DROPSA – Strategies to develop effective, innovative and practical approaches to protect major European fruit crops from pests and pathogens

At a glance

Project leader : Dr. Joël Pothier
Deputy of project leader : Dr. Brion Duffy
Project team : Michael Gétaz
Project budget : EUR 331'964
Project status : completed
Funding partner : EU and other international programmes (FP7 / Projekt Nr. 613678)
Contact person : Joël Pothier

Description

The DROPSA consortium will create new knowledge and understanding of the damage and losses of fruit crops resulting from pests and pathogens, with a specific focus on the new and emerging threats due to Drosophila suzukii and quarantine pathogens Pseudomonas syringae, Xanthomonas fragariae and X. arboricola. The project will deliver a cost effective approach that can be widely implemented by the EU fruit industry.

Further information

http://dropsaproject.eu/

Publications

Ruinelli, Michela; Blom, Jochen; Smits, Theo H. M.; Pothier, Joël F.,

2022.

Comparative genomics of Prunus-associated members of the Pseudomonas syringae species complex reveals traits supporting co-evolution and host adaptation.

Frontiers in Microbiology.

13(804681).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.804681
Puławska, Joanna; Kałużna, Monika; Warabieda, Wojciech; Pothier, Joël F.; Gétaz, Michael; van der Wolf, Jan M.,

2020.

Transcriptome analysis of Xanthomonas fragariae in strawberry leaves.

Scientific Reports.

10(20582).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77612-y
Gétaz, Michael; Puławska, Joanna; Smits, Theo H.M.; Pothier, Joël F.,

2020.

Host–pathogen interactions between Xanthomonas fragariae and its host Fragaria × ananassa investigated with a dual RNA-Seq analysis.

Microorganisms.

8(8), pp. 1253.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8081253
Gétaz, Michael; Blom, Jochen; Smits, Theo H. M.; Pothier, Joël F.,

2020.

Comparative genomics of Xanthomonas fragariae and Xanthomonas arboricola pv. fragariae reveals intra- and interspecies variations.

Phytopathology Research.

2020(2), pp. 17.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-020-00061-y
Gétaz, Michael; Krijger, Marjon; Rezzonico, Fabio; Smits, Theo; van der Wolf, Jan M.; Pothier, Joël F.,

2018.

Genome-based population structure analysis of the strawberry plant pathogen Xanthomonas fragariae reveals two distinct groups that evolved independently before its species description.

Microbial Genomics.

4(7).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000189
Gétaz, Michael; Bühlmann, Andreas; Schneeberger, Pierre H. H.; Van Malderghem, Cinzia; Duffy, Brion; Maes, Martine; Pothier, Joël F.; Cottyn, Bart,

2017.

A diagnostic tool for improved detection of Xanthomonas fragariae using a rapid and highly specific LAMP assay designed with comparative genomics.

Plant Pathology.

66(7), pp. 1094-1102.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12665
Gétaz, Michael; van der Wolf, Jan; Blom, Jochen; Pothier, Joël F.,

2017.

Complete genome sequences of three isolates of Xanthomonas fragariae, the bacterium responsible for angular leaf spots on strawberry plants.

Genome Announcements.

5(32).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00642-17
Ruinelli, Michela; Schneeberger, Pierre H.H; Ferrante, Patrizia; Bühlmann, Andreas; Scortichini, Marco; Vanneste, Joel L.; Duffy, Brion; Pothier, Joël F.,

2016.

Comparative genomics-informed design of two LAMP detection assays for detection of the kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae and discrimination of isolates belonging to the pandemic biovar 3.

Plant Pathology.

66(1), pp. 140-149.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12551

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