Etiology and control of crop diseases
Research on crop diseases caused by soil pathogens, with emphasis on: a) biotechnology and molecular basis of plant-microorganism interactions, both pathogenic and beneficial, using ‘omic’ approaches b) genetic and pathogenic diversity of pathogen populations and their molecular detection in plant and soil, c) pre-symptomatic and non-destructive detection of vascular diseases by means of temperature, fluorescence and reflectance measurements; and d) integrated control of Mediterranean crop diseases, mainly olive verticillium, fusarium diseases of carnation and horticultural crops, downy mildew and sunflower blight, avocado root rot and late wilt of corn, including biocontrol agents, organic amendments and genetic resistance.
Research personnel
Carlos J. López Herrera
Senior Scientist
Mª Leire Molinero Ruiz
Senior Scientist
Encarnación Pérez Artés
Senior Scientist
Montserrat Jurado Expósito
Senior Scientist
Technical staff
Carlos Casanova Muñoz
Senior Technician
Inmaculada León Martínez
M1
Ana Domínguez Carmona
Titulada superior
Ana Belén García Carneros
Senior Technician
Carmen Gómez-Lama Cabanás
Senior Graduate
Antonio Valverde Corredor
OPIS Research Assistant