Suraj Hassan Muralidhar

The paper investigates whether cheater nuclei in filamentous fungi can increase in frequency by exploiting public goods, and how this affects virulence and antifungal resistance.

The paper shows that higher anthocyanin levels in flowers correlate with increased resistance to Botrytis cinerea, and that this defense is conserved in Asteraceae but lost in cultivated species.

This study investigates the role of two GAME genes in tomatine biosynthesis and fungal defense in tomato, finding that SlGAME4 affects glycoalkaloid synthesis and susceptibility to Botrytis cinerea.

This study identifies pathogen-induced flavonoid and anthocyanin biosynthesis in Chrysanthemum seticuspe petals as a defense mechanism against Botrytis cinerea, showing their direct antifungal activity.