S.J.J. van den Elsen

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

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

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.