Joris J.M. van Steenbrugge

This study identifies a single virulence locus in Globodera pallida that drives resistance breakdown in potato plants through negative selection on an avirulence gene.

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

The paper investigates how root-knot nematode density and cover crops affect the diversity and activity of nematode antagonists in agricultural soil.

The paper introduces TbasCO, a trait-based comparative omics approach that identifies ecosystem-level and niche-differentiating adaptations in microbial communities using genome-resolved time-series metatranscriptomics.

The paper identifies susceptibility genes involved in trans-kingdom vitamin B synthesis between a plant-parasitic nematode and its host, revealing a horizontal gene transfer critical for parasitism.

The paper generates two new reference genomes for G. rostochiensis inbred lines and identifies effector family-specific diversification patterns that differ between pathotypes.

The paper investigates how the invasive plant giant goldenrod increases fungal biomass in soil and affects fungivorous nematode communities, finding a specific fungal community shift and nematode response.