Laboratory of Phytopathology

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• 112 Finished

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  Necrotrophic effector proteins as tools in disease resistance breeding in onion

  Herrera Valderrama, A. L. & van Kan, J.

  22/07/19 → 22/07/20

  Project: PostDoc

• Effector biology of Fusarium in banana.

  Aguilera Galvez, C. & Kema, G.

  1/05/19 → 1/05/22

  Project: PostDoc

• Effector proteins of Botrytis elliptica as tool for resistance breeding in lily against fire blight disease

  Malvestiti, M., van Kan, J., Arens, P. & Immink, R.

  1/02/19 → 19/06/23

  Project: PhD

• Chromatin dynamic impacts effector evolution in the tomato wilt pathogen Verticillium dahliae

  Torres Sanchez, D., Thomma, B. & Seidl, M.

  1/11/18 → 18/09/23

  Project: PhD

• Identification of receptors in host planst that recognize phytotoxic metabolites of Botrytis cinerea

  Qin, S., van Kan, J. & Keurentjes, J.

  15/10/18 → 4/07/23

  Project: PhD

• Functional characterization of a defoliation-inducing effector from the vascular wilt pathogen Verticillium dahliae

  Lorencini Fiorin, G. & Thomma, B.

  1/12/17 → 17/02/23

  Project: PhD

• Resistance mechanisms to Botrytis cinerea in tomato

  You, Y., van Kan, J. & Finkers, R.

  10/11/17 → 28/06/22

  Project: PhD

  • Botrytis cinerea 100%
  • resistance mechanisms 94%
  • tomatoes 69%
  • infection 49%
  • lesions (plant) 30%

• Dissection of a cell-surface receptor complex involved in immunity of plants to deleterious pathogens

  Huang, W., Joosten, M., Kema, G. & van der Burgh, A.

  1/11/17 → 28/06/22

  Project: PhD

  • Plant Cells 100%
  • Antigen-Antibody Complex 76%
  • phosphotransferases (kinases) 62%
  • Signal Transduction 57%
  • Phosphotransferases 56%

• Necrotrophic effector proteins as tools in disease resistance breeding of onion

  Steentjes, M., van Kan, J. & Scholten, O.

  15/04/17 → 28/06/21

  Project: PhD

  • peeling 100%
  • leaf blight 96%
  • onions 81%
  • neck 77%
  • Biological Sciences 58%

• Necrotrophic effector proteins as tools in disease resistance breeding of onion

  van Kan, J. & Valero Jimenez, C.

  1/03/17 → 1/03/20

  Project: PostDoc

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• Botrytis necrotrophic effectors

  Veloso Freire, J. & van Kan, J.

  3/10/16 → 3/10/18

  Project: PostDoc

• How fungal pathogens target host micriobiomes to establish disease

  Snelders, N. & Thomma, B.

  15/09/16 → 4/12/20

  Project: PhD

  • Verticillium dahliae 100%
  • microbiome 78%
  • plant pathogens 75%
  • lysozyme 42%
  • soil 40%

• Identification of genes in tomato and other crops for resistance to Verticilium wilt

  Vermeulen, J., Bai, Y., Thomma, B. & Schouten, H.

  15/04/16 → 20/10/20

  Project: PhD

  • Verticillium dahliae 100%
  • inheritance (genetics) 71%
  • tomatoes 60%
  • quantitative trait loci 35%
  • plant germplasm 15%

• Regulation of effector gene expression during plant infection

  Kramer, M., Thomma, B. & Seidl, M.

  1/10/15 → 11/03/22

  Project: PhD

  • Verticillium dahliae 100%
  • centromeres 81%
  • epigenetics 79%
  • Verticillium 69%
  • chromatin 66%

• Structural biology of LysM effector proteins from fungal pathogens

  Tian, H. & Thomma, B.

  1/10/15 → 14/09/20

  Project: PhD

  • Chitin 100%
  • Fungi 66%
  • Proteins 27%
  • Lycopersicon esculentum 11%
  • Dimerization 9%

• Cytoskeletal dynamics in Phytophthora pathogens

  Kots, K., Govers, F. & Ketelaar, T.

  1/09/15 → 28/10/22

  Project: PhD

  • Phytophthora 100%
  • microfilaments 45%
  • cytoskeleton 45%
  • microtubules 40%
  • plant pathogens 40%

• Blight vs. tomato: deducing a physical interaction network between Phytophthora infestans and Solanum lycopersicum

  Rodenburg, S., Govers, F., de Ridder, D. & Seidl, M.

  1/06/15 → 15/09/20

  Project: PhD

  • systems biology 100%
  • Oomycetes 94%
  • metabolism 47%
  • Phytophthora infestans 46%
  • metalloproteinases 22%

• Exploitation of Brassica EVR1 to provide resistance to vascular wilt pathogens and possibly drought stress in rape seed

  Rodriguez Moreno, L. & Thomma, B.

  1/05/15 → 1/04/18

  Project: PostDoc

• Elucidating the role of the regulatory cell surface receptor-like kinase SOBIR1 in resistance of plants to pathogens

  Wu, J., Thomma, B. & Joosten, M.

  1/10/14 → 3/02/20

  Project: PhD

  • Abscisic Acid 100%
  • strigolactones 80%
  • Plant Immunity 68%
  • Hydrogen Peroxide 58%
  • Lycopersicon esculentum 53%

• Comparative pathogenomics of ascomycete fungi

  Gibriel, H., Thomma, B., Kema, G. & Seidl, M.

  15/09/14 → 20/02/19

  Project: PhD

  • Mycosphaerella graminicola 100%
  • Verticillium dahliae 90%
  • Ascomycota 74%
  • plant pathogens 67%
  • host plants 46%

• Population and pathogenicity dynamics of the Brassica Pathogen Verticillium longisporum

  Depotter, J., Thomma, B. & Seidl, M.

  1/09/14 → 14/09/18

  Project: PhD

  • Verticillium longisporum 100%
  • interspecific hybridization 69%
  • plant pathogens 54%
  • case studies 49%
  • Brassica napus 42%

• Cytogenetics of banana and its implications for breeding for resistance to Fusarium wilt disease

  Ahmad, F., Kema, G., de Jong, H. & Schouten, H.

  1/06/14 → 23/08/21

  Project: PhD

  • bananas 100%
  • Musa acuminata 77%
  • Indonesia 51%
  • genotyping 43%
  • resistance genes 19%

• The plant exocyst as an expeller of pathogens

  Overdijk, E., Govers, F., Bouwmeester, K. & Ketelaar, T.

  1/04/14 → 18/10/19

  Project: PhD

  • exocytosis 100%
  • microscopy 78%
  • pathogens 50%
  • immunity 37%
  • plant pathogens 26%

• The role of the regulatory cell surface receptor-like kinase SOBIR1 in resistance of plants to pathogens

  van der Burgh, A., Thomma, B. & Joosten, M.

  15/02/14 → 21/09/18

  Project: PhD

  • Plant Cells 100%
  • Antigen-Antibody Complex 76%
  • Phosphotransferases 56%
  • Lycopersicon esculentum 40%
  • Botrytis 25%

• Disease management and effector biology of the sugar beet pathogen Cercospora beticola

  Ebert, M. & Thomma, B.

  2/01/14 → 6/09/18

  Project: PhD

  • Cercospora beticola 100%
  • sugar beet 63%
  • Biological Sciences 45%
  • Cercospora 43%
  • pathogens 37%

• Genetic and epigenetic changes contributing to host-pathogen co-adaptation

  Cook III, D. & Thomma, B.

  1/10/13 → 1/10/17

  Project: PostDoc

• Genetic and epigenetic changes contributing to host-pathogen contributing to host-pathogen co-adaptation

  Cook, D. E.

  1/10/13 → 1/10/17

  Project: PostDoc

• Functional analysis of virulence effectors from the vascular wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae identified through comparative population genomics

  Li, J., Thomma, B. & Faino, L.

  1/10/13 → 13/02/19

  Project: PhD

  • Verticillium 100%
  • Virulence 46%
  • Plant Diseases 43%
  • Blood Vessels 31%
  • Disease Management 26%

• Sustainable crop protection: towards novel targets for controlling Phytophthora diseases in potato and soybean

  van den Hoogen, J. & Govers, F.

  1/09/13 → 8/06/18

  Project: PhD

  • Oomycetes 100%
  • Phytophthora 99%
  • cell communication 99%
  • plant parasitic nematodes 98%
  • G-protein coupled receptors 91%

• Genome wide diversity analyses of Banana and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense from Indonesia

  Maryani, N., Crous, P. & Kema, G.

  15/08/13 → 29/10/18

  Project: PhD

  • Panama disease 100%
  • bananas 62%
  • Indonesia 58%
  • Fusarium 41%
  • Fusarium wilt 18%

• The occurrence and impact of chromosomal rearrangements in the fungal Verticillium

  Shi, X., Thomma, B. & Seidl, M.

  15/08/13 → 3/05/19

  Project: PhD

  • Verticillium 100%
  • Verticillium dahliae 76%
  • genomics 47%
  • genome 24%
  • plant pathogens 20%

• Genome evolution of plant pathogenic fungi elucidated by comparative genomics

  Seidl, M. & Thomma, B.

  1/06/13 → 1/06/16

  Project: PostDoc

• Risk assessment of soybean rust based on its distribution, variance and influence of environmental parameters in eastern and southern Africa

  Murithi, H., Thomma, B. & Joosten, M.

  1/04/13 → 25/02/19

  Project: PhD

  • Phakopsora pachyrhizi 100%
  • soybean rust 99%
  • Eastern Africa 73%
  • soybeans 48%
  • fungi 39%

• Epidemiology and agro-ecology of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense

  Salacinas, M., Kema, G. & Meijer, H.

  1/03/13 → 27/08/19

  Project: PhD

  • Panama disease 100%
  • Philippines 66%
  • bananas 59%
  • disinfectants 30%
  • chlamydospores 29%

• Harvessing biodiversity for sustainable agriculture, the metagenomics of disease suppressive soil

  Raaijmakers, J.

  1/02/13 → 1/02/14

  Project: PostDoc

• Understanding the causal agent of Panama disease in banana: Genetic and pathogenic diversity of Fusarium oxysproum f.sp. Cubense

  Ordonez Roman, N., Kema, G., Meijer, H. & Seidl, M.

  1/02/13 → 16/10/18

  Project: PhD

  • Panama disease 100%
  • Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense 94%
  • bananas 62%
  • genetic variation 39%
  • pathogens 37%

• The genetic basis of resistance to Panama disease in Banana

  Garcia Bastidas, F. & Kema, G.

  1/01/13 → 19/03/19

  Project: PhD

  • Panama disease 100%
  • bananas 62%
  • Fusarium 40%
  • domestic markets 27%
  • pandemic 27%

• Biosynthesis and regulation of mangotoxin in plant pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae

  Raaijmakers, J.

  26/11/12 → 26/11/13

  Project: PostDoc

• The genetics of receptor-like proteins (RLP) Ve-mediated signalling in defense against Verticillium in Arabidopsis and tomato

  Song, Y., Thomma, B. & de Wit, P.

  1/10/12 → 23/10/17

  Project: PhD

  • immunologic receptors 100%
  • Verticillium 92%
  • tomatoes 51%
  • receptors 46%
  • Verticillium dahliae 42%

• Towards innovative strategies for controlling late blight in potato

  Schoina, C., Govers, F. & Bouwmeester, K.

  1/10/12 → 1/06/18

  Project: PhD

  • Phytophthora infestans 100%
  • aspartic proteinases 89%
  • metalloproteinases 76%
  • virulence 70%
  • phospholipases 64%

• Dissection of Ve1-mediated immunity in plants

  Rovenich, H., Thomma, B. & de Wit, P.

  1/10/12 → 29/08/17

  Project: PhD

  • chitin 100%
  • plant pathogens 90%
  • immunity 85%
  • microorganisms 63%
  • Passalora fulva 24%

• B. cinerea genome assembly

  van Kan, J. & Stassen, J.

  1/09/12 → 1/09/13

  Project: PostDoc

• Bioinformatics on the Cladosporium fulvum genome and its relatives

  de Wit, P.

  1/04/12 → 1/02/14

  Project: PostDoc

• Ecology and genomics of Lysobacter species: toward the development of new disease control strategies

  Gomez Exposito, R., Govers, F., Raaijmakers, J. & Postma, J.

  21/03/12 → 15/06/17

  Project: PhD

  • Thanatephorus cucumeris 100%
  • Lysobacter 98%
  • suppressive soils 90%
  • microbiome 88%
  • oxalic acid 54%

• Identification and functional analysis of genes important in biocontrol of Cladosporium fulvum

  de Wit, P. & Iida, Y.

  1/03/12 → 1/03/14

  Project: PostDoc

• Isolation, functional and structural analysis of Cladosporium fulvum effectors

  de Wit, P. & Mesarich, C.

  1/02/12 → 1/02/14

  Project: PostDoc

• The secondary metabolome of Cladosporium fulvum

  Griffiths, S., Crous, P. & de Wit, P.

  2/01/12 → 2/12/15

  Project: PhD

  • Passalora fulva 100%
  • metabolome 81%
  • secondary metabolites 58%
  • tomatoes 50%
  • pathogens 39%

• Identification and regulation of secondary metabolite gene clusters in Cladosporium fulvum

  Griffiths, S. & de Wit, P.

  1/01/12 → 1/02/14

  Project: PostDoc

• Identification and regulation of cell-wall degrading enzymes of Cladoporium fulvum and Dothistroma septosporum

  de Wit, P.

  1/01/12 → 1/02/14

  Project: PostDoc

• The role of Verticillium dahliae in fungal virulence and its recognition by the tomato Ve1 immune receptor

  Boshoven, J., Thomma, B. & de Wit, P.

  1/01/12 → 10/11/17

  Project: PhD

  • Verticillium dahliae 100%
  • virulence 64%
  • immunologic receptors 58%
  • pathogens 47%
  • food defense 29%