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Geert Smant is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science, Insect Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research primarily revolves around nematode management and characterization, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, and plant-microbe interactions and immunity. Other areas of work include entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control, agronomic practices and intercropping systems, plant pathogens and resistance, and plant virus research studies.

Recent publications by Geert Smant include:

  • The TIR-NB-LRR pair DSC1 and WRKY19 contributes to basal immunity of Arabidopsis to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita, 2020, BMC Plant Biology
  • Root architecture plasticity in response to endoparasitic cyst nematodes is mediated by damage signaling, 2022, New Phytologist
  • Comparative genomics among cyst nematodes reveals distinct evolutionary histories among effector families and an irregular distribution of effector-associated promoter motifs, 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • The Arabidopsis transcription factor TCP9 modulates root architectural plasticity, reactive oxygen species-mediated processes, and tolerance to cyst nematode infections, 2022, The Plant Journal
  • Toward genetic modification of plant-parasitic nematodes: delivery of macromolecules to adults and expression of exogenous mRNA in second stage juveniles, 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Frequent co-authors working with Geert Smant include:

  • Aska Goverse
  • Mark G. Sterken
  • Jose L. Lozano-Torres
  • Jaap-Jan Willig
  • Joris J.M. van Steenbrugge

Geert Smant has published multiple papers in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • The Plant Journal
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita

    Pierre Abad;Pierre Abad;Jérôme Gouzy;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

  • Endogenous cellulases in animals: Isolation of β-1,4-endoglucanase genes from two species of plant-parasitic cyst nematodes

    G. Smant;J. P. W. G. Stokkermans;Yitang Yan;J. M. De Boer

  • A Jasmonate Signaling Network Activates Root Stem Cells and Promotes Regeneration

    Wenkun Zhou;Wenkun Zhou;Jose L. Lozano-Torres;Ikram Blilou;Ikram Blilou;Xiaoyue Zhang

  • Dual disease resistance mediated by the immune receptor Cf-2 in tomato requires a common virulence target of a fungus and a nematode

    Jose L. Lozano-Torres;Ruud H. P. Wilbers;Piotr Gawronski;Jordi C. Boshoven

  • In-situ Hybridization to Messenger RNA in Heterodera glycines.

    J.M. de Boer;Yitang Yan;G. Smant;E.L. Davis

  • The activation and suppression of plant innate immunity by parasitic nematodes.

    Aska Goverse;Geert Smant

  • Degradation of plant cell walls by a nematode

    Herman Popeijus;Hein Overmars;John Jones;Vivian Blok

  • The cyst nematode SPRYSEC protein RBP-1 elicits Gpa2- and RanGAP2-dependent plant cell death.

    Melanie Ann Sacco;Kamila Koropacka;Eric Grenier;Marianne J. Jaubert

  • Plant degradation: a nematode expansin acting on plants.

    Ling Qin;Urszula Kudla;Erwin H. A. Roze;Aska Goverse

  • Functional analysis of pathogenicity proteins of the potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis using RNAi.

    Qing Chen;S. Rehman;G. Smant;John T. Jones

  • Nucleocytoplasmic Distribution Is Required for Activation of Resistance by the Potato NB-LRR Receptor Rx1 and Is Balanced by Its Functional Domains

    Erik Slootweg;Jan Roosien;Laurentiu N. Spiridon;Andrei-Jose Petrescu

  • The genome of the yellow potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, reveals insights into the basis of parasitism and virulence

    Sebastian Eves-van den Akker;Dominik R. Laetsch;Peter Thorpe;Catherine J Lilley

  • Genetic architecture of plant stress resistance: multi‐trait genome‐wide association mapping

    Manus P M Thoen;Nelson H. Davila Olivas;Karen J. Kloth;Silvia Coolen

  • Genomic organization of four β-1,4-endoglucanase genes in plant-parasitic cyst nematodes and its evolutionary implications

    Yitang Yan;Geert Smant;Jack Stokkermans;Ling Qin

  • PARASITIC NEMATODE INTERACTIONS WITH MAMMALS AND PLANTS

    Douglas P Jasmer;Aska Goverse;Geert Smant

  • An efficient cDNA-AFLP-based strategy for the identification of putative pathogenicity factors from the potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis.

    Ling Qin;H. Overmars;J. Helder;H. Popeijus

  • In Planta Localization of a β-1,4-Endoglucanase Secreted by Heterodera glycines

    Xiaohong Wang;Diane Meyers;Yitang Yan;Thomas Baum

  • A Secreted SPRY Domain-Containing Protein (SPRYSEC) from the Plant-Parasitic Nematode Globodera rostochiensis Interacts with a CC-NB-LRR Protein from a Susceptible Tomato

    Sajid Rehman;Wiebe Postma;Tom Tytgat;Pjotr Prins

  • Developmental Expression of Secretory β-1,4-endoglucanases in the Subventral Esophageal Glands of Heterodera glycines

    J.M. de Boer;Yitang Yan;Xiaohong Wang;G. Smant

  • The genome of the yellow potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, reveals in-sights into the bases of parasitism and virulence

    S. Eves-van den Akker;D. R. Laetsch;P. Thorpe;C. J. Lilley

Frequent Co-Authors

Aska Goverse
Aska Goverse Wageningen University & Research
Johannes Helder
Johannes Helder Wageningen University & Research
John T. Jones
John T. Jones James Hutton Institute
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Etienne G. J. Danchin
Etienne G. J. Danchin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Eric L. Davis
Eric L. Davis North Carolina State University
Peter E. Urwin
Peter E. Urwin University of Leeds
Thomas J. Baum
Thomas J. Baum Iowa State University
James Cotton
James Cotton University of Glasgow
Pierre Abad
Pierre Abad INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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