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Plant Science and Agronomy

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63
Citations
20946
World Ranking
1014
National Ranking
34

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

María J. Pozo spends much of his time researching Botany, Symbiosis, Plant defense against herbivory, Mycorrhiza and Ecology. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Jasmonate and Phycomycetes. His Jasmonate research includes elements of Defence mechanisms and Cell biology.

His Symbiosis research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Strigolactone, Salinity and Abscisic acid. His work investigates the relationship between Plant defense against herbivory and topics such as Plant disease resistance that intersect with problems in Biotechnology, Plant species and Arabidopsis. His Ecology research focuses on Beneficial organism and how it connects with Jasmonic acid.

His most cited work include:

  • Priming: Getting Ready for Battle (1041 citations)
  • Microbial co-operation in the rhizosphere (785 citations)
  • Signal signature and transcriptome changes of Arabidopsis during pathogen and insect attack. (779 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Botany, Symbiosis, Mycorrhiza, Ecology and Cell biology are his primary areas of study. María J. Pozo interconnects Defence mechanisms, Jasmonic acid and Plant defense against herbivory in the investigation of issues within Botany. His work in the fields of Arbuscular mycorrhiza overlaps with other areas such as Rhizophagus irregularis.

His studies in Mycorrhiza integrate themes in fields like Plant nutrition and Phenotypic plasticity. His Ecology study combines topics in areas such as Biotic stress, Beneficial organism, Rhizosphere and Plant microbe. The study incorporates disciplines such as Gene expression, Jasmonate, Mutant, Arabidopsis and Hormone in addition to Cell biology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (54.65%)
  • Symbiosis (37.21%)
  • Mycorrhiza (22.09%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Symbiosis (37.21%)
  • Botany (54.65%)
  • Cell biology (19.77%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Symbiosis, Botany, Cell biology, Mycorrhiza and Botrytis cinerea. His Arbuscular mycorrhiza study in the realm of Symbiosis connects with subjects such as Rhizophagus irregularis. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Plant defense against herbivory, Osmotic shock and Metabolic pathway.

His Cell biology research incorporates elements of Invertase, Endogeny and Arabidopsis. The concepts of his Botrytis cinerea study are interwoven with issues in Callose, Shoot and Defence mechanisms. His Shoot study also includes fields such as

  • Pathogen and related Regulation of gene expression, Biological pest control, Gene, Transcription factor and Macrophomina phaseolina,
  • Pectin, Microbiology and Differential regulation most often made with reference to Systemic immunity,
  • Gene expression and related Jasmonic acid.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Root metabolic plasticity underlies functional diversity in mycorrhiza‐enhanced stress tolerance in tomato (40 citations)
  • Growing Research Networks on Mycorrhizae for Mutual Benefits (21 citations)
  • Nitric oxide and phytoglobin PHYTOGB1 are regulatory elements in the Solanum lycopersicum–Rhizophagus irregularis mycorrhizal symbiosis (19 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

María J. Pozo mainly investigates Symbiosis, Mycorrhiza, Botany, Function and Rhizophagus irregularis. His Symbiosis study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Pathogen, Chlorophyll, Downregulation and upregulation, Host and Cell biology. His study of Mycorrhiza brings together topics like Organizational level, Parallels, Road map, Context and Discipline.

While working in this field, María J. Pozo studies both Botany and Plasticity. María J. Pozo combines subjects such as Plant Immunity, Nitric oxide, Fusarium oxysporum and Hypersensitive response with his study of Function. Gibberellic acid, Shoot, Gibberellin, Oxylipin and Jasmonic acid are fields of study that intersect with his Rhizophagus irregularis research.

Best Publications

  • Priming: Getting Ready for Battle

    Uwe Conrath;Gerold J.M. Beckers;Victor Flors;Pilar García-Agustín

  • Microbial co-operation in the rhizosphere

    José-Miguel Barea;María José Pozo;Rosario Azcón;Concepción Azcón-Aguilar

  • Unraveling mycorrhiza-induced resistance.

    María J Pozo;Concepción Azcón-Aguilar

  • Signal signature and transcriptome changes of Arabidopsis during pathogen and insect attack.

    Martin De Vos;Vivian R. Van Oosten;Remco M. P. Van Poecke;Johan A. Van Pelt

  • Mycorrhiza-Induced Resistance and Priming of Plant Defenses

    Sabine C. Jung;Ainhoa Martinez-Medina;Juan A. Lopez-Raez;Maria J. Pozo

  • Recognizing Plant Defense Priming

    Ainhoa Martinez-Medina;Victor Flors;Martin Heil;Brigitte Mauch-Mani

  • Localized versus systemic effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on defence responses to Phytophthora infection in tomato plants

    Maria J. Pozo;Christelle Cordier;Eliane Dumas‐Gaudot;Silvio Gianinazzi

  • Cell defense responses associated with localized and systemic resistance to Phytophthora parasitica induced in tomato by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

    C. Cordier;M. J. Pozo;J. M. Barea;S. Gianinazzi

  • Sm1, a proteinaceous elicitor secreted by the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma virens induces plant defense responses and systemic resistance.

    Slavica Djonović;Maria J. Pozo;Lawrence J. Dangott;Charles R. Howell

  • Phytohormones as integrators of environmental signals in the regulation of mycorrhizal symbioses.

    María J. Pozo;Juan A. López‐Ráez;Concepción Azcón‐Aguilar;José M. García‐Garrido

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis influences strigolactone production under salinity and alleviates salt stress in lettuce plants.

    Ricardo Aroca;Juan Manuel Ruiz-Lozano;Ángel María Zamarreño;José Antonio Paz

  • Jasmonates - Signals in Plant-Microbe Interactions

    María J. Pozo;L. C. Van Loon;Corné M. J. Pieterse

  • Transcription factor MYC2 is involved in priming for enhanced defense during rhizobacteria-induced systemic resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Maria J. Pozo;Sjoerd Van Der Ent;L. C. Van Loon;Corné M. J. Pieterse

  • Shifting from priming of salicylic acid- to jasmonic acid-regulated defences by Trichoderma protects tomato against the root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita.

    Ainhoa Martínez-Medina;Ivan Fernandez;Gerrit B. Lok;María J. Pozo

  • Hormonal and transcriptional profiles highlight common and differential host responses to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the regulation of the oxylipin pathway

    Juan A. López-Ráez;Adriaan Verhage;Iván Fernández;Juan M. García

  • The tomato CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE8 (SlCCD8) regulates rhizosphere signaling, plant architecture and affects reproductive development through strigolactone biosynthesis

    W. Kohlen;T. Charnikhova;M. Lammers;T. Pollina

  • Priming of plant innate immunity by rhizobacteria and β‐aminobutyric acid: differences and similarities in regulation

    Sjoerd Van der Ent;Marieke Van Hulten;Maria J. Pozo;Maria J. Pozo;Tomasz Czechowski;Tomasz Czechowski

  • Deciphering the hormonal signalling network behind the systemic resistance induced by Trichoderma harzianum in tomato

    Ainhoa Martínez-Medina;Iván Fernández;María J. Sánchez-Guzmán;Sabine C. Jung

  • Beneficial microbes in a changing environment: are they always helping plants to deal with insects?

    Ana Pineda;Marcel Dicke;Corné M.J. Pieterse;María J. Pozo

  • Do strigolactones contribute to plant defence

    Rocío Torres-Vera;Juan M. García;María J. Pozo;Juan A. López-Ráez

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan A. López-Ráez
Juan A. López-Ráez Spanish National Research Council
Victor Flors
Victor Flors Jaume I University
Corné M. J. Pieterse
Corné M. J. Pieterse Utrecht University
Concepción Azcón-Aguilar
Concepción Azcón-Aguilar Spanish National Research Council
Jurriaan Ton
Jurriaan Ton University of Sheffield
L.C. van Loon
L.C. van Loon Utrecht University
Eliane Dumas-Gaudot
Eliane Dumas-Gaudot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Brigitte Mauch-Mani
Brigitte Mauch-Mani University of Fribourg
Charles M. Kenerley
Charles M. Kenerley Texas A&M University
Silvio Gianinazzi
Silvio Gianinazzi INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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