A5038598578- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Gut microbiota and health
- Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
- Forest Management and Policy
- Transgenic Plants and Applications
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research
John Innes Centre
2014-2025
Norwich Research Park
2014-2025
University of Latvia
2021-2024
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre
2024
University of Lausanne
2020
The phytoplasma bacterial plant parasite depends on leafhopper insects to spread and propagate itself. This study reveals how subverts development turn flowers into leaves thus make its host more attractive leafhoppers.
Maize bushy stunt phytoplasma (MBSP) is a bacterial pathogen of maize ( Zea mays L.) across Latin America. MBSP belongs to the 16SrI-B sub-group within genus ' Candidatus Phytoplasma'. and its insect vector Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) are restricted maize; both thought have coevolved with during domestication from teosinte-like ancestor. MBSP-infected plants show diversity symptoms. it likely that under strong selection for increased virulence transmission on hybrids widely...
Parasites can take over their hosts and trigger dramatic changes in host appearance behavior that are typically interpreted as extended phenotypes promote parasite survival fitness. For example, Toxoplasma gondii is thought to manipulate the behaviors of infected rodents aid transmission cats parasitic trematodes genus Ribeiroia alter limb development amphibian facilitate predation latter by birds. Plant parasites pathogens also reprogram morphology. However, whereas some parasite-induced...
Obligate parasites often trigger significant changes in their hosts to facilitate transmission new hosts. The molecular mechanisms behind these extended phenotypes - where genetic information of one organism is manifested as traits another remain largely unclear. This study explores the role virulence protein SAP54, produced by parasitic phytoplasmas, attracting leafhopper vectors. SAP54 responsible for induction leaf-like flowers phytoplasma-infected plants. However, we previously...
Metformin is widely used for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). However, the efficacy of metformin monotherapy highly variable within human population. Understanding potential indirect or synergistic effects on gut microbiota composition and encoded functions could potentially offer new insights into predicting treatment designing more personalized treatments in future. We combined targeted metabolomics metagenomic profiling microbiomes newly diagnosed T2D patients before after therapy...
An insect-transmitted phytoplasma causing Witches' Broom Disease of Lime (WBDL) is responsible for the drastic decline in lime production several countries. However, it unclear how WBDL (WBDLp) induces witches' broom symptoms and if these contribute to spread phytoplasma. Here we show that gene encoding SAP11 WBDLp (SAP11WBDL) present all isolates collected from diseased trees. SAP11WBDL interacts with acid (Citrus aurantifolia) TCP transcription factors, specifically members TB1/CYC class...
The present study evaluates mold fungal resistance of newly developed loose-fill thermal insulation materials from wheat straw, corn stalk and water reed. Three different processing methods raw was performed by mechanical crushing (Raw, ≤ 20 mm), thermal-mechanical pulping (TMP) using 4% NaOH steam explosion (SEP). An admixture boric acid (8%) tetraborate (7%) applied to all processed substrates due their anti-fungal properties. Additionally, the fourth sample group prepared SEPs species...
Mycorrhizal fungi contribute to crop growth, yields, and stress tolerance. In forests, common mycorrhizal networks are suggested function as carbon storage transfer substances signals between trees, thus likely contributing their resilience. Such properties crucial under increasing environmental stresses, particularly for clonal forestry. However, communities in relation tree field performances have been scarcely studied. this study, on the roots of clones silver birch hybrid aspen growing...
Summary Recognition of plant pathogens or herbivores activate a broad‐spectrum defense priming in distal leaves against potential future attacks, leading to systemic acquired resistance (SAR). Additionally, attacked plants can release aerial below‐ground signals that trigger responses, such as SAR, neighboring lacking initial exposure pathogen pest elicitors. However, the molecular mechanisms involved interplant signal generation sender and decoding are not fully understood. We previously...
The present study evaluates the mold fungal resistance of newly developed loose-fill thermal insulation materials made wheat straw, corn stalk and water reed. Three distinct techniques for processing raw were used: mechanical crushing (Raw, ≤20 mm), thermo-mechanical pulping (TMP) with 4% NaOH steam explosion (SEP). An admixture boric acid (8%) tetraborate (7%) was applied to all processed substrates due their anti-fungal properties. fourth sample group prepared from SEP without added...
Obligate parasites often trigger significant changes in their hosts to facilitate transmission new hosts. The molecular mechanisms behind these extended phenotypes - where genetic information of one organism is manifested as traits another remain largely unclear. This study explores the role virulence protein SAP54, produced by parasitic phytoplasmas, attracting leafhopper vectors. SAP54 responsible for induction leaf-like flowers phytoplasma-infected plants. However, we previously...
Parasites can take over their hosts and trigger dramatic changes in host appearance behaviour that are typically interpreted as extended phenotypes to promote parasite survival fitness. For example, Toxoplasma gondii manipulates the of infected rodents aid transmission cats parasitic trematodes genus Ribeiroia alter limb development amphibian facilitate predation by birds. Plant parasites pathogens also reprogram morphology. Phytoplasma plants induce extensive leaf-like flower phenotype...
Abstract Obligate parasites often trigger significant changes in their hosts to facilitate transmission new hosts. The molecular mechanisms behind these extended phenotypes - where genetic information of one organism is manifested as traits another remain largely unclear. This study explores the role virulence protein SAP54, produced by parasitic phytoplasmas, attracting leafhopper vectors. SAP54 responsible for induction leaf-like flowers phytoplasma-infected plants. However, we previously...
Obligate parasites often trigger significant changes in their hosts to facilitate transmission new hosts. The molecular mechanisms behind these hyper-extended phenotypes - where genetic information of the parasite modulates biology one host through another remain largely unclear. This study explores role virulence protein SAP54, produced by parasitic phytoplasmas, attracting leafhopper vectors. SAP54 is responsible for induction leaf-like flowers phytoplasma-infected plants. However, we...
Obligate parasites often trigger significant changes in their hosts to facilitate transmission new hosts. The molecular mechanisms behind these extended phenotypes - where genetic information of one organism is manifested as traits another remain largely unclear. This study explores the role virulence protein SAP54, produced by parasitic phytoplasmas, attracting leafhopper vectors. SAP54 responsible for induction leaf-like flowers phytoplasma-infected plants. However, we previously...
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonize multiple plant hosts and form common mycelial networks (CMNs) that link plants in nature. CMNs have been hypothesised to function as a highway for interplant information exchange modulate biotic abiotic stress responses. Here we used AMF Rhizophagus irregularis inter connect two Medicago truncatula explored the effect of known defence elicitor on pathogen tolerance connected inter-plant signal receivers. We analysed leaf metabolites (HPLC MS)...