A. Barbacci

High-resolution disease phenotyping reveals distinct resistance strategies of wild tomato crop wild relatives against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

This study uses low-cost phenotyping to analyze QDR strategies in wild tomato species against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, revealing diverse resistance mechanisms and their genetic dependence.

Network-level dynamics underlie stress memory and shape the intrinsic limits of mechanically induced defense priming.

The paper investigates how mechanical stress induces transient immune priming in Arabidopsis, showing sustained gene activation and dynamic network memory that limits resistance.

Neutral transcriptome rewiring promotes QDR evolvability at the species level

The paper analyzes gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions to show that neutral transcriptome rewiring enables evolvable quantitative disease resistance.

Pathogen-derived mechanical cues regulate the spatio-temporal implementation of plant defense

The paper shows that mechanical cues from fungal pathogens trigger immunity in distant plant cells through changes in cell wall tension and cortical microtubule reorganization.

Rapid identification of an Arabidopsis NLR gene conferring susceptibility to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum using time-resolved automated phenotyping

The paper identifies a susceptibility gene in Arabidopsis using time-resolved automated phenotyping and shows its role in disease resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.

Shifts in diversification rates and host jump frequencies shaped the diversity of host range among Sclerotiniaceae fungal plant pathogens

This study examines host range diversity in Sclerotiniaceae fungi, finding that diversification rates and host jumps shaped the evolution of broad host range species.