Rafael Manuel Jiménez Díaz

INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF DISEASES CAUSED BY Vertici llium spp.

My research aims to develop innovative, efficient and environmentally friendly strategies for the integrated control of Verticillium dahliae Verticillium verticillium of the olive tree, by studying the genetic and virulence structure of its populations and the joint use of resistant rootstocks and treatments with Rhizophagus intraradices and Trichoderma spp. The olive tree rootstocks Ac-13 and Ac-18 resistant to defoliating (D) and non-defoliating pathotypes and to races 1 and 2 of V. dahliae have been developed and shown to be efficient in the protection against Verticillium Verticillium in cvs. Arbequina and Picual olive susceptible to V. dahliae D under experimental and field conditions. These rootstock/graft combinations are being marketed under the name Vertirés®.

Outstanding contributions

Patents and software

1. Registration of two commercial varieties of chickpea (ATHENAS and KAIRO).
2. Registration of a commercial variety of chickpea (BAGDAG). Order of 11/07/94. (BOE of 07/22/94).
3. Registration of a commercial variety of chickpea (BIANKA). Order of 12/07/96. (BOE of 3/08/96).
4. Registration of a commercial variety of chickpea (KREMA). Order of 30/07/97. (BOE of 12/08/97).
5. Registration by the Crop Science Society of America of six chickpea lines resistant to Fusarium vascularis.
6. Method for the identification of pathotypes of defoliating and non-defoliating Verticillium dahliae of cotton by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis or specific polymerase chain reaction.
7. Method for the detection of defoliating and non-defoliating pathotypes of Verticillium dahliae in plants susceptible to infection by these pathotypes based on sequential polymerase chain reaction.
8. Method for molecular analysis of genetic diversity in races of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris by rcp-PCR.
9. Method for molecular identification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris and its pathogenic races 0, 5, and 6 by specific PCR.
10. Method for detecting defoliating and nondefoliating pathotypes of Verticillium dahliae in plants.
11. Method for the detection and identification of Peronospora spp.
12. Method for the detection and identification of Peronospora arborescens. Set P2.
13. Method for the detection and identification of Peronospora arborescens. Set P3.
14. Method for the detection and identification of Peronospora arborescens. Set P6.
15. (WO/2008/081066) Method for detecting and identifying Peronospora arborescens.
16. Method for the detection, identification and quantification of Peronospora arborescens by real-time quantitative PCR.
17. Method for the detection and quantification of pathogenic races of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris.
18. Method for the detection and identification of Peronospora spp.
19. Method for the detection and identification of Peronospora arborescens. Set P2.
20. Method for the detection and identification of Peronospora arborescens. Set P3.
21. Method for the detection and identification of Peronospora arborescens. Set P6.
22. (WO/2008/081066) Method for detecting and identifying Peronospora arborescens.
23. Method for the detection, identification and quantification of Peronospora arborescens by real-time quantitative PCR.
24. Method for the detection and quantification of pathogenic races of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris.