Professor
Plant-pathogen interactions
Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterranea La Mayora
Spain
My work can be summarized in two different lines of plant research, both regarding processes with basic and applied relevance : - Interaction between the phytopathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas syringae and its plant host. This research line, in collaboration with Dr. Carmen Beuzón López, is focused on the molecular mechanism of the bacterial type III secretion system, a key virulence determinant, and that of the effector proteins it translocates inside the plant cell. The project analyses basic virulence and defense mechanisms, and its consequences on the plant. - Interference between geminiviral proteins and the plant sumoylation system. This research line, in collaboration with Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez Bejarano, analyses the consequences of such interference in viral infection and multiplication.
Plant Research