Michaela Leroch
Department of Plant Pathology
Kaiserslautern University of Technology
Germany
Biography
Prof. Michaela Leroch received her PhD at at the Department of Plant Physiology, Kaiserslautern University, Currently, she is working as Research Associate at the Department of Plant Pathology, Kaiserslautern University, Germany.
Research Interest
Michaela Leroch research is focused on the early stages of interaction between the asexual fungal spore (conidium) and its host plant, using knock-out mutants defective in MAP kinase signal transduction as well as in structural and sensory extracellular proteins (e.g. hydrophobins) to elucidate the regulation as well as the mechanisms of the early infection process.
Publications
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Kretschmer M, Leroch M, Mosbach A, Walker A-S, Fillinger S, Mernke D, Schoonbeek H-J, Pradier J-M, Leroux P, De Waard MA, Hahn M. Fungicide-driven evolution and molecular basis of multidrug resistance in field populations of the grey mould fungus Botrytis cinerea. PLoS Pathog 2009;5(12): e1000696.
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Amselem. Genomic analysis of the necrotrophic fungal pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea. PLoS Genet. 2011 August; 7(8): e1002230
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Samuel S, Papayiannis LC, Leroch L, Veloukas T, Hahn M, Karaoglanidis GS. Evaluation of the incidence of the G143A mutation and cytb intron presence in the cytochrome bc-1 gene conferring QoI resistance in Botrytis cinerea populations from several hosts. Pest Manag Sci. 2011;67:1029-1036
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Leroch M, Mernke D, Koppenhoefer D, Schneider P, Mosbach A, Doehlemann G, Hahn M. Living colors in the gray mold pathogen Botrytis cinerea: Codon-optimized genes encoding green fluorescent protein and mCherry, which exhibit bright fluorescence. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011;77:2877-2897
