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Philippe Castagnone-Sereno is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France, focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a particular emphasis on Plant Science. Their research involves multiple subfields including Ecology, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their main research topics span:

  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Philippe Castagnone-Sereno has collaborated frequently with various co-authors including Éric Lombaert, R. M. D. G. Carneiro, Juvenil Enrique Cares, Vanessa S. Mattos, and Sophie Mallez.

Their recent scholarly output includes:

  • "Building integrated plant health surveillance: a proactive research agenda for anticipating and mitigating disease and pest emergence" (2024) published in CABI Agriculture and Bioscience
  • "The Centromere Histone Is Conserved and Associated with Tandem Repeats Sharing a Conserved 19-bp Box in the Holocentromere of Meloidogyne Nematodes" (2021) published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Multi-seasonal modelling of plant-nematode interactions reveals efficient plant resistance deployment strategies" (2020) published in Evolutionary Applications
  • "Competitive interactions in plant-parasitic nematode communities affecting organic vegetable cropping systems" (2020) published in Crop Protection
  • "Integrative taxonomy of Meloidogyne graminicola populations with different esterase phenotypes parasitising rice in Brazil" (2020) published in Nematology

In addition to articles, Philippe Castagnone-Sereno has contributed to book publications, including a 2024 work titled Probabilité d'introduction de Bactrocera dorsalis (mouche orientale des fruits) en France métropolitaine published by the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement.

The frequent venues where this scientist publishes research include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nematology, Plant Pathology, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), and CABI Agriculture and Bioscience.

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

  • Root-knot nematode parasitism and host response: molecular basis of a sophisticated interaction

    Pierre Abad;Bruno Favery;Marie-Noëlle Rosso;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

  • High-throughput microsatellite isolation through 454 GS-FLX Titanium pyrosequencing of enriched DNA libraries

    Thibaut Malausa;André Gilles;Emese Meglécz;Hélène Blanquart

  • Modulation of reactive oxygen species activities and H2O2 accumulation during compatible and incompatible tomato–root‐knot nematode interactions

    M. Teresa Melillo;Paola Leonetti;Michel Bongiovanni;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

  • Genetic diversity of root-knot nematodes from Brazil and development of SCAR markers specific for the coffee-damaging species.

    Onivaldo Randig;Michel Bongiovanni;Regina M.D.G Carneiro;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

  • Genetic variability and adaptive evolution in parthenogenetic root-knot nematodes.

    P Castagnone-Sereno

  • Variation in resistance to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in tomato genotypes bearing the Mi gene

    M. Jacquet;M. Bongiovanni;M. Martinez;P. Verschave

  • Diversity and Evolution of Root-Knot Nematodes, Genus Meloidogyne: New Insights from the Genomic Era

    Philippe Castagnone-Sereno;Etienne G J Danchin;Laetitia Perfus-Barbeoch;Pierre Abad

  • Hybridization and polyploidy enable genomic plasticity without sex in the most devastating plant-parasitic nematodes.

    Romain Blanc-Mathieu;Romain Blanc-Mathieu;Laetitia Perfus-Barbeoch;Jean-Marc Aury;Martine Da Rocha

  • Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding an amphid-secreted putative avirulence protein from the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita.

    Jean-Philippe Semblat;Marie-Noëlle Rosso;Richard S. Hussey;Pierre Abad

  • Genetic variability of nematodes: a threat to the durability of plant resistance genes?

    Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

  • The plant apoplasm is an important recipient compartment for nematode secreted proteins

    Paulo Vieira;Etienne G. J. Danchin;Cédric Neveu;Carine Crozat

  • Meloidogyne enterolobii (= M. mayaguensis): profile of an emerging, highly pathogenic, root-knot nematode species

    Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

  • The genomes of root-knot nematodes.

    David McK Bird;Valerie M Williamson;Pierre Abad;James McCarter

  • Genetic diversity of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii and development of a SCAR marker for this guava-damaging species

    M. Tigano;K. De Siqueira;P. Castagnone-Sereno;K. Mulet

  • Invasion, feeding and development.

    P. Abad;P. Castagnone-Sereno;M. N. Rosso;J. de A. Engler

  • High-resolution DNA fingerprinting of parthenogenetic root-knot nematodes using AFLP analysis

    J. P. Semblat;E. Wajnberg;A. Dalmasso;P. Abad

  • The pepper resistance genes Me1 and Me3 induce differential penetration rates and temporal sequences of root cell ultrastructural changes upon nematode infection

    Teresa Bleve-Zacheo;Michel Bongiovanni;Maria Teresa Melillo;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

  • The reproductive potential of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita is affected by selection for virulence against major resistance genes from tomato and pepper

    Caroline Djian-Caporalino;Sergio Molinari;Alain Palloix;Aurelio Ciancio

  • Morphological, Molecular, and Differential-Host Characterization of Meloidogyne floridensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), a Root-Knot Nematode Parasitizing Peach in Florida

    Z. A. Handoo;A. P. Nyczepir;D. Esmenjaud;J. G. van der Beek

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Abad
Pierre Abad INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Etienne G. J. Danchin
Etienne G. J. Danchin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Alain Palloix
Alain Palloix INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Eric Wajnberg
Eric Wajnberg INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Thomas Guillemaud
Thomas Guillemaud Université Côte d'Azur
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Jean-Marc Aury
Jean-Marc Aury University of Paris-Saclay
Jérôme Gouzy
Jérôme Gouzy Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Manuel Mota
Manuel Mota University of Évora
Thomas Schiex
Thomas Schiex INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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