Bactericidal and antifungal activities of a low molecular weight chitosan and its N-/2 (3)-(dodec-2-enyl) succinoyl/-derivatives

…, VG Babak, IA Yamskov, J Palma-Guerrero… - Carbohydrate …, 2006 - Elsevier
… When conidia were treated with any of the chitosans at 0.01 mg/ml no germination was
found upon plating on different growth media (Palma-Guerrero et al., unpublished results). This …

Effect of chitosan on hyphal growth and spore germination of plant pathogenic and biocontrol fungi

J PalmaGuerrero, HB Jansson… - Journal of applied …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Aims: To investigate the toxic effect of chitosan on important root pathogenic and biocontrol
fungi (nematophagous, entomopathogenic and mycoparasitic). Methods and Results: We …

Membrane fluidity determines sensitivity of filamentous fungi to chitosan

J PalmaGuerrero, JA Lopez‐Jimenez… - Molecular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The antifungal mode of action of chitosan has been studied for the last 30 years, but is still
little understood. We have found that the plasma membrane forms a barrier to chitosan in …

A small secreted protein in Zymoseptoria tritici is responsible for avirulence on wheat cultivars carrying the Stb6 resistance gene

…, BA McDonald, D Croll, J PalmaGuerrero - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… for the same strains (Palma-Guerrero et al., 2016a). … strains used for the QTL mapping (Palma-Guerrero
et al., 2016a) … of infection among the strains (Palma-Guerrero et al., 2016a). …

Chitosan permeabilizes the plasma membrane and kills cells of Neurospora crassa in an energy dependent manner

J Palma-Guerrero, IC Huang, HB Jansson… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Chitosan has been reported to inhibit spore germination and mycelial growth in plant pathogens,
but its mode of antifungal action is poorly understood. Following chitosan treatment, we …

The social network: deciphering fungal language

AC Leeder, J Palma-Guerrero, NL Glass - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2011 - nature.com
It has been estimated that up to one quarter of the world's biomass is of fungal origin, comprising
approximately 1.5 million species. In order to interact with one another and respond to …

[HTML][HTML] Morphological changes in response to environmental stresses in the fungal plant pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

…, MM Zwyssig, BA McDonald, J Palma-Guerrero - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
During their life cycles, pathogens have to adapt to many biotic and abiotic environmental
stresses to maximize their overall fitness. Morphological transitions are one of the least …

[HTML][HTML] Genome wide association identifies novel loci involved in fungal communication

J Palma-Guerrero, CR Hall, D Kowbel, J Welch… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Understanding how genomes encode complex cellular and organismal behaviors has
become the outstanding challenge of modern genetics. Unlike classical screening methods, …

Comparative transcriptomic analyses of Zymoseptoria tritici strains show complex lifestyle transitions and intraspecific variability in transcription profiles

J PalmaGuerrero, SFF Torriani, M Zala… - Molecular plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Comparative transcriptomic analyses of Zymoseptoria tritici strains show complex lifestyle
transitions and intraspecific variability in transcription profiles - PalmaGuerrero - 2016 - …

Quantitative trait locus mapping reveals complex genetic architecture of quantitative virulence in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

…, FE Hartmann, J PalmaGuerrero… - Molecular plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… Four genes not present in any previous annotation were discovered and supported by our
RNAseq data (J. Palma-Guerrero et al., 2017). The annotations of four additional genes were …