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Evert Jacobsen is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, focusing primarily on research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work extensively covers Plant Science, supported by related subfields such as Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The research conducted by Jacobsen revolves around several core topics including Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Pathogens and Resistance, and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics. Other significant areas in their portfolio include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Plant Virus Research Studies.

Jacobsen has contributed to multiple papers published in notable scientific journals. Selected recent publications include:

  • CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis of the tomato susceptibility gene PMR4 for resistance against powdery mildew, 2020, published in BMC Plant Biology
  • Genome architecture and tetrasomic inheritance of autotetraploid potato, 2022, published in Molecular Plant
  • Silencing susceptibility genes in potato hinders primary infection with Phytophthora infestans at different stages, 2022, published in Horticulture Research
  • Recognition of Pep-13/25 MAMPs of Phytophthora localizes to an RLK locus in Solanum microdontum, 2023, published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Genetics in the Ocean's Twilight Zone: Population Structure of the Glacier Lanternfish Across Its Distribution Range, 2024, published in Evolutionary Applications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jacobsen include Richard G. F. Visser, Yuling Bai, Maxime Geoffroy, Vivianne G. A. A. Vleeshouwers, and Zhigui Bao.

Jacobsen's publications often appear in well-known scientific venues, including:

  • Molecular Plant
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • BMC Plant Biology
  • Horticulture Research
  • Evolutionary Applications

Best Publications

  • Societal Costs of Late Blight in Potato and Prospects of Durable Resistance Through Cisgenic Modification

    A.J. Haverkort;P.M. Boonekamp;R.C.B. Hutten;E. Jacobsen

  • Applied Biotechnology to Combat Late Blight in Potato Caused by Phytophthora Infestans

    A. J. Haverkort;P. C. Struik;R. G. F. Visser;E. Jacobsen

  • Cisgenic plants are similar to traditionally bred plants: International regulations for genetically modified organisms should be altered to exempt cisgenesis

    Henk J Schouten;Frans A Krens;Evert Jacobsen

  • Effector Genomics Accelerates Discovery and Functional Profiling of Potato Disease Resistance and Phytophthora Infestans Avirulence Genes

    Vivianne G. A. A. Vleeshouwers;Hendrik Rietman;Pavel Krenek;Nicolas Champouret

  • Comparative genomics enabled the isolation of the R3a late blight resistance gene in potato.

    Sanwen Huang;Edwin A.G. Van Der Vossen;Hanhui Kuang;Vivianne G.A.A. Vleeshouwers

  • Loss of susceptibility as a novel breeding strategy for durable and broad-spectrum resistance

    Stefano Pavan;Stefano Pavan;Evert Jacobsen;Richard G. F. Visser;Yuling Bai

  • Inhibition of the expression of the gene for granule-bound starch synthase in potato by antisense constructs

    R.G.F. Visser;I. Somhorst;G.J. Kuipers;N.J. Ruys

  • Relevance of sexual polyploidization for crop improvement – A review

    M.S. Ramanna;E. Jacobsen

  • Secondary somatic embryogenesis and applications in plant breeding.

    C. J. J. M. Raemakers;E. Jacobsen;R. G. F. Visser

  • Elicitin recognition confers enhanced resistance to Phytophthora infestans in potato

    Juan Du;Estelle Verzaux;Angela Chaparro-Garcia;Gerard Bijsterbosch

  • Functional stacking of three resistance genes against Phytophthora infestans in potato

    Suxian Zhu;Ying Li;Jack H. Vossen;Richard G. F. Visser

  • Isolation of an amylose-free starch mutant of the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

    J Hovenkamp-Hermelink;Evert Jacobsen;Anna Ponstein;R.G.F. Visser

  • The inheritance and chromosomal localization of AFLP markers in a non-inbred potato offspring.

    Herman J. van Eck;Jeroen Rouppe van der Voort;Jan Draaistra;Peter van Zandvoort

  • Sequence of the structural gene for granule-bound starch synthase of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and evidence for a single point deletion in the amf allele.

    F.R. van der Leij;R.G.F. Visser;A.S. Ponstein;E. Jacobsen

  • Phytate, calcium, iron, and zinc contents and their molar ratios in foods commonly consumed in China

    Guansheng Ma;Ying Jin;Jianhua Piao;Frans Kok

  • Rapid estimation of the amylose/amylopectin ratio in small amounts of tuber and leaf tissue of the potato

    J.H.M. Hovenkamp-Hermelink;J.N. de Vries;P Adamse;Evert Jacobsen

  • Qualitative and quantitative late blight resistance in the potato cultivar Sarpo Mira is determined by the perception of five distinct RXLR effectors.

    Hendrik Rietman;Gerard Bijsterbosch;Liliana M Cano;Heung-Ryul Lee

  • Durable Late Blight Resistance in Potato Through Dynamic Varieties Obtained by Cisgenesis : Scientific and Societal Advances in the DuRPh Project

    A. J. Haverkort;P. M. Boonekamp;R. Hutten;E. Jacobsen

  • Cisgenesis strongly improves introgression breeding and induced translocation breeding of plants.

    Evert Jacobsen;Henk J. Schouten

  • Exploiting Knowledge of R/Avr Genes to Rapidly Clone a New LZ-NBS-LRR Family of Late Blight Resistance Genes from Potato Linkage Group IV

    Anoma A Lokossou;Tae-ho Park;Gert van Arkel;Marjon Arens

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. F. Visser
Richard G. F. Visser Wageningen University & Research
Vivianne G. A. A. Vleeshouwers
Vivianne G. A. A. Vleeshouwers Wageningen University & Research
Henk J. Schouten
Henk J. Schouten Wageningen University & Research
Andy Pereira
Andy Pereira University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Jack H. Vossen
Jack H. Vossen Wageningen University & Research
Frans A. Krens
Frans A. Krens Wageningen University & Research
Bernard Witholt
Bernard Witholt University of Groningen
Herman J. van Eck
Herman J. van Eck Wageningen University & Research
Sanwen Huang
Sanwen Huang Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia

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