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Experts in Food and Nutrition
David DuBois Sevim Beyza Ozturk Sarikaya Professor Indrawati Oey Camila Argenta Fante Inayara Cristina Alves Lacerda Maria Aparecida Vieira Teixeira Garcia Anderson, David P. Maria Beatriz de Abreu Gloria Bennett, Blake K. Boadu, Fred Dharmasena, Senarath Dr. L. Kharlukhi Jung Hoon Lee Ann-Sofie Sandberg Anne-Marie Hermansson Rikard Landberg Marie Alminger Ulf Svanberg Ingrid Undeland Thomas Andlid View MoreANA ROSA BALLESTER FRUTOS
Researcher
FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY
Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos
Switzerland
My research topic has been mainly focused on the study of fruit-pathogen interactions, mostly on orange-Penicillium digitatum and apple-Penicillum expansum interactions. I have used genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics to increase our knowledge on the fruit responses after the infection of the pathogen or after elicitation of induced resistance, and on the mechanisms of virulence and pathogenicity of the pathogen. From the point of view of the fruit, my results have shown that secondary metabolites, mainly phenylpropanoids, and ethylene play important roles in the induction of resistance in citrus fruit. I have also participated in unravelling the molecular responses of citrus fruit to moderate dehydration by using a fruit specific ABA-deficient mutant.
fruit-pathogen interactions, mostly on orange-Penicillium digitatum and apple-Penicillum expansum interactions