Plant-Microbe Interactions/Plant-Vector-Microbe Interactions

Plants and microbes interact in intricate and continually changing ways. For certain plant diseases arthropod or nematode vectors add to the complexity. Our goal is to unravel these relationships using cutting edge tools in molecular biology, microscopy, genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics.

Research Faculty

David Cook

David Cook, PhD

Associate Professor
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Giovanna Cruppe

Giovanna Cruppe, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Wheat blast research
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Shahideh Nouri

Shahideh Nouri, PhD

Assistant Professor
Plant virology
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Barbara Valent

Barbara Valent, PhD

University Distinguished Professor
Effector biology
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