Victor Hugo Moura de Souza

Better late than never: the impact of hatching time on Heterodera schachtii parasitism

This study investigates how hatching time affects the parasitism of beet cyst nematodes, finding that late hatchers are more infective due to differences in energy use and gene expression.

3D printing and deep learning enable holistic and dynamic analyses of tens of thousands of parasites infecting hundreds of genotypes

This study uses 3D printing and deep learning to analyze parasite dynamics across hundreds of plant genotypes, identifying host genetic control of parasite traits and new QTLs.

The host range paradox of Meloidogyne incognita: a physiological and transcriptomic analysis of nine susceptible interactions across six plant orders

This paper investigates how Meloidogyne incognita infects diverse plant species by analyzing transcriptomic responses across nine plant interactions, finding distinct transcriptional programs and effector deployment patterns that influence host specificity.

Antagonistic action of a nuclear hormone receptor pair coordinates a switch from lytic to biotrophic effector production in a plant-parasitic nematode

This study identifies DGR-1 as a transcription factor that switches from lytic to biotrophic effector production in plant-parasitic nematodes, working antagonistically with SUGR-1 to regulate effector expression during infection.