Liliana M. Cano

This study analyzes 125 Phytophthora cinnamomi isolates from U.S. avocado orchards, revealing phenotypic diversity in growth, fungicide sensitivity, and virulence, highlighting the need for improved disease management strategies.

The paper introduces a method for accurate mitochondrial haplotyping using split k-mers and applies it to mitogenome datasets of mammalian and insect species.

The paper quantifies transcriptome responses of Diaphorina citri to citrus greening disease using a new genome assembly, showing tissue-specific gene expression changes.

nQuire estimates ploidy (diploid, triploid, tetraploid) using NGS data with a Gaussian Mixture Model and maximum likelihood.

The paper manually curates gene models in the Asian citrus psyllid genome to improve annotation for HLB control research.

The paper shows that Phytophthora infestans can infect Arabidopsis thaliana after being pre-infected with Albugo laibachii, with similar gene expression and haustoria formation to potato infections.