A5067617852- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Botanical Research and Chemistry
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Agricultural safety and regulations
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Health and Medical Studies
- Cooperative Studies and Economics
- Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
Universitat de Barcelona
2024-2025
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
2020-2025
Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau
2017-2024
Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya
2023
Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology
2021-2022
University of Kassel
2016
Lincoln University
2011-2012
Pests and diseases threaten cacao production worldwide. Agroforestry systems are traditionally seen by farmers as one of the causes increased pest disease incidence, in contrast with full-sun monocultures. Cultural management practices—e.g. regular tree pruning, frequent pod harvest, removal infested pods, weed management—have been reported to be crucial for management. We performed two experiments purpose assessing effect (i) different systems, (ii) frequency harvest pods on incidence pests...
Mixed cropping has been suggested as a resource-efficient approach to meet high produce demands while maintaining biodiversity and minimizing environmental impact. Current breeding programs do not select for enhanced general mixing ability (GMA) neglect biological interactions within species mixtures. Clear concepts efficient experimental designs, adapted mixed encoded into appropriate statistical models, are lacking. Thus, model framework GMA SMA (specific ability) was established. Results...
Plants are constantly challenged by pathogens, which can cause substantial yield losses. The aggressiveness of and damage pathogens depends on the host-associated microbiome, might be shaped plant genetics to improve resistance. How different crop genotypes modulate their microbiota when a complex is largely unknown. Here, we investigate if how pea ( Pisum sativum L.) shape root upon challenge soil-borne this relates genotype's Building phenotyping efforts 252 grown in naturally infested...
GWAS identifies candidate gene controlling resistance to anthracnose disease in white lupin. White lupin (Lupinus albus L.) is a promising grain legume meet the growing demand for plant-based protein. Its cultivation, however, severely threatened by caused fungal pathogen Colletotrichum lupini. To dissect genetic architecture resistance, genotyping sequencing was performed on accessions collected from center of domestication and traditional cultivation regions. GBS resulted 4611 high-quality...
Abstract Lupin cultivation worldwide is threatened by anthracnose, a destructive disease caused the seed- and air-borne fungal pathogen Colletotrichum lupini . In this study we explored intraspecific diversity of 39 C. isolates collected from different lupin cultivating regions around world, representative were screened for their pathogenicity virulence on white Andean lupin. Multi-locus phylogeny morphological characterizations showed to be greater than previously shown, distinguishing...
Legume/cereal intercropping has the potential to maximize use of resources raise yields due enhanced nitrogen (N) fixation by legume root nodules, while high N fertilization may inhibit nodulation legume. However, whether legume/cereal can promote accumulation soil storage with and its underlying mechanism are less clear. Here, we evaluated long-term (5 years) effects maize/peanut mineral on peanut total content cycling functional genes. The experiment includes two planting patterns (peanut...
Mixed cropping (MC) is a key strategy to harness agriculture for climate-change. Breeding adapted genotypes can unleash the full potential of MC, both in terms yield and stability. To achieve this goal, concepts from breeding ecology have be fused order develop suitable methodology MC. In advance field we evaluated trait data pure stands (PS) mixed (MS) pea (P. sativum L.) barley (H. vulgare as legume-cereal model system. Twenty-eight seven lines, representing European material, were grown...
The rhizosphere microbiome is important for plant health, yet their contributions to disease resistance and assembly dynamics remain unclear. This study employed transplantation (RMT) delineate the impact of immune response eggplant (
The plant health- and growth-promoting biological inoculant (bio-inoculant) Trichoderma hamatum LU592 was transformed with the constitutively expressed green fluorescent protein (gfp) hygromycin B resistance (hph) genes to specifically monitor isolate in root system of Pinus radiata within a strong indigenous population. A modified dilution plating technique developed allow determination mycelia proportion total propagule levels. shown colonize rhizosphere most effectively when 10(5) spores...
Plant health is recognised as a key element to ensure global food security. While plant breeding has substantially improved crop resistance against individual pathogens, it showed limited success for diseases caused by the interaction of multiple pathogens such root rot in pea (Pisum sativum L.). To untangle causal agents complex and determine role genotype shaping its own detrimental or beneficial microbiome, fungal oomycete well previously identified beneficials, i.e., arbuscular...
Soil-borne pathogens cause severe root rot of pea (Pisum sativum L.) and are a major constraint to cultivation worldwide. Resistance against individual pathogen species is often ineffective in the field where multiple form complex (PRRC) conjointly infect plants. On other hand, various beneficial plant-microbe interactions known that offer opportunities strengthen plant health. To account for whole rhizosphere microbiome assessment resistance pea, an infested soil-based screening assay was...
White lupin (Lupinus albus L.) is a promising crop to meet the rising global demand for plant-based protein. The seed-borne pathogen Colletotrichum lupini, however, threatens cultivation worldwide. Seed dressings using synthetic fungicides were shown effective reduce infection levels, but their negative environmental impact and exclusion from organic production calls more sustainable solutions. In this study, total of eleven different alternative seed treatments tested in field trials...
Abstract Colletotrichum lupini , the causative agent of lupin anthracnose, affects cultivation worldwide. Understanding its population structure and evolutionary potential is crucial to design successful disease management strategies. The objective this study was employ genetics investigate diversity, dynamics, molecular basis interaction notorious pathogen with host. A collection globally representative C. isolates genotyped through triple digest restriction site‐associated DNA sequencing,...
The miCROPe 2019 symposium, which took place from 2 to 5 December in Vienna, Austria, has unified researchers and industry around the world discuss opportunities, challenges needs of microbe-assisted crop production. There is broad consensus that microorganisms-with their abilities alleviate biotic abiotic stresses improve plant nutrition-offer countless opportunities enhance productivity ameliorate agricultural sustainability. However, cultivation approaches face need be addressed before a...
The seed- and air-borne pathogen Colletotrichum lupini, the causal agent of lupin anthracnose, is most important disease in white (Lupinus albus) worldwide can cause total yield loss. aims this study were to establish a reliable high-throughput phenotyping tool identify anthracnose resistance germplasm evaluate genomic prediction model, accounting for previously reported quantitative trait loci, on set independent genotypes. Phenotyping under controlled conditions, performing stem...
ABSTRACT Fungal plant pathogens cause major crop losses worldwide, with many featuring compartmentalised genomes that include both core and accessory regions, which are believed to drive adaptation. The highly host‐specific fungus Colletotrichum lupini greatly impacts lupin ( Lupinus spp.) cultivation. This pathogen is part of clade 1 the C. acutatum species complex comprises four genetically uniform, presumably clonal, lineages (I–IV). Despite this, variation in virulence morphology has...
White lupin (Lupinus albus) represents an important legume crop in Europe and other parts of the world due to its high protein content potential for low-input agriculture. However, most cultivars are susceptible anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum lupini, a seed- air-borne fungal pathogen that causes severe yield losses. The aim this work was develop C. lupini-specific quantitative real-time TaqMan PCR assay allows quick reliable detection quantification infected seed plant material....
Didymella pinodella is the major pathogen of pea root rot complex in Europe. This wide host range often asymptomatically colonizes its hosts, making control strategies challenging. We developed a real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification D. based on TEF-1 alpha gene sequence alignments. The was tested specificity 54-isolate panel representing 35 fungal species further validated symptomatic asymptomatic wheat roots from greenhouse tests. highly consistent across separate qPCR...