Juan Antonio Navas-cortés
professor
crop protection
Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible
Spain
Biography
Professor of the Course of Experts "Innovations in the diagnosis and integrated management of diseases, pests and weeds of crops and forest masses", University of Córdoba-CeiA3-AESaVe, 2014. Professor of the European Master of Science in Nematology (EUMAINE). Nematode Diseases in Mediterranean Crops. Erasmus Mundus, EU, University of Jaén (Spain), 2010-2014.
Research Interest
Development of models of quantitative epidemiology that facilitate the prediction of diseases and the design of efficient control measures. Spatial and temporal dynamics of epidemics. Impact of climate change on the geographical distribution of phytopathogenic agents, their life cycles, and the epidemics they cause. Development of decision support systems for the integrated management of crop diseases. Detection, monitoring and quantification of diseases through remote sensing.
Publications
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Remesal, E., Landa, BB, Jiménez-Gasco, MM, and Navas-Cortés, JA 2013.Sequence variation in two protein-coding genes correlated with Mycelial Compatibility Groupings in Sclerotium rolfsii . Phytopathology 103: 479-487
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The study of the spread of infections by Verticillium dahliae pathotypes within a high-risk population was carried out at the University of Barcelona, tree density olive orchard in southern Spain. Phytopathology 98: 167-180
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Navas-Cortés, JA , Landa, BB, Méndez-RodrÃguez, MA & Jiménez-DÃaz, RM 2007. Quantitative modeling of the effects of temperature and inoculum density of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris races 0 and 5 on development of Fusarium wilt in chickpea cultivars . Phytopathology 97: 564-573.
