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Pere Mestre

Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementORCID 0000-0003-4488-6563Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Plant Biology· 3 Genomics· 1

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Organism:plant (other)· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Didier MerdinogluiD· 2 shared François DelmotteiD· 2 shared Isabelle D. MazetiD· 2 shared Sabine Wiedemann‐MerdinogluiD· 2 shared Alexandre Chataigner· 1 shared Amandine VeltiD· 1 shared Burak Arti· 1 shared Camille RustenholziD· 1 shared

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Plant BiologyPlant StressPeer-reviewedMar 17, 2026

Metabolic biomarker-based phenotyping unveils quantitative effects of plant resistance and pathogen aggressiveness in the grapevine (Vitis spp.) - downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola) pathosystem.

Tyrone Possamai, Raymonde Baltenweck, Sabine Wiedemann‐Merdinoglu…·Philippe Hugueney

The paper quantifies the effects of plant resistance and pathogen aggressiveness in grapevine-downy mildew interactions using metabolic biomarkers.

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plant (other)metabolomics

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Plant BiologyPLoS PathogensPeer-reviewedMar 10, 2026

Parallel adaptation and admixture drive the evolution of virulence in the grapevine downy mildew pathogen

Etienne Dvorak, Thomas Dumartinet, Isabelle D. Mazet…·François Delmotte

This study identifies genetic factors driving virulence in the grapevine downy mildew pathogen through QTL mapping and population structure analysis, revealing both parallel adaptation and admixture as evolutionary mechanisms.

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statistical modelhost-pathogen & immune response

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Plant BiologybioRxivPreprintMar 25, 2025

Rpv2 is part of a cluster of NLRs specific to Vitis rotundifolia and confers extreme resistance to grapevine downy mildew.

Laurie Marsan, Emilce Prado, Sabine Wiedemann‐Merdinoglu…·Pere Mestre

The paper maps the Rpv2 locus for extreme resistance to grapevine downy mildew to a 250 kb region containing two NLR-type genes specific to Vitis rotundifolia.

DOI 10.1101/2025.03.25.645223

viruscomparative / phylogenetic analysis

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GenomicsGenome Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewedMar 1, 2019

A high-quality grapevine downy mildew genome assembly reveals rapidly evolving and lineage-specific putative host adaptation genes

Yann Dussert, Isabelle D. Mazet, Carole Couture…·François Delmotte

The paper presents a high-quality genome assembly of Plasmopara viticola, identifying genes under positive selection that may contribute to host adaptation.

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plant (other)whole-genome sequencing

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