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Steve Whyard
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Latest papers
LIME: a fully automated pipeline for high-throughput quantification of leaf lesions
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026
Paperclip RNA outperforms dsRNA for insecticidal gene silencing in fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2026
SIGS vs. HIGS: opportunities and challenges of RNAi pest and pathogen control strategies
Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology · 2024
65 publications.
LIME: a fully automated pipeline for high-throughput quantification of leaf lesions
Xavier Schneider, Da Tan, Lara Carroll, Rhey Caners, Mark Belmonte, Steve Whyard, Christopher J. Henry
Paperclip RNA outperforms dsRNA for insecticidal gene silencing in fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
Stéfanie Menezes de Moura, Nazanin Amanat, Steve Whyard, MARIA FÁTIMA GROSSI DE SÁ, Juan Luis Jurat‐Fuentes
SIGS vs. HIGS: opportunities and challenges of RNAi pest and pathogen control strategies
Bliss M. Beernink, Nazanin Amanat, Vivian H. Li, Christopher L. Manchur, Steve Whyard, Mark F. Belmonte
Control of white mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) through plant-mediated RNA interference
Philip L. Walker Jr., Dylan J. Ziegler, Shayna J. Giesbrecht, Austein G. Mcloughlin, Joey C. Wan, Deirdre Khan, Vanessa Hoi, Steve Whyard, Mark F. Belmonte
Host induced gene silencing of the Sclerotinia sclerotiorum ABHYDROLASE-3 gene reduces disease severity in Brassica napus.
Wytinck N, Ziegler DJ, Walker PL, Sullivan DS, Biggar KT, Khan D, Sakariyahu SK, Wilkins O, Whyard S, Belmonte MF
Tissue-specific mRNA profiling of the Brassica napus – Sclerotinia sclerotiorum interaction uncovers novel regulators of plant immunity
Philip L. Walker Jr., Ian J. Girard, Michael G. Becker, Shayna J. Giesbrecht, Steve Whyard, W. G. Dilantha Fernando, Teresa R. de Kievit, Mark F. Belmonte
Control of white mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) through plant-mediated RNA interference
Philip L. Walker Jr., Dylan J. Ziegler, Shayna J. Giesbrecht, Austein G. Mcloughlin, Joey C. Wan, Deirdre Khan, Vanessa Hoi, Steve Whyard, Mark F. Belmonte
Next-generation lampricides: a three-stage process to develop improved control tools for invasive sea lamprey
Stephen R. Lantz, Robert A. Adair, Jon J. Amberg, Roger A. Bergstedt, Michael A. Boogaard, Ugo Bussy, Margaret F. Docker, Erin S. Dunlop, Alex Gonzalez, Terrance D. Hubert, Michael J. Siefkes, W. Paul Sullivan, Steve Whyard, Michael Patrick Wilkie, Bradley Young, Andrew Michael Muir
Tissue-specific mRNA profiling of the Brassica napus-Sclerotinia sclerotiorum interaction uncovers novel regulators of plant immunity
Philip L. Walker Jr., Ian J. Girard, Shayna J. Giesbrecht, Steve Whyard, W. G. Dilantha Fernando, Teresa R. de Kievit, Mark F. Belmonte
Host Induced Gene Silencing of the Sclerotinia sclerotiorum ABHYDROLASE-3 gene reduces disease severity in Brassica napus
Nick Wytinck, Dylan J. Ziegler, Philip L. Walker Jr., Daniel S. Sullivan, Kirsten T. Biggar, Deirdre Khan, Solihu Kayode Sakariyahu, Olivia Wilkins, Steve Whyard, Mark F. Belmonte
Frequent collaborators
- Steven Whyard and Steve Whyard: 65 shared papers
- Margaret Docker and Michael Wilkie: 15 shared papers
- Steven Whyard and Mark Belmonte: 11 shared papers
- Mark Belmonte and Steve Whyard: 11 shared papers
- Steven Whyard and Virginia Walker: 8 shared papers
- Virginia Walker and Steve Whyard: 8 shared papers
- Olivia Wilkins and Mark Belmonte: 7 shared papers
- Steven Whyard and Margaret Docker: 5 shared papers
- Margaret Docker and Steve Whyard: 5 shared papers
- Olivia Wilkins and Steven Whyard: 2 shared papers
- Olivia Wilkins and Steve Whyard: 2 shared papers
- Janet Koprivnikar and Steven Whyard: 2 shared papers
- Janet Koprivnikar and Steve Whyard: 2 shared papers
- Peter Pelka and Steven Whyard: 1 shared paper
- Peter Pelka and Mark Belmonte: 1 shared paper
- Peter Pelka and Steve Whyard: 1 shared paper
- Steven Whyard and Michael Wilkie: 1 shared paper
- Michael Wilkie and Steve Whyard: 1 shared paper
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Department of Biology
- Biology
- Natural Sciences and Engineering
- Department of Biology and Laurier Institute of Water Science
- Microbiology
Co-authors at University of Manitoba, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Steven Whyard
Department of Biological Sciences
65 shared papers, latest 2026
Mark Belmonte
Department of Biological Sciences
11 shared papers, latest 2024
Virginia Walker
Department of Biology
8 shared papers, latest 1995
Margaret Docker
Department of Biological Sciences
5 shared papers, latest 2021
Janet Koprivnikar
Biology
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Olivia Wilkins
Natural Sciences and Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Peter Pelka
Microbiology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Michael Wilkie
Department of Biology and Laurier Institute of Water Science
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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