Publications

Exploring fungal pathogens to control the plant invasive Rubus niveus on Galapagos Island San Cristobal
Barriga-Medina N. 2025 Scientific Reports

Radiometer calibration using machine learning
Leeney S.A.K. 2025 Scientific Reports

Roots: metabolic architects of beneficial microbiome assembly
Uribe-Acosta M. 2025 Plant Physiology

Born to rewild: Reconnecting beneficial plant-microbiome alliances for resilient future crops
Ramirez-Villacis D.X. 2025 Cell Host and Microbe

First Report of Rhizoctonia solani AG-3 Causing Black Scurf on Solanum tuberosum cv. Superchola in Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Peña-Zúñiga E. 2025 Plant Disease

Crop root bacterial and viral genomes reveal unexplored species and microbiome patterns
Dai R. 2025 Cell

First Report of Pectobacterium peruviense as the Causal Pathogen of Blackleg and Soft Rot in Solanum tuberosum cv. Superchola in Cañar, Ecuador
Peña-Zuñiga E. 2025 Plant Disease

Microbiome responses to natural Fusarium infection in field-grown soybean plants
van Bentum S. 2025 Plant and Soil

Arabidopsis root defense barriers support beneficial interactions with rhizobacterium Pseudomonas simiae WCS417
Zhou J. 2025 New Phytologist

Seed tuber microbiome can predict growth potential of potato varieties
Song Y. 2025 Nature Microbiology

Seed tuber imprinting shapes the next-generation potato microbiome
Song Y. 2024 Environmental Microbiome

Plant-Driven Assembly of Disease-Suppressive Soil Microbiomes
Spooren J. 2024 Annual Review of Phytopathology

Architecture and dynamics of the abscisic acid gene regulatory network
Aerts N. 2024 Plant Journal

Obligate biotroph downy mildew consistently induces near-identical protective microbiomes in Arabidopsis thaliana
Goossens P. 2023 Nature Microbiology

Plant commensal type VII secretion system causes iron leakage from roots to promote colonization
Liu Y. 2023 Nature Microbiology

Cell-type-specific transcriptomics reveals that root hairs and endodermal barriers play important roles in beneficial plant-rhizobacterium interactions
Verbon E.H. 2023 Molecular Plant

Genome-wide association study reveals WRKY42 as a novel plant transcription factor that influences oviposition preference of Pieris butterflies
Coolen S. 2023 Journal of Experimental Botany

Chemical symphony of coumarins and phenazines in rhizosphere iron solubilization
Pieterse C.M.J. 2023 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Techniques to Study Common Root Responses to Beneficial Microbes and Iron Deficiency
Hsu S.H. 2023 Methods in Molecular Biology

The Use of Synthetic Microbial Communities to Improve Plant Health
Martins S.J. 2023 Phytopathology

Coumarin biosynthesis genes are required after foliar pathogen infection for the creation of a microbial soil-borne legacy that primes plants for SA-dependent defenses
Vismans G. 2022 Scientific Reports

Editorial overview: Dialogues with the good, the bad, and the ugly
Rawat N. 2022 Current Opinion in Plant Biology

No priming, just fighting - endophytic yeast attenuates the defense response and the stress induced by Dutch elm disease in Ulmus minor Mill
Sobrino-Plata J. 2022 Tree Physiology

Nitric oxide signalling in roots is required for MYB72-dependent systemic resistance induced by Trichoderma volatile compounds in Arabidopsis
Pescador L. 2022 Journal of Experimental Botany

Rapid evolution of bacterial mutualism in the plant rhizosphere
Li E. 2021 Nature Communications