Merje Toome‐Heller
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
40
Citations
2,275
Est. group size
~1
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
11
Publishing since 2016
Merje Toome-Heller works on plant disease diagnostics and fungal biology, with a focus on identifying and characterizing plant pathogens (especially rust fungi and other fungal or bacterial disease agents) affecting crops such as kiwifruit, avocado, blueberry, myrtle, and apple in New Zealand and the Pacific region. Much of the work involves developing molecular detection tools like real-time PCR assays and reporting new or first-time disease occurrences, supporting biosecurity and plant health monitoring efforts.
Publication output has been relatively steady but modest over the past decade, generally ranging from 1 to 5 papers per year, with a mean of about 3.8 publications per year over the last five years.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Development of a Real-Time PCR Assay to Detect the Kiwifruit Pathogen <i>Pectobacterium actinidiae</i>
Plant Disease · 2025
- Global consortium for the classification of fungi and fungus-like taxa
Mycosphere · 2023
- First report of Puccinia porri in New Zealand
Australasian Plant Disease Notes · 2022
- New real‐time <scp>PCR</scp> assay for detecting the blueberry and cranberry twig blight pathogen
Journal of Phytopathology · 2022
- First Report of <i>Colletotrichum fructicola</i>, <i>C. perseae</i>, and <i>C. siamense</i> Causing Anthracnose Disease of Avocado (<i>Persea americana</i>) in New Zealand
Plant Disease · 2021
- Development of a new real-time TaqMan PCR assay for the detection of the Prunus pathogen Monilinia kusanoi
Australasian Plant Pathology · 2021
- A New Real-Time PCR Assay for Detecting Fungi in Genus <i>Ceratocystis</i>
Plant Disease · 2021
- Chasing myrtle rust in New Zealand: host range and distribution over the first year after invasion
Australasian Plant Pathology · 2020
- Correction to: Chasing myrtle rust in New Zealand: host range and distribution over the first year after invasion
Australasian Plant Pathology · 2020
- An insight into biosecurity plant-disease diagnostics at MPI
Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference · 2019
- <i>Ustilago maydis </i>yeast stage found on imported sweet corn
Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference · 2019
- Enhancing plant disease diagnostics in the Pacific
Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference · 2019
- Draft Genome Sequence of <i>Pseudomonas</i> sp. Strain ICMP 22404, Isolated from Solanum lycopersicum Plants with Pith Necrosis Symptoms
Microbiology Resource Announcements · 2019
- First report of apple leaf blotch caused by <i>Alternaria arborescens</i> complex in New Zealand
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science · 2018
- Fungal Planet description sheets: 558–624
Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi · 2017
- Open MIND×5
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×5
- Fungal Diversity×4
- Australasian Plant Pathology×3
- Plant Disease×3
- Terry J. Torres-Cruz
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- M. Catherine Aime
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Chunlin Yang
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University
- Paula Andrea Gómez-Zapata
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Merje Toome
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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