Etiology and Control of Crop Diseases

We are involved in several research lines focused on crop diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens, with emphasis on the study of: i) Biotechnology and molecular basis of plant-microbe interactions, both pathogenic and beneficial; ii) Genetic and pathogenic diversity of pathogen populations and development of molecular tools for in planta and in soil detection of pathogens; iii) Integrated management of diseases affecting crops, considering biocontrol agents, organic amendments and genetic resistanc; iv) early and presymptomatic disease detection by means of proximal sensing.