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P.J.G.M. de Wit is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science. Their scholarly work includes 19 publications in these areas alongside five publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, concentrated within the subfield of Cell Biology.

Their research primarily addresses several key topics, including:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on fungal pathogens and plant disease resistance mechanisms. Notable papers include:

  • "CATAStrophy," a Genome-Informed Trophic Classification of Filamentous Plant Pathogens - How Many Different Types of Filamentous Plant Pathogens Are There? (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Beyond the genomes of Fulvia fulva (syn. Cladosporium fulvum) and Dothistroma septosporum: New insights into how these fungal pathogens interact with their host plants (2023, Molecular Plant Pathology)
  • Sequential breakdown of the Cf-9 leaf mould resistance locus in tomato by Fulvia fulva (2024, New Phytologist)
  • The first report on the occurrence race 9 of the tomato leaf mold pathogen Cladosporium fulvum (syn. Passalora fulva) in Cuba (2021, European Journal of Plant Pathology)
  • An Integrated Omics Approach Uncovers the Novel Effector Ecp20-2 Required for Full Virulence of Cladosporium fulvum on Tomato (2022, Frontiers in Microbiology)

De Wit's research has been published in various academic venues, with repeated contributions in Frontiers in Microbiology and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), as well as in Molecular Plant Pathology, New Phytologist, and European Journal of Plant Pathology.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Carl H. Mesarich, Silvia de la Rosa, M.H.A.J. Joosten, Christiaan R. Schol, and Kazuya Maeda, each of whom has coauthored four works with de Wit.

Best Publications

  • Host resistance to a fungal tomato pathogen lost by a single base-pair change in an avirulence gene

    M.H.A.J. Joosten;T.J. Cozijnsen;P.J.G.M. de Wit

  • Agroinfiltration is a versatile tool that facilitates comparative analyses of Avr9/Cf-9-induced and Avr4/Cf-4-induced necrosis

    R.A.L. van der Hoorn;F. Laurent;R. Roth;P.J.G.M. de Wit

  • Molecular characterization of gene-for-gene systems in plant-fungus interactions and the application of avirulence genes in control of plant pathogens.

    P. J. G. M. de Wit

  • Cloning and characterization of cDNA of avirulence gene avr9 of the fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum, causal agent of tomato leaf mold.

    J.A.L. van Kan;A.F.J.M. van den Ackerveken;P.J.G.M. de Wit

  • The effect of nitrogen on disease development and gene expression in bacterial and fungal plant pathogens

    S. S. Snoeijers;A. Pérez-García;M. H. A. J. Joosten;P. J. G. M. de Wit

  • How plants recognize pathogens and defend themselves

    P. J. G. M. de Wit

  • THE TOMATO–CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM INTERACTION: A Versatile Experimental System to Study Plant-Pathogen Interactions

    M.H.A.J. Joosten;P.J.G.M. de Wit

  • Differential accumulation of mRNAs encoding extracellular and intracellular PR proteins in tomato induced by virulent and avirulent races of Cladosporium fulvum.

    J.A.L. van Kan;M.H.A.J. Joosten;C.A.M. Wagemakers;G.C.M. van den Berg-Velthuis

  • The biotrophic fungus Cladosporium fulvum circumvents Cf-4-mediated resistance by producing unstable AVR4 elicitors.

    M. H. A. J. Joosten;R. Vogelsang;T. J. Cozijnsen;M. C. Verberne

  • Subcellular Localization of Chitinase and of Its Potential Substrate in Tomato Root Tissues Infected by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici.

    N. Benhamou;M. H. A. J. Joosten;P. J. G. M. de Wit

  • Purification and primary structure of a necrosis-inducing peptide from the apoplastic fluids of tomato infected with Cladosporium fulvum (syn. Fulvia fulva).

    I.M.J. Scholtens-Toma;P.J.G.M. de Wit

  • Nitrogen limitation induces expression of the avirulence gene avr9 in the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum.

    G. F. J. M. Van den Ackerveken;R. M. Dunn;A. J. Cozijnsen;J. P. M. J. Vossen

  • Mycosphaerellaceae - Chaos or clarity?

    S.I.R. Videira;S.I.R. Videira;J.Z. Groenewald;C. Nakashima;U. Braun

  • A light and scanning-electron microscopic study of infection of tomato plants by virulent and avirulent races of Cladosporium fulvum

    P. J. G. M. de Wit

  • Specific HR‐associated recognition of secreted proteins from Cladosporium fulvum occurs in both host and non‐host plants

    R. Laugé;P. H. Goodwin;P. J. G. M. de Wit;M. H. A. J. Joosten

  • Molecular characterization of four chitinase cDNAs obtained from Cladosporium fulvum-infected tomato.

    N. Danhash;C.A.M. Wagemakers;J.A.L. van Kan;P.J.G.M. de Wit

  • A functional cloning strategy, based on a binary PVX-expression vector, to isolate HR-inducing cDNAs of plant pathogens.

    F.L.W. Takken;R. Luderer;S.H.E.J. Gabriëls;N. Westerink

  • Isolation and Characterization of an Elicitor of Necrosis Isolated from Intercellular Fluids of Compatible Interactions of Cladosporium fulvum (Syn. Fulvia fulva ) and Tomato

    P.J.G.M. de Wit;A.E. Hofman;G.C.M. Velthuis;J.C. Kuc

  • Characterization of two putative pathogenicity genes of the fungal tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum.

    A.F.J.M. van den Ackerveken;J.A.L. van Kan;M.H.A.J. Joosten;J.M. Muisers

  • Diverse Lifestyles and Strategies of Plant Pathogenesis Encoded in the Genomes of Eighteen Dothideomycetes Fungi

    R.A. Ohm;N. Feau;B. Henrissat;C.L. Schoch

Frequent Co-Authors

Ioannis Stergiopoulos
Ioannis Stergiopoulos University of California, Davis
Jacques Vervoort
Jacques Vervoort Wageningen University & Research
Bart P. H. J. Thomma
Bart P. H. J. Thomma University of Cologne
Jack H. Vossen
Jack H. Vossen Wageningen University & Research
Rahim Mehrabi
Rahim Mehrabi Isfahan University of Technology
Pim Lindhout
Pim Lindhout Wageningen University & Research
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia
Geert Smant
Geert Smant Wageningen University & Research
Aska Goverse
Aska Goverse Wageningen University & Research
Pedro W. Crous
Pedro W. Crous Utrecht University

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