New papel from the lab! 🥳

Third chapter of our amazing PhD student Rosaura Alfaro-García on the effects of #Phytophthora cinnamomi on the 🥑 #rhizosphere #microbiome.

We're gaining insights on the #Phytophthora #pathobiome!

authors.elsevier.com/a/1nvqg8jaVh...

Balocchi, F., M. J. Wingfield, and T. Paap. 2026.
“ Occurrence of #Phytophthora cinnamomi in the Rhizosphere of Declining Leucadendron elimense subsp. salteri in South Africa.”
Forest Pathology 56, no. 4: e70097.
doi.org/10.1111/efp....

#Oomycetes

✍️🍅 #OurNewPreprint Tomato genomic regions and candidate genes linked to responses to a #Resistance inducer against #Phytophthora infestans
🔗 doi.org/10.21203/rs....
#Genetic #ResistanceInduction #GWAS #Biocontrol #TomatoLateBlight

Sounds like he did a grand job of bringing that remarkable story to a new audience. A great Nature paper with Clive Brasier stemmed from that #kitchentablescience #phytophthora

Genotypic and virulence dynamics of #Phytophthora infestanspopulations in southwestern #China
🎓led by Prof. Suomeng Dong at Nanjing Agricultural University
🔎https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2025.02.021

#plantpathology #plantdiease