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Prof.dr.ir. P.J.G.M. de Wit

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Current research

(the most recent research is at the top)
Researcher	BIOEXPLOIT, Exploitation of natural plant biodiversity for the pesticide-free production of food
Project leader	Effectors of Cladosporium fulvum and Mycosphaerella graminicola
Project leader	Localization of Cladosporium fulvum and effectors and their cognate Cf proteins
Supervisor	Identification and molecular characterization of effectors in the wheat Mycosphaerella graminicola pathosystem
Supervisor	Molecular characterization of Cladosporium fulvum protease and protease inhibitors directed against tomato proteases
Supervisor	Identification of resistance components interacting with Cladosporium fulvum effectors
Supervisor	Cloning and functional analysis of the Arabidopsis rbpg1 locus conferring resistance to Botrytis cinerea endopoly galacturonases
Project leader	Pattern recognition receptors: discovery, function and application in crops for durable disease control
Supervisor	Characterization of the effector catalogue of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum
Project leader	Identification of novel elicitors of the fungus Cladosporium fulvumand functional analysis of these elicitors
Supervisor	Recognition of the conserved immune suppressor Ecp6 to activate broad-spectrum pathogen resistance in plants
Supervisor	Unraveling the molecular basis of Verticillium wilt diseases in Nicotiana species to be applied in Cuban tobacco cultivars
Supervisor	Broad-spectrum and durable pathogen resistance in tomato by exploiting downstream defence signaliing components; biochemical and molecular studies on NRC1 to identify NRC1-interacting proteins
Supervisor	Insertional mutagenesis in the vascular wilt pathogen Verticillium dahliae
Supervisor	Isolation and characterization of Fusarium graminearum Mutants altered in virulence
Supervisor	The characterization of RLP-mediated Verticillium resistance in Arabidopsis with potential for applications in the breeding of resistantcrop plants
Supervisor	Genomic diversity of Mycosphaerella and expression analysis of its interaction with banana
Supervisor	Identification of traits conferring resistance against race 2isolates of Verticillium spp. using Arabidopsis and tomato.
Project leader	RLP- and RLK-mediated innate immune responses in Arabidopsis and tomato triggered by pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and avirulence factors (Avrs).
Supervisor	Cloning and Functional Analysis of Avirulence Genes of the Pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola, causal Agent of SeptoriaTritici Leaf Blotch ofWheat
Supervisor	The role of phospholipid signalling in the defence of plants against pathogens
Supervisor	Identification of plant defense responses against plant pathogenic Verticillium spp. using Arabidopsis thaliana
Supervisor	Host plant specificity in Phytophthora species; broadening of host range by means of interspecific hybridisation and adaptation
Supervisor	Identification of virulence targets in the Phytophthora infestans-potato interaction
Project leader	Identification of virulence targets in the Phytophthora infestans-potato interaction