Pao Theen See
Project Leader/Research Fellow
Johansson. A., Karisto. P., Latvala. S., See. P. T., Lillemo. M., Hansen. P. B., & Jalli. M. (2025) "ToxA and ToxB have minimal effect on tan spot epidemics of spring wheat in the Nordics" European Journal of Plant Pathology DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6547012/v1
Guo J., Shi G., Islam M., Kariyawasam G., Moolhuijzen P., See P. T., Zhong S., Aboukhaddour R., Faris J. D., and Friesen T. (2025) "Identification of a novel genetic locus conferring virulence in the wheat tan spot pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis" Fungal Genet Biol DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2025.104002
See, P. T., Oliver, R. P., & Moffat, C. S. (2024). "The wheat tan spot pathosystem in Australia: A showcase of effector-assisted breeding" Plant Pathology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13944
Rawlinson, C., Nealon, G., Chooi, Y. H., Oliver, R. P., Moffat, C. S., & See, P. T. (2024). "Discovery of Two Novel Phthalide Phytotoxins from the Wheat Tan Spot Fungal Pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis" Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c02533
See, P. T., Iagallo, E. M., Marathamuthu, K. A., Wood, B., Aboukhaddour, R., & Moffat, C. S. (2024). "A New ToxA Haplotype in the Wheat Fungal Pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana" Phytopathology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-10-23-0370-R
Hafez, M., Gourlie, R., McDonald, M., Telfer, M., Carmona, M. A., Sautua, F. J., Moffat, C. S., Moolhuijzen, P. M., See, P. T., & Aboukhaddour, R. (2024). "Evolution of the ToxB Gene in Pyrenophora tritici-repentis and Related Species" Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-08-23-0114-FI
See, P. T., & Moffat, C. S. (2023). "Profiling the Pyrenophora tritici-repentis secretome: The Pf2 transcription factor regulates the secretion of the effector proteins ToxA and ToxB" Molecular Microbiology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.15058
Taylor, J., Jorgensen, D., Moffat, C. S., Chalmers, K. J., Fox, R., Hollaway, G. J., Cook, M. J., Neate, S. M., See, P. T., & Shankar, M. (2023). "An international wheat diversity panel reveals novel sources of genetic resistance to tan spot in Australia" Theoretical and Applied Genetics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-023-04332-y
Aboukhaddour, R., Abdel-Fattah, M. H., McDonald, M., Moffat, C., Navathe, S., Friesen, T. L., Strelkov, S. E., Oliver, R. P., Tan, K.-C., Liu, Z., Moolhuijzen, P., Phan, H., See, P. T., & Solomon, P. (2023). "A revised nomenclature for ToxA haplotypes across multiple fungal species" Phytopathology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-01-23-0017-SC
See, P. T., Marathamuthu, K., Cupitt, C., Iagallo, E., & Moffat, C. (2023). "A race profile of tan spot in Australia reveals race 2 isolates harbouring ToxC1" Phytopathology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-11-22-0422-R
Moolhuijzen, P. M., See, P. T., Shi, G., Powell, H. R., Cockram, J., Jørgensen, L. N., Benslimane, H., Strelkov, S. E., Turner, J., Liu, Z., & Moffat, C. S. (2022). "A global pangenome for the wheat fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis and prediction of effector protein structural homology" Microbial Genomics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000872
See P. T., Chen K., Marathamuthu K. A., Wood B., Schultz N., Shankar M., & Moffat C. S. (2022) "Virulence assessment of Australian Pyrenophora tritici‐repentis isolates" Plant Pathology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13484
Moolhuijzen, P., See, P.T., Moffat, C.S. (2021) "The first genome assembly of fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis race 1 isolate using Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencing" BMC Research Notes. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05751-0
Dinglasan E.G., Peressini T., Marathamuthu K.A., See P.T., Snyman L., Platz G., Godwin I., Voss-Fels K., Moffat CS., Hickey L.T. (2021) "Genetic characterisation of adult-plant resistance to tan spot (syn, yellow spot) in wheat." Theoretical and Applied Genetics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-021-03861-8
See, P.T., Moffat, C.S. (2021) "Evaluation of a Novel Molecular Marker Associated with the Tan Spot Disease Response in Wheat" Agriculture 2021, 11(6), 513. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11060513
See, P. T., Chen, K., Marathamuthu, K. A., Wood, B., Schultz, N., Shankar, M., & Moffat, C. S. (2021). "Virulence assessment of Australian Pyrenophora tritici-repentis isolates" Plant Pathology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13484
Corsi, B., Percvial-Alwyn, L., Downie, R.C., Venturini, L., Iagallo, E.M., Campos Mantello, C., McCormick-Barnes, C., See, P.T., Oliver, R.P., Moffat, C.S., Cockram, J. (2020) "Genetic analysis of wheat sensitivity to the ToxB fungal effector from Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, the causal agent of tan spot" Theoretical and Applied Genetics DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-019-03517-8
Moolhuijzen, P.M., Muria-Gonzalez, J.M., Syme, R., Rawlinson, C., See, P.T., Moffat, C.S., Ellwood, S.R. (2020) "Expansion and Conservation of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Pathogenic Pyrenophora spp" Toxins DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12040242
Moolhuijzen, P.M., See, P.T., Moffat, C.S. (2020) "PacBio genome sequencing reveals new insights into the genomic organisation of the multi-copy ToxB gene of the wheat fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis." BMC Genomics DOI: https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-020-07029-4
See, P.T., Schultz, N., Moffat, C. (2020) "Evaluation of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis infection of wheat heads.” " MDPI Agriculture DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10090417
Moolhuijzen, P., Theen See, P., Moffat, C.S., (2019) "A new Pacbio genome sequence of an Australian Pyrenophora tritici-repentis race 1 isolate." BMC DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4681-6
Rawlinson, C., See PT., Moolhuijzen, P., Hang, L., Moffat C.S., Chooi, Y-H, Oliver, R.P. (2019) "The identification and deletion of the PKS‐NRPS gene responsible for production of the phytotoxic Triticone A/B in wheat fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici‐repentis." Environmental Microbiology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14854
See, P.T., Iagallo, E.M., Oliver, R.P., and Moffat, C.S. (2019) "Heterologous Expression of the Pyrenophora tritici-repentis Effector Proteins ToxA and ToxB, and the Prevalence of Effector Sensitivity in Australian Cereal Crops" Frontiers in Microbiology DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00182
Moolhuijzen, P., Theen See, P., Moffat, C.S. (2018) "Exploration of wheat and pathogen transcriptomes during tan spot infection" BMC Genomics DOI: https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13104-018-3993-2
Moolhuijzen, P., Theen See, P., Oliver, R.P., Moffat, C.S. (2018) "Genomic distribution of a novel Pyrenophora tritici-repentis ToxA insertion element" PLOS One DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206586
Moolhuijzen, P., Theen See, P., Hane, J.K., Shi, G., Liu, Z., Oliver, R.P., Moffat, C.S. (2018) "Comparative genomics of the wheat fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis reveals chromosomal variations and genome plasticity" BMC Genomics DOI: https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-018-4680-3
See, P.T., Marathamuthu, K.A., Iagallo, E.M., Oliver, R.P., and Moffat, C.S. (2018) "Evaluating the importance of the tan spot ToxA-Tsn1 interaction in Australian wheat varieties" Plant Pathology DOI: doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12835
Rybak, K., See, P.T., Phan, H.T.T., Syme, R.A., Moffat, C.S., Oliver, R.P., Tan, K-C. (2017) "A functionally conserved Zn2 Cys6 binuclear cluster transcription factor class regulates necrotrophic effector gene expression and host-specific virulence of two major Pleosporales fungal pathogens of wheat." Molecular Plant Pathology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12511
See, P.T., Moffat, C.S., Morina, J. Oliver, R.P. (2016) "Evaluation of a Multilocus Indel DNA Region for the Detection of the Wheat Tan Spot Pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis" Plant Disease DOI: doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-16-0262-RE
Moffat, C.S., See, P.T., Oliver, R.P. (2014) "Generation of a ToxA knockout strain of the wheat tan spot pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis" Molecular Plant Pathology DOI: doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12154
Moffat, C.S., See, P.T., Oliver, R.P. (2014) "Leaf yellowing of the wheat cultivar Mace in the absence of yellowspot disease" Australasian Plant Pathology DOI: 10.1007/s13313-014-0335-2