Encarnación Pérez Artés
professor
crop protection
Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible
Spain
Biography
Prof. Honorary Associate of the Department of Agronomy of the UCO
Research Interest
Crop diseases caused by soil fungi: Fusarium spp. and Verticillium spp. Analysis of genetic diversity in pathogen populations. Development of molecular diagnostic methods for the detection of the pathogen in plant and soil Carnation Fusarium ( Fusarium oxysporum f. Sp. Dianthi ). Analysis of genetic elements associated to virulence: plasmids and mycovirus. Mycovirus as possible biological control agents.
Publications
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Carrasco-Ballesteros S., Castillo P., Adams BJ, and Pérez-Artés E. 2007. Identification of Pratylenchus thornei , cereal and legume root-lesion nematode, based on SCAR-PCR and satellite DNA. European Journal of Plant Pathology 118: 115-125
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Dervis S., Erten L., Mercado-Blanco J., Valverde-Corredor A., ​​and Pérez-Artés E. 2010. Verticillium wilt of olive in Turkey: a survey on disease importance, pathogen diversity and susceptibility of relevant olive cultivars. European Journal of Plant Pathology 127: 287-301.
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Gómez-Lama Cabanás C., Valverde-Corredor A., ​​and Pérez-Artés E .. 2012. Molecular analysis of Spanish populations of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi demonstrates a high genetic diversity and identifies virulence groups in races 1 and 2 of the pathogen. European Journal of Plant Pathology 132: 561-576.
