McTaggart, Alistair R. (2014). Online identification guides for Australian smut fungi (Ustilaginomycotina) and rust fungi (Pucciniales). Ima Fungus, 5 (2), 195-202. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.02.03
Pegg, G. S., Giblin, F. R., McTaggart, A. R., Guymer, G. P., Taylor, H., Ireland, K. B., Shivas, R. G. and Perry, S. (2013). Puccinia psidii in Queensland, Australia: disease symptoms, distribution and impact. Plant Pathology, 63 (5), 1005-1021. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12173
McTaggart, A. R., Grice, K. R. and Shivas, R. G. (2013). First report of Vialaea minutella in Australia, its association with mango branch dieback and systematic placement of Vialaea in the Xylariales. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 8 (1), 63-66. doi: 10.1007/s13314-013-0096-8
McTaggart, A. R., Geering, A. D. W. and Shivas, R. G. (2013). Thekopsora minima causes blueberry rust in south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 8 (1), 81-83. doi: 10.1007/s13314-013-0101-2
Shivas, Roger G., Lutz, Matthias, McTaggart, Alistair R. and Vanky, Kálmán (2013). Emended description of Anomalomyces (Ustilaginales), including Anomalomyces yakirrae sp. nov. on Yakirra pauciflora (Poaceae) from Australia. Mycobiota, 1, 17-24. doi: 10.12664/mycobiota.2013.01.03
McTaggart, A. R., Shivas, R. G., Geering, A. D. W., Vanky, K. and Scharaschkin, T. (2012). Taxonomic revision of Ustilago, Sporisorium and Macalpinomyces. Persoonia, 29 (1), 116-132. doi: 10.3767/003158512X661462
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
McTaggart, A. R., Shivas, R. G., Geering, A. D. W., Vanky, K. and Scharaschkin, T. (2012). A review of the Ustilago-Sporisorium-Macalpinomyces complex. Persoonia, 29 (1), 55-62. doi: 10.3767/003158512X660283
Melanson, R. A., Sanderlin, R. S., McTaggart, A. R. and Ham, J. H. (2012). A systematic study reveals that Xylella fastidiosa strains from pecan are part of X. fastidiosa subsp. multiplex. Plant Disease, 96 (8), 1123-1134. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-09-11-0730-RE
Minnis, Andrew M., McTaggart, Alistair R., Rossman, Amy Y. and Aime, M. Catherine (2012). Taxonomy of mayapple rust: the genus Allodus resurrected. Mycologia, 104 (4), 942-950. doi: 10.3852/11-350
McTaggart, A. R., Shivas, R. G., Geering, A. D. W., Callaghan, B., Vanky, K. and Scharaschkin, T. (2012). Soral synapomorphies are significant for the systematics of the Ustilago-Sporisorium-Macalpinomyces complex (Ustilaginaceae). Persoonia, 29 (1), 63-77. doi: 10.3767/003158512X660562
Crous, P. W., Summerell, B. A., Shivas, R. G., Burgess, T. I., Decock, C. A., Dreyer, L. L., Granke, L. L., Guest, D. I., Hardy, G. E.S.J., Hausbeck, M. K., Hüberli, D., Jung, T., Koukol, O., Lennox, C. L., Liew, E. C.Y., Lombard, L., McTaggart, A. R., Pryke, J. S., Roets, F., Saude, C., Shuttleworth, L. A., Stukely, M. J.C., Vánky, K., Webster, B. J., Windstam, S. T. and Groenewald, J. Z. (2012). Fungal planet description sheets: 107-127. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, 28 (1), 138-182. doi: 10.3767/003158512X652633
Schoch, Conrad L., Seifert, Keith A., Huhndorf, Sabine, Robert, Vincent, Spouge, John L., Levesque, C. Andre, Chen, Wen, Fungal Barcoding Consortium and McTaggart, A.R. (2012). Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 (16), 6241-6246. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1117018109
Kaur, R., McTaggart, A. R., Ferrin, D. M. and Aime, M. C. (2012). First Report of Uromyces plumbarius, Rust of Gaura, in Louisiana and a new host, Guara lindheimeri. Plant Disease, 96 (4), 590-590. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-12-11-1020
Crous, P. W., Groenewald, J. Z., Shivas, R. G., Edwards, J., Seifert, K. A., Alfenas, A. C., Alfenas, R. F., Burgess, T. I., Carnegie, A. J., Hardy, G. E. St. J., Hiscock, N., Hueberli, D., Jung, T., Louis-Seize, G., Okada, G., Pereira, O. L., Stukely, M. J. C., Wang, W., White, G. P., Young, A. J., McTaggart, A. R., Pascoe, I. G., Porter, I. J. and Quaedvlieg, W. (2011). Fungal planet description sheets: 69-91. Persoonia, 26 (1), 108-156. doi: 10.3767/003158511X581723
Shivas, R. G., McTaggart, A. R., Ryley, M. J., Scharaschkin, T. and Gambley, C. F. (2010). First report of the smut fungus Ustanciosporium appendiculatum in Australia. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 5 (1), 17-18. doi: 10.1071/DN10007
McTaggart, Alistair R., Shivas, Roger G. and Ray, Jane D. (2010). Pseudocercospora adansoniae. Persoonia, 24, 134-135.
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
Shivas, Roger G., Barrett, Matthew D., Barrett, Russell L. and McTaggart, Alistair R. (2009). Tilletia micrairae. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, 22, 170-171.
McTaggart, A. R., Shivas, R. G., Liberato, J. R., Wright, J. G. and Braun, U. (2008). More cercosporoid hyphomycetes from some South Pacific island countries. Australasian Plant Pathology, 37 (4), 392-395. doi: 10.1071/AP08015
Ray, J. D., McTaggart, A. R. and Shivas, R. G. (2008). First record of Cryptosporiopsis citri on lime in Australia. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 3 (1), 158-159.
McTaggart, A. R. and Shivas, R. G. (2008). The rusts on Proteaceae, including Puccinia grevilleae sp nov from northern Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 37 (4), 344-346. doi: 10.1071/AP08026
Shivas, Roger G., Mctaggart, Alistair R. and Vanky, Kalman (2007). Six new smut fungi (Ustilaginomycotina) from Australia. Mycotaxon, 101, 349-360.
McTaggart, A. R., Shivas, R. G. and Braun, U. (2007). Annellosympodia orbiculata gen. et sp nov and Scolecostigmina flagellariae sp nov from Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 36 (6), 573-579. doi: 10.1071/AP07061
Conference Papers
Lanham, Luke, McTaggart, Alistair and Falconer, James R. (2024). Green Chemistry Extraction of Psilocybin and Psilocin from Psychedelic Mushrooms Utilising Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Controlled Release Society (CRS) Annual Meeting & Exposition, Bologna, Italy, 8-12 July 2024. Bologna, Italy: CRS.
Lanham, Luke, McTaggart, Alistair R. and Falconer, James R. (2023). A Quick Trip Through Psychedelic Psilocybin. Medicines Management, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 2-4 November 2023. SHPA.
Tran, Nga, Teo, Ai Chin, McTaggart, Alistair, Thomas, John, Campbell, Paul, Persley, Denis and Geering, Andrew (2023). Viruses are associated with buffalo grass yellowing in Australia. 12th International Congress of Plant Pathology, Lyon, France, 20-25 August 2023.
Morrison, Sabrina M.L., McTaggart, Alistair R., Tran, Nga T., Geering, Andrew D. W., Furtado, Agnelo and Henry, Robert J. (2023). Understanding the population structure and pathogenicity of Bipolaris oryzae on commercial and wild Australian rices. 12th International Congress of Plant Pathology, Lyon, France, 20-25 August 2023.
Lanham, Luke, McTaggart, Alistair R. and Falconer, James R. (2023). A Brief Tryp Down a Psychedelic Lane. Toowoomba Hospital Pharmacist Forum, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia, 6 February 2023. Darling Downs Health (DDH).
Tran, Nga T. , McTaggart, Alistair , Teo, Ai Chin , Persley, Denis , Thomas, John and Geering, Andrew (2022). Distribution and genetic diversity of sugarcane mosaic virus in turf grasses in Australia. Australasian Plant Virology Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, 5-7 December 2022.
Lanham, Luke, McTaggart, Alistair R. and Falconer, James R. (2022). New developments in psychopharmacotherapy.. Medicines Management 2022, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 1-3 December 2022. SHPA.
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.
Mctaggart, A. R., Doungsa-Ard, C., Geering, A., Aime, M. C. and Shivas, R. G. (2013). The systematics of Endoraecium in Australia. 2013 APS-MSA Joint Meeting, Austin, U.S.A., August 10–14, 2013. St. Paul, United States: American Phytopathological Society. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-103-6-S2.1
Data Collections
Hereward, James, Rizal, Leela Maya and McTaggart, Alistair (2025). Beauveria recombination genomics analyses. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9f35984
McTaggart, Alistair (2024). Psilocybe cubensis raw sequencing data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9c1b8ed
Hereward, James, Rizal, Leela Maya, Brookes, Dean and McTaggart, Alistair (2022). Entomopathogenic Fungi Genomics data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/a40deda