Description
The activity of this group is focused, through an agroecological and multidisciplinary approach, to optimize the integrated management of crop pests and diseases, deepening the study of compatible and incompatible interactions of plants with pests and plant-parasitic organisms (with special interest in the different types of plant resistance and the biotic and abiotic factors that affect them) and contributing to conservation of beneficial insects.
Scientific objetives
- Plant resistance and susceptibility to pest-organisms (insects and nematodes).
- Analysis of gene expression in compatible and incompatible host / parasite interactions.
- Biological control of pest-organisms and conservation of pollinators.
- Biotic and abiotic factors that affect the impact of pests and plant diseases.
Recent Highlights
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Plant resistance and susceptibility to pest organisms
Badenes-Pérez, F. R. 2024. Resistance and susceptibility of different Barbarea (Brassicaceae) species and types to cabbage whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and cabbage white butterfly (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Arthropod-Plant Interactions 18: 1219–1226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-024-10081-6
Ahmad F. and Nombela G. (Eds.) 2023. Root-Galling Disease of Vegetable Plants. Springer Nature, Singapore: 338 pp. ISBN: 978-981-99-3891-9 / 978-981-99-3892-6 (eBook). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3892-6
Badenes-Pérez, F. R. 2023. Plant glucosinolate content and host-plant preference and suitability in the small white butterfly (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) and comparison with another specialist lepidopteran. Plants 12: 2148. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12112148
Badenes-Pérez, F. R., Heckel, D. G. 2023. Intraspecific and interstage similarities in host-plant preference in the diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Horticulturae 9: 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9010039
Nombela G. 2022. La resistencia del tomate a la mosca blanca Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). In: La Mejora de la Resistencia y/o Tolerancia a Plagas Vegetales. A. Butrón, E. Cartea, M. Francisco, R.A. Malvar y P. Peón (Eds.). Misión Biológica de Galicia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (MBG-CSIC). Pontevedra: 96-115. ISBN: 978-84-09-44123-5. -
Analysis of gene expression in compatible and incompatible host / parasite interactions
Pascual S., Emiliozzi M. and Nombela G. 2024. Role of Two Transcription Factors (TGA 1a and TGA 2.1) in the Mi-1-Mediated Resistance of Tomato to the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne javanica. Horticulturae 10(2): 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10020134
Pascual S., Rodríguez-Alvarez C.I., Kaloshian I. and Nombela G. 2023. Hsp90 gene is required for Mi-1-mediated resistance of tomato to the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Plants 12(3): 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12030641 -
Biological control of pest organisms and conservation of pollinators
Badenes-Pérez, F. R. 2022. Benefits of insect pollination in Brassicaceae: A meta-analysis of self-compatible and self-incompatible crop species. Agriculture 12: 446. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12040446 -
Biotic and abiotic factors that affect the impact of plant pests and diseases
Neugart, S., Steininger, V., Fernandes, C., Martínez-Abaigar, J., Núñez-Olivera, E., Schreiner, M., Strid, Å., Viczián, A., Albert, A., Badenes-Pérez, F. R., Castagna, A., Dáder, B., Fereres, A., Gaberscik, A., Gulyás, Á., Gwynn-Jones, D., Nagy, F., Jones, A., Julkunen-Tiitto, R., Konstantinova, N., Lakkala, K., Llorens, L., Martínez-Lüscher, J., Nybakken, L., Olsen, J., Pascual, I., Ranieri, A., Regier, N., Robson, M., Rosenqvist, E., Santin, M., Turunen, M., Vandenbussche, F., Verdaguer, D., Winkler, B., Witzel, K., Grifoni, D., Zipoli, G., Hideg, É., Jansen, M. A. K., Hauser, M.-T. 2024. A synchronized, large-scale field experiment using Arabidopsis thaliana reveals the significance of the UV-B photoreceptor UVR8 under natural conditions. Plant, Cell & Environment 47: 4031–4047. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15008
Lorenzo C., Ramos F., Casado A., Gálvez A.M., Sanz S. and Nombela G. 2023. Evaluating the Influence of Water Scarcity on the Host Response of Garlic to the Stem and Bulb Nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci. Plants 12(22): 3845. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12223845