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Cees Waalwijk is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the domains of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work is particularly focused on Plant Science, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Insect Science.

The central themes in their scientific contributions revolve around Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Disease Management Techniques, and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cees Waalwijk include:

  • No to Neocosmospora: Phylogenomic and Practical Reasons for Continued Inclusion of the Fusarium solani Species Complex in the Genus Fusarium, 2020, mSphere
  • Fusarium graminearum Species Complex: A Bibliographic Analysis and Web-Accessible Database for Global Mapping of Species and Trichothecene Toxin Chemotypes, 2021, Phytopathology
  • Presence of the Weakly Pathogenic Fusarium poae in the Fusarium Head Blight Disease Complex Hampers Biocontrol and Chemical Control of the Virulent Fusarium graminearum Pathogen, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • At the scene of the crime: New insights into the role of weakly pathogenic members of the fusarium head blight disease complex, 2020, Molecular Plant Pathology
  • Contamination and Translocation of Deoxynivalenol and Its Derivatives Associated with Fusarium Crown Rot of Wheat in Northern China, 2021, Plant Disease

Frequent collaborators in Cees Waalwijk's work include Théo van der Lee, Balázs Brankovics, Hao Zhang, Anne D. van Diepeningen, and Wanquan Chen.

Their research has appeared in several publication venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plant Disease
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • mSphere
  • Phytopathology

Best Publications

  • The banana (Musa acuminata) genome and the evolution of monocotyledonous plants

    Angélique D'hont;Jean Marc Aury;Franc Christophe Baurens

  • The Fusarium graminearum Genome Reveals a Link Between Localized Polymorphism and Pathogen Specialization

    Christina A. Cuomo;Ulrich Güldener;Jin Rong Xu;Frances Trail

  • Finished Genome of the Fungal Wheat Pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola Reveals Dispensome Structure, Chromosome Plasticity, and Stealth Pathogenesis

    Stephen B. Goodwin;Sarrah Ben M'Barek;Braham Dhillon;Alexander H J Wittenberg

  • Gene Genealogies and AFLP Analyses in the Fusarium oxysporum Complex Identify Monophyletic and Nonmonophyletic Formae Speciales Causing Wilt and Rot Disease

    Robert P. Baayen;Kerry O'Donnell;Peter J. M. Bonants;Elizabeth Cigelnik

  • MspI, an isoschizomer of hpaII which cleaves both unmethylated and methylated hpaII sites.

    C. Waalwijk;R.A. Flavell

  • Major changes in Fusarium spp. in wheat in the Netherlands

    Cees Waalwijk;Pieter Kastelein;Ineke de Vries;Zoltan Kerényi

  • A two-locus DNA sequence database for typing plant and human pathogens within the Fusarium oxysporum species complex

    Kerry O'Donnell;Cécile Gueidan;Stacy Sink;Peter R. Johnston

  • A molecular diagnostic for tropical race 4 of the banana fusarium wilt pathogen

    M. A. Dita;C. Waalwijk;I. W. Buddenhagen;M. T. Souza

  • DNA methylation at a CCGG sequence in the large intron of the rabbit β-globin gene: tissue-specific variations

    C. Waalwijk;R.A. Flavell

  • One Fungus, One Name: Defining the Genus Fusarium in a Scientifically Robust Way That Preserves Longstanding Use

    David M. Geiser;Takayuki Aoki;Charles W. Bacon;Scott E. Baker

  • Quantitative detection of Fusarium species in wheat using TaqMan

    Cees Waalwijk;Ruth van der Heide;Ineke de Vries;Theo van der Lee

  • A basic serine protease from Paecilomyces lilacinus with biological activity against Meloidogyne hapla eggs.

    P.J.M. Bonants;P.F.L. Fitters;H. Thijs;E. den Belder

  • Worse Comes to Worst: Bananas and Panama Disease--When Plant and Pathogen Clones Meet.

    Nadia Ordonez;Michael F. Seidl;Cees Waalwijk;André Drenth

  • Biogeography of Fusarium graminearum species complex and chemotypes: a review

    Theo van der Lee;Hao Zhang;Anne van Diepeningen;Cees Waalwijk

  • The genetic basis for 3-ADON and 15-ADON trichothecene chemotypes in Fusarium.

    Nancy J. Alexander;Susan P. McCormick;Cees Waalwijk;Theo van der Lee

  • Population analysis of the Fusarium graminearum species complex from wheat in China show a shift to more aggressive isolates.

    Hao Zhang;Theo Van der Lee;Cees Waalwijk;Wanquan Chen

  • Mating type sequences in asexually reproducing Fusarium species.

    Zoltán Kerényi;Antonio Moretti;Cees Waalwijk;Brigitta Oláh

  • Molecular cloning and the nucleotide sequence of the Mr 28 000 crystal protein gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis.

    Cees Waalwijk;Annette M. Dullemans;Mariëlle E.S. van Workum;Bert Visser

  • Successful crosses and molecular tetrad and progeny analyses demonstrate heterothallism in Mycosphaerella graminicola

    Gert H. J. Kema;Els C. P. Verstappen;Maria Todorova;Cees Waalwijk

  • A molecular diagnostic for tropical race 4 of the banana

    M.A. Dita Rodriguez;C. Waalwijk;I.W. Buddenhagen;M.T. Souza

Frequent Co-Authors

Theo van der Lee
Theo van der Lee Wageningen University & Research
Gert H. J. Kema
Gert H. J. Kema Wageningen University & Research
R. P. Baayen
R. P. Baayen Wageningen University & Research
Antonio Moretti
Antonio Moretti National Research Council (CNR)
Robert H. Proctor
Robert H. Proctor United States Department of Agriculture
Kerry O'Donnell
Kerry O'Donnell National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Todd J. Ward
Todd J. Ward United States Department of Agriculture
Stephen B. Goodwin
Stephen B. Goodwin Purdue University West Lafayette
Pierre J. G. M. de Wit
Pierre J. G. M. de Wit Wageningen University & Research
Altus Viljoen
Altus Viljoen Stellenbosch University

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