A5066121436- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Bryophyte Studies and Records
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Plant and animal studies
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Plant and fungal interactions
University of Cape Town
2022
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2013-2021
Summary Oaks ( Quercus spp.), which are major forest trees in the northern hemisphere, host many biotic interactions, but molecular investigation of these interactions is limited by fragmentary genome data. To date, only 75 oak expressed sequence tags EST s) have been characterized ectomycorrhizal EM ) symbioses. We synthesized seven beneficial and detrimental between microorganisms animals a clone DF 159) robur . Sixteen 454 eight Illumina cDNA libraries from leaves roots were prepared...
Plant parasitic nematodes are unusual Metazoans as they equipped with genes that allow for symbiont-independent degradation of plant cell walls. Among the wall-degrading enzymes, glycoside hydrolase family 5 (GHF5) cellulases relatively well characterized, especially high impact parasites such root-knot and cyst nematodes. Interestingly, ancestors extant most likely acquired these GHF5 from a prokaryote donor by one or multiple lateral gene transfer events. To obtain insight into origin...
Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.), an important forest tree in temperate ecosystems, displays endogenous rhythmic growth pattern, characterized by alternating shoot and root flushes paralleled oscillations carbon allocation to below- aboveground tissues. However, these common plant traits so far have largely been neglected as a determining factor for the outcome of biotic interactions. This study investigates response migratory root-parasitic nematodes relation growth, how this...
The multitrophic interactions in the rhizosphere impose significant impacts on microbial community structure and function, affecting nutrient mineralisation consequently plant performance. However, particularly for long-lived plants such as forest trees, mechanisms by which trophic of micro-food web governs microorganisms are still poorly understood. This study addresses role nematodes, a major component soil web, influencing abundance well tree growth. In greenhouse experiment with...
Endogenous rhythmic growth (ERG) is displayed by many tropical and some major temperate tree species characterized alternating root shoot flushes (RF SF). These occur parallel to changes in biomass partitioning allocation of recently assimilated carbon nitrogen. To address how biotic interactions interplay with ERG, we cross-compared the RF/SF shifts oak microcuttings presence pathogens, consumers a mycorrhiza helper bacterium, without an ectomycorrhizal fungus (EMF), present synthesis...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect individuals across the globe, with some experiencing more severe disease than others. relatively high frequency of re-infections and breakthrough infections observed SARS-CoV-2 highlights importance extending our understanding immunity COVID-19. Here we aim shed light on antibody titers epitope utilization in protection from re-infection. Health care workers are highly exposed therefore also likely become re-infected. We utilized quantitative,...