Publications by authors named "Heros Jose Maximo"
Article Synopsis
- The text discusses a pathogen that infects various economically important crops, including citrus, and highlights the importance of understanding its virulence mechanisms, particularly in relation to resistant and susceptible plant varieties.
- The research utilized advanced techniques like MALDI-MSI and UHPLC/ESI-Q-TOF-MS to analyze the production of secondary metabolites in the pathogen and how they are affected by extracts from different plant species.
- Findings showed that plant extracts influenced the pathogen's growth, morphology, and zoospore behavior, while various metabolites were identified, suggesting potential roles in the interaction and virulence of the pathogen, warranting further functional analysis.
Coevolution has shaped the molecular basis of an extensive number of defense mechanisms in plant-pathogen interactions. Phytophthora parasitica, a hemibiothrophic oomycete pathogen and the causal agent of citrus root rot and gummosis, interacts differently with Citrus sunki and Poncirus trifoliata, two commonly favored citrus rootstocks that are recognized as susceptible and resistant, respectively, to P. parasitica.
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