physiology of fungal spore germination, morphogenesis and differentiation in fungi, biological control, biology of soilborne pathogens, interactions between soil pathogens and soil biota, soil suppressiveness, integrated control, bacterial diseases, microflora of stored products, degradation of pesticides and pollutants in soil bioremediation, nitrogen fixation, microbial ecology, cellulose degradation, edible mushrooms, water microbiology
Taxonomy of fungi, cereal diseases, diseases of wild grasses, wild cereals as sources for disease resistance, taxonomy of Helminthosporia and related fungi pathogenic to Gramineae, entomophagous fungi as potential biocontrol agents and biocontrol of weeds by pathogens using naturally occurring fungal pathogens
Glucosinolate accumulation, Biological control of Botrytis cinerea.
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Research in the Lab
The main focus of the research in our lab is plant-pathogen interactions. Plant pathogens challenge our efforts to maximize crop production. A limited understanding of the pathogenesis and defense mechanisms involved in plant-pathogen interactions often obstruct those efforts. We study the plant's defense responses against the fungal plant-pathogen Botrytis cinerea. Structural defense, chemical defense and plant induced resistance via the biocontrol agents Pseudozyma aphidis. Our knowledge on the regulation of plant defense pathways may contribute in the long term to the development of plant-protection strategies that will reduce the required amount of chemicals and thereby genuinely benefit the consumer, farmers and the environment.
Researcher of the month article at the faculty newsletter.
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