The host range paradox of Meloidogyne incognita: a physiological and transcriptomic analysis of nine susceptible interactions across six plant orders
Victor Hugo Moura de Souza, Clément Pellegrin, Vincent C. T. Hanlon, Chongjing Xia, Olaf Prosper Kranse, Unnati Sonawala, Priya Desikan, Beatrice Senatori, Lucie Bolelli, Étienne Danchin, Lida Derevnina, Sebastian Eves‐van den Akker
This paper investigates how Meloidogyne incognita infects diverse plant species by analyzing transcriptomic responses across nine plant interactions, finding distinct transcriptional programs and effector deployment patterns that influence host specificity.
New Phytologist · Jul 28, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology