A5030427101- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Fungal Plant Pathogen Control
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Collaboration in agile enterprises
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Powdery Mildew Fungal Diseases
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
Wageningen University & Research
2013-2024
Universitat de Barcelona
2011-2013
University of Zulia
2012
Fungi of the genus Botrytis (presently containing ~ 35 species) are able to infect more than 1400 different plant species and cause losses in a wide range crops economic importance. The best studied is B. cinerea, which has broad host one necrotrophic pathogenic fungi. Most other spp. have narrow been less detail. To characterize genomic variation among representatives spp., we sequenced annotated draft genomes nine species: calthae, convoluta, elliptica, galanthina, hyacinthi, narcissicola,...
Insecticide resistance is greatly hampering current efforts to control malaria and therefore alternative methods are needed. Entomopathogenic fungi have been proposed as an with a special focus on the cosmopolitan species Beauveria bassiana. However, few studies analysed effects of natural variation within fungal isolates mosquito survival, implications possible exploitation for control. Laboratory bioassays were performed adult female mosquitoes (Anopheles coluzzii) spores from 29 B....
Entomopathogenic fungi such as Beauveria bassiana are promising biological agents for control of malaria mosquitoes. Indeed, infection with B. reduces the lifespan mosquitoes in laboratory and field. Natural isolates show up to 10-fold differences virulence between most least virulent isolate. In this study, we sequenced genomes five representing extremes low/high three RNA libraries, applied a genome comparison approach uncover genetic mechanisms underpinning virulence.A high-quality,...
Fungi of the genus Botrytis infect >1,400 plant species and cause losses in many crops. Besides broad host range pathogen cinerea, most other are restricted to a single host. Long-read technology was used sequence genomes eight species, mostly pathogenic on Allium related onion white rot fungus, Sclerotium cepivorum. Most assemblies contained <100 contigs, with aclada genome assembled 16 gapless chromosomes. The core pan-genome were defined secretome, effector, secondary metabolite...
Brown rot is the most economically important fungal disease of stone fruits and primarily caused by
Abstract Entomopathogenic fungi such as Beauveria bassiana are currently considered a potential control agent for malaria mosquitoes. The success of strategies depends among others on the efficacy fungus to kill its hosts. As B. can use various resources growth and reproduction, increasing dependency mosquitoes nutritional source may be instrumental reaching this goal. Passage entomopathogenic through an insect host has been shown increase virulence. We evaluated virulence, fungal outgrowth,...
While Botrytis cinerea causes gray mold on many plants, its close relative, fabae, is host-specifically infecting predominantly faba bean plants. To explore the basis for narrow host range, a gapless genome sequence of B. fabae strain G12 (BfabG12) was generated. The BfabG12 encompasses 45.0 Mb, with 16 chromosomal telomere-to-telomere contigs that show high synteny and similarity to corresponding B05.10 (BcB0510) chromosomes. Compared BcB0510, it 6% larger, due AT-rich regions containing...
Abstract Sodiomyces alkalinus is one of the very few alkalophilic fungi, adapted to grow optimally at high pH . It widely distributed plant‐deprived edges extremely alkaline lakes and locally abundant. We sequenced genome S. reconstructed evolution catabolic enzymes, using a phylogenomic comparison. found that larger, but its predicted proteome smaller heavily depleted both plant‐degrading enzymes proteinases, when compared closest plant‐pathogenic relatives. Interestingly, despite overall...