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André Gustavo Machado Bertran

Wageningen University & ResearchORCID 0000-0002-8993-4357Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Ecology· 1 Genetics· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Mark G. SterkeniD· 2 shared Stefan J.S. van de RuitenbeekiD· 2 shared Arno S. SchavelingiD· 1 shared Aska GoverseiD· 1 shared C.C. van Schaik· 1 shared Casper van Schaik· 1 shared Daan LangendoeniD· 1 shared Egbert Schepel· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Globodera pallida virulence on major potato resistance has a common genetic basis across Western Europe

Arno S. Schaveling, Leidy van Rijt, Yoonseon Do, Nike Soffree, Daan Langendoen, Hilde Room, André Gustavo Machado Bertran, Margien Raven, Sebastiaan P. van Kessel, Evelyn Y. J. van Heese, Stefan J.S. van de Ruitenbeek, C.C. van Schaik, Sebastian Kiewnick, Geert Smant, Mark G. Sterken

The paper identifies a common genetic basis for G. pallida virulence against GpaVvrn resistance across Western Europe and develops a tool to assess virulence in the field.

PLoS Pathogens · May 6, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetics

Plant parasitic cyst nematodes respond to viral infection through RNA interference

Hein A. Overmars, Matthijs Mobach, Stefan J.S. van de Ruitenbeek, Jaap‐Jan Willig, Joris J.M. van Steenbrugge, Aska Goverse, Mark G. Sterken, Lisa van Sluijs, André Gustavo Machado Bertran

The paper identifies viruses in plant-parasitic nematodes and shows they use RNAi to respond to viral infection, with distinct responses between nematode lines.

bioRxiv · Dec 2, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Patchy distribution of potato cyst nematodes within single arable fields reveals local disease suppressiveness mediated by disparate microbialcommunities

Robbert van Himbeeck, Stefan Geisen, Casper van Schaik, S.J.J. van den Elsen, Roeland L. Berendsen, André Gustavo Machado Bertran, Egbert Schepel, Johannes Helder

The paper investigates patchy potato cyst nematode distribution in fields and identifies microbial communities responsible for local disease suppressiveness.

Environmental Microbiology · May 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology