Geert Smant

The paper analyzes global distribution patterns of soil fungal nematode antagonists and identifies environmental drivers influencing their abundance.

The paper shows that the nematode Globodera pallida uses environmental cues, specifically sucrose availability, to determine sex, with low sucrose promoting male development and high sucrose promoting female development.

The paper identifies a common genetic basis for G. pallida virulence against GpaVvrn resistance across Western Europe and develops a tool to assess virulence in the field.

This study examines how Arabidopsis adapts its root system architecture to different root-feeding nematodes, revealing distinct compensatory mechanisms for tolerance to biotic stress.

This study investigates the roles of SLI1 and RTM proteins in Arabidopsis interactions with TEV, aphids, and nematodes, revealing target-specific effects on pathogen and pest dynamics.

This study identifies a single virulence locus in Globodera pallida that drives resistance breakdown in potato plants through negative selection on an avirulence gene.

This study shows that WOX11 restricts nematode syncytium size and fecundity by modulating cell wall plasticity via ROS, independent of its role in disease tolerance.

The paper generates two new reference genomes for G. rostochiensis inbred lines and identifies effector family-specific diversification patterns that differ between pathotypes.

This paper develops methods for delivering macromolecules and expressing exogenous mRNA in plant-parasitic nematodes, advancing functional genetic tools for these pests.