Pablo Castillo Castillo
professor
crop protection
Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible
Spain
Biography
European Master of Science in Nematology (EUMAINE). Nematode diseases in Mediterranean crops . 3 ECTS, Erasmus Mundus, EU, University of Jaén (Spain), 2010-2014 Master " Olivicultura y Elaiotecnia ", University of Córdoba, 2008-2014. Expert Course " Innovations in the diagnosis and integrated management of diseases, pests and weeds of crops and forest masses ", University of Córdoba-CeiA3-AESaVe, 2014, 2015.
Research Interest
Specific diagnosis of disease-causing nematodes in agricultural crops, using conventional procedures and molecular analysis. Phylogenetic analysis of nodular nematodes ( Meloidogyne spp.), Lesioners ( Pratylenchus spp.), Cysts forming ( Heterodera spp., Globodera spp.), Stem and bulb nematodes ( Ditylenchus spp.), Foliar ( Aphelenchoides spp. of plant viruses ( Xiphinema spp., Longidorus spp., Trichodorus spp., P. aralongidorus spp.). Pathogenicity of plant parasitic nematodes in herbaceous and woody crops and host-parasite relationships between pathogenic variants thereof with the host plant. Study of the interactions between phytopathogenic nematodes and diseases caused by soil fungi, and their mechanisms through proteomic and genomic analysis. Control of phytopathogenic nematodes through sustainable and environmentally friendly strategies (solarization of soil and soil substrates, biofumigation, organic amendments, etc.).
Publications
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GUTIÉRREZ-GUTIÉRREZ, C., JE PALOMARES-RIUS, RM JIMÉNEZ-DÃAZ, and P. CASTILLO . 2011. Host suitability of Vitis rootstocks to root-knot nematodes ( Meloidogyne spp.) And the dagger nematode Xiphinema index , and plant damage caused by infections. PLANT PATHOLOGY 60: 575-585.
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VOVLAS N., TROCCOLI A., PALOMARES-RIUS JE, DE LUCA F., LIÉBANAS G., LANDA BB, SUBBOTIN SA, CASTILLO P. 2011. Ditylenchus gigas n. sp. parasitizing broad bean: a new stem nematode singled out from the Ditylenchus dipsaci species complex using a polyphasic approach with molecular phylogeny. PLANT PATHOLOGY 60, 762-775
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CASTILLO, P. , NAVAS-CORTES, JA, LANDA, BB, JIMENEZ-DIAZ, RM, & VOVLAS, N. 2008. Plant-parasitic nematodes attacking chickpea and their plant interactions with rhizobia and phytopathogenic fungi. PLANT DISEASE 92, 840-853
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NICO, AI, JIMENEZ-DIAZ, RM, & CASTILLO, P. 2003. Solarization of soil in piles for the control of Meloidogyne incognita in olive nurseries in southern Spain. PLANT PATHOLOGY 52, 770-778.
