Editorial Board for section 'Plant Microbe Interactions'
- Environmental Microbiology Section
- Medical Microbiology Section
- Food Microbiology Section
- Gut Microbiota Section
- Plant Microbe Interactions Section
- Microbial Biotechnology Section
- Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance Section
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Section
- Virology Section
- Microbiomes Section
- Biofilm Section
- Public Health Microbiology Section
- Veterinary Microbiology Section
- Parasitology Section
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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
1. Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstraße 42, 10115 Berlin, Germany
2. Institut für Marine Biotechnologie, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
Interests: bacillus genetics; antimicrobial secondary metabolites and development of biocontrol agents
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2. Institut für Marine Biotechnologie, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
Interests: bacillus genetics; antimicrobial secondary metabolites and development of biocontrol agents
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Department of Biology, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
Interests: insect pathogenic fungi; fungal-plant interactions; environmental microbiology
Interests: insect pathogenic fungi; fungal-plant interactions; environmental microbiology
Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
Interests: plant/fungal interactions; mycotoxins; phycotoxins; mass spectrometry; chemical analysis
Interests: plant/fungal interactions; mycotoxins; phycotoxins; mass spectrometry; chemical analysis
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Interests: plant–microbe interactions; soil and plant microbiome; microbial diversity; extremophiles; PGPR; rhizosphere
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Interests: plant–microbe interactions; soil and plant microbiome; microbial diversity; extremophiles; PGPR; rhizosphere
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Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
Interests: beneficial microorganisms; plant-microbe interactions; genotyping; genetic analysis
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Interests: beneficial microorganisms; plant-microbe interactions; genotyping; genetic analysis
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Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Interests: plant–pathogen interactions; biocontrol; endophytic fungi; green leaf volatiles (GLVs); biogenic volatile compounds (BVOCs); plant defense priming; plant hormones; phenomics; genome-editing in fungi; plant defense pathways; biodegradation of mycotoxins; mycotoxin prediction and modelling; bioassays to assess toxicity of trichothecenes and their derivatives
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Interests: plant–pathogen interactions; biocontrol; endophytic fungi; green leaf volatiles (GLVs); biogenic volatile compounds (BVOCs); plant defense priming; plant hormones; phenomics; genome-editing in fungi; plant defense pathways; biodegradation of mycotoxins; mycotoxin prediction and modelling; bioassays to assess toxicity of trichothecenes and their derivatives
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Research Unit Induced Resistance and Plant Bioprotection, University of Reims, EA 4707 USC INRAe 1488, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 51100 Reims, France
Interests: plant-microbe interaction; stress physiology plants responses to biotic and abiotic stress; crop protection; biological control
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Interests: plant-microbe interaction; stress physiology plants responses to biotic and abiotic stress; crop protection; biological control
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Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interests: bacteria; phytoplasmas; plant diseases; detection; epidemiology
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Interests: bacteria; phytoplasmas; plant diseases; detection; epidemiology
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Department for Sustainability, Division Sustainable Agri-Food Systems, National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Rome, Italy
Interests: food-associated bacteria; microbial ecology; soil microorganisms; plant-growth-promoting bacteria; bacterial-host interaction; plant-microbe interactions
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Interests: food-associated bacteria; microbial ecology; soil microorganisms; plant-growth-promoting bacteria; bacterial-host interaction; plant-microbe interactions
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Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle 2568, Australia
Interests: plant bacteriology; diagnostics for plant pathogenic bacteria; microbial ecosystems; biosecurity; bacterial diagnostics and genomics
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Interests: plant bacteriology; diagnostics for plant pathogenic bacteria; microbial ecosystems; biosecurity; bacterial diagnostics and genomics
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College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Interests: nitrogenae; synthetic nitrogen fixation; bacterial genetics; microbial genetics; microbial ecology
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Interests: nitrogenae; synthetic nitrogen fixation; bacterial genetics; microbial genetics; microbial ecology
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Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: microbial interactions; soil ecology; plant soil interactions; soil food web; nitrogen biotransformations; microbial indicators; mycorrhiza; symbiosis; endophytes; extremophiles; bio-products; microbial communities assemblage; fungi; decomposition; indicators of soil health
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Interests: microbial interactions; soil ecology; plant soil interactions; soil food web; nitrogen biotransformations; microbial indicators; mycorrhiza; symbiosis; endophytes; extremophiles; bio-products; microbial communities assemblage; fungi; decomposition; indicators of soil health
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Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
Interests: nitrogen fixation; drought or salt stress; phosphate solubilization; phytohormone delivery from soil bacteria; as rhizobia or endophytic bacteria; when associated with cereals or legumes
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Interests: nitrogen fixation; drought or salt stress; phosphate solubilization; phytohormone delivery from soil bacteria; as rhizobia or endophytic bacteria; when associated with cereals or legumes
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Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Moncada, 46113 Valencia, Spain
Interests: plant diseases; viroids; viroid-host interactions; viroid diseases
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Interests: plant diseases; viroids; viroid-host interactions; viroid diseases
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Dr. Wensheng Fang
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Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: soil-borne diseases; plant protection; pesticide science; soil microorganisms
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Interests: soil-borne diseases; plant protection; pesticide science; soil microorganisms
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Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Interests: environmental microbiology; microbial ecology; plant microbiology; plant pathology; biocontrol; rhizosphere; Agrobacterium; Pectobacterium; Dickeya; genomics; transcriptomics; Tn-Seq; reverse genetics; quorum-sensing
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Interests: environmental microbiology; microbial ecology; plant microbiology; plant pathology; biocontrol; rhizosphere; Agrobacterium; Pectobacterium; Dickeya; genomics; transcriptomics; Tn-Seq; reverse genetics; quorum-sensing
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Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora” (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida Dr. Wienberg s/n, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
Interests: plant virology; emergent plant diseases; virus taxonomy; plant–pathogen interactions; insect vectors
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Interests: plant virology; emergent plant diseases; virus taxonomy; plant–pathogen interactions; insect vectors
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Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, 10126 Turin, Italy
Interests: molecular and cellular aspects of plant–microbe interactions, mainly during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis; plant response to biotic stress; role of phytohormones in plant growth and in response to microbes; apocarotenoids
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Interests: molecular and cellular aspects of plant–microbe interactions, mainly during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis; plant response to biotic stress; role of phytohormones in plant growth and in response to microbes; apocarotenoids
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INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, CNRS, UMR5240, Microbiologie, Adaptation, Pathogénie, Univ Lyon, 10 rue Raphaël Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Interests: rhizosphere; microbiome; root exudation; nitrogen cycle; dentrification; plant growth; carbon catabolic repression; phytobatogenic bacteria; signaling,gene regulation; metabolic network
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Interests: rhizosphere; microbiome; root exudation; nitrogen cycle; dentrification; plant growth; carbon catabolic repression; phytobatogenic bacteria; signaling,gene regulation; metabolic network
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Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Interests: environmental microbiology; plant-microbe interaction; mycorrhizal symbiosis; fungal biology; microbial genomics
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Interests: environmental microbiology; plant-microbe interaction; mycorrhizal symbiosis; fungal biology; microbial genomics
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Microbiology Adaptation & Pathogenesis(MAP), CNRS - University Lyon 1 – INSA Lyon, 69621 Villeurbanne, France
Interests: bacterial genetics; bacterial genomics; bacterial metabolism; plant pathogens and their virulence factors; signaling and transport through the envelope; regulation of gene expression; quorum sensing; Pectobacteriaceae; Dickeya; pectinases; plant cell wall degrading enzymes
Interests: bacterial genetics; bacterial genomics; bacterial metabolism; plant pathogens and their virulence factors; signaling and transport through the envelope; regulation of gene expression; quorum sensing; Pectobacteriaceae; Dickeya; pectinases; plant cell wall degrading enzymes
College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
Interests: Fusarium graminearum; phytopathogens; fungal sensing; signaling pathways; histone modification; plant-fungus interactions; plant immunity; mycotoxin
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Interests: Fusarium graminearum; phytopathogens; fungal sensing; signaling pathways; histone modification; plant-fungus interactions; plant immunity; mycotoxin
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Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
Interests: symbiosis; rhizobium
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Interests: symbiosis; rhizobium
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Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, Institute de Recherche pour le Développement, 34394 Montpellier, France
Interests: bacteriophage; molecular plant-microbe interactions; outer membrane proteins; protein secretion; type III effector; Xanthomonas
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Interests: bacteriophage; molecular plant-microbe interactions; outer membrane proteins; protein secretion; type III effector; Xanthomonas
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1. Academic Advisor, I-Cultiver, Inc., 1810 Thicket Ln., Tracy, CA 95376, USA
2. Scientific Collaborator, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Interests: evolution and physiology; microbial symbiosis; reproductive biology
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2. Scientific Collaborator, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Interests: evolution and physiology; microbial symbiosis; reproductive biology
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Departamento de Biotecnología Agrícola, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR-Sinaloa, Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico
Interests: molecular ecology of the rhizosphere; arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis; plant-bacteria-fungi associations; soil and root microbiome; transcriptomics; multi-partite plant-microorganism interactions; plant molecular biology; crop biotechnology; biocontrol of fungal diseases; bacillus; fusarium; genomics
Interests: molecular ecology of the rhizosphere; arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis; plant-bacteria-fungi associations; soil and root microbiome; transcriptomics; multi-partite plant-microorganism interactions; plant molecular biology; crop biotechnology; biocontrol of fungal diseases; bacillus; fusarium; genomics
Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA
Interests: bacterial exopolysaccharides; bacterial adhesion; bacterial plant pathogens
Interests: bacterial exopolysaccharides; bacterial adhesion; bacterial plant pathogens
Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
Interests: ecosystem ecology; soil microbiology; ecotoxicology
Interests: ecosystem ecology; soil microbiology; ecotoxicology
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW 2753, Australia
Interests: microbe interactions; plant-fungal nutrients; ectomycorrhizal fungi; Populus trichocarpa; eucalyptus grandis; arginine methyltransferases
Interests: microbe interactions; plant-fungal nutrients; ectomycorrhizal fungi; Populus trichocarpa; eucalyptus grandis; arginine methyltransferases
State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: bacterial virulence; histidine kinase; response regulator; two-component signal transduction system; predatory bacteria; transcription factor; ligand-receptor interaction
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Interests: bacterial virulence; histidine kinase; response regulator; two-component signal transduction system; predatory bacteria; transcription factor; ligand-receptor interaction
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