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• Chosen scientific publications
• Research projects financed by the Ministry of Science (former State Committee for Scientific Research) and others

Chosen scientific publications

Scientific articles

• Grobelski M., Kułakowski M., Górzyńska K. (2025) Hidden highways: fungi associated with glossiphoniid leeches. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 28:101158. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2025.101158
• Górzyńska K. (2025) “Living together” with Epichloë – Exploring the significance of non-plant partners in the fungal symbiotic network. Fungal Biology Reviews 52:100429. DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2025.100429
• Kułakowski M., Górzyńska K. (2025) Variation in response of three Epichloë species, causal agents of ‘choke disease’ in grasses, to the novel fungicide mefentrifluconazole. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 132:14. DOI: 10.1007/s41348-024-00999-7
• Górzyńska K., Olejniczak P., Węgrzyn E. (2023) The fungus Clonostachys epichloë alters the influence of the Epichloë endophyte on seed germination and the biomass of Puccinellia distans grass. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1146061. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2020.107396
• Węgrzyn E., Dominiak-Świgoń M., Górzyńska K., Chmiel J., Świtalski K., Lembicz M. (2020) Fungal microbiota in the seeds of the clonal plant Iris sibirica – a threatened species in Europe. Sydowia 72:107-114. DOI: 10.12905/0380.sydowia72-2020-0107
• Górzyńska K. (2020) Effects of the Clonostachys epichloë fungal hyperparasite on the symbiotic interaction between Botanophila flies and Epichloë fungus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 174:107396. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2020.107396
• Pagel L., Bultman T., Górzyńska K., Lembicz M., Leuchtmann A., Sangliana A., Richards N. (2019) Botanophila flies, vectors of Epichloë fungal spores, are infected by Wolbachia. Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology 10:1-5. DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2018.1515119
• Węgrzyn E., Górzyńska K. (2019) Influence of the fungal hyperparasite Trichoderma harzianum on the growth of Epichloë typhina, an agent of choke disease in grasses. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 126:39-45. DOI: 10.1007/s41348-018-0184-2
• Górzyńska K., Węgrzyn E., Sandecki R., Lembicz M. (2019) Endophytic fungi and latent pathogens in the sedge Carex secalina (Cyperaceae), a critically endangered species in Europe. Plant Protection Science 55:102-108. DOI: 10.17221/120/2018-PPS
• Górzyńska K., Ślachetka M., Ryszka P., Turnau K., Płachno B.J., Lembicz M. (2018) Incidence, Identification, and Mycoparasitic Activity of Clonostachys epichloë, a Hyperparasite of the Fungal Endophyte Epichloë typhina. Plant Disease 102:1973-1980. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-02-18-0320-RE
• Górzyńska K., Ryszka P., Anielska T., Turnau K., Lembicz M. (2017) Effect of Epichloë typhina fungal endophyte on the diversity and incidence of other fungi in Puccinellia distans wild grass seeds. Flora 228:60-64. DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2017.01.008
• Górzyńska K., Olszanowski Z., Leuchtmann A., Lembicz M. (2014) Oviposition Preference of Botanophila Flies (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) Towards Stroma Size of Epichloë (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) Hosts. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107(2):532-538. DOI: 10.1603/AN13094
• Lembicz M., Górzyńska K., Olszanowski Z., Michelsen V., Leuchtmann A. (2013) The occurrence and preference of Botanophila flies for particular species of Epichloë fungi infecting wild grasses. European Journal of Entomology 110(1):129-134. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2013.018
• Czarnoleski M., Olejniczak P., Górzyńska K., Kozłowski J., Lembicz M. (2012) Altered allocation to roots and shoots in the endophyte-infected seedlings of Puccinellia distans (Poaceae). Plant Biology 15:264-273. DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00633.x
• Lembicz M., Górzyńska K., Olejniczak P., Leuchtmann A. (2011) Geographical distribution and effects of choke disease caused by Epichloë typhina in populations of the grass Puccinellia distans in Poland. Sydowia 63(1): 35-48.
• Górzyńska K., Lembicz M., Olszanowski Z., Leuchtmann A. (2011) Botanophila-Epichloë interaction in a wild grass, Puccinellia distans, lacks dependence on the fly vector. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104(4):841-846. DOI: 10.1603/AN11009
• Górzyńska K., Lembicz M., Olszanowski Z., Leuchtmann A. (2010) An unusual Botanophila-Epichloë association in a population of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata) in Poland. Journal of Natural History 44:2817-2824. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2010.521595
• Lembicz M., Górzyńska K., Leuchtmann A. (2010) Choke disease, caused by Epichloë bromicola, in the grass Agropyron repens in Poland. Plant Disease 94(1):1372. DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-09-0810
• Lembicz M., Olejniczak P., Olszanowski Z., Górzyńska K., Leuchtmann A. 2009. Man-made habitats – hotspots of evolutionary game between grass, fungus and fly. Biodiversity Research and Conservation 15:51-58. DOI: 10.2478/v10119-009-0017-z

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Research projects financed by the Ministry of Science (former State Committee for Scientific Research) and others

• National Science Centre SONATA grant no. UMO-2014/13/D/NZ8/02420 for the years 2015-2018 – a project supervisor. „Hyperparasitic fungus Bionectria epichloë as a novel element in endophyte-grass symbiosis: ecological analysis of new relationships”.
• grant within the PARENT/BRIDGE programme of Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund (POMOST/2012-6/5) for the years 2012-2015 – a project supervisor. „Choke disease of grasses caused by Epichloë sp. fungi: evaluation of the potential role of hyperparasite in reducing disease spread”.
• grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education no. N N 303 472 138 for the years 2010-2013 – a chief contractor. „Pasture grasses infected with endophytic fungi: ecological and chemical effects of interaction”. Project supervisor: dr M. Lembicz
• grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education no. N N 303 321 237 for the years 2009-2012 – a project supervisor. Interactions between fly and fungal endophyte: dependence on duration of the fungus-grass symbiosis.

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