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Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz

Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
59
Citations
9912
World Ranking
1302
National Ranking
48

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Horticulture
  • Fungus

His primary scientific interests are in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris, Agronomy, Horticulture, Fusarium oxysporum and Verticillium wilt. He focuses mostly in the field of Agronomy, narrowing it down to topics relating to Terra incognita and, in certain cases, Husk. His study looks at the intersection of Horticulture and topics like Pseudomonas fluorescens with Pseudomonas putida.

His Fusarium oxysporum study focuses on Fusarium wilt in particular. His Verticillium wilt study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Verticillium dahliae, Inoculation, Microbiology and Malvaceae, Fiber crop. His research links Fungi imperfecti with Verticillium dahliae.

His most cited work include:

  • Induction of an antioxidant enzyme system and other oxidative stress markers associated with compatible and incompatible interactions between chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.ciceris (209 citations)
  • Suppression of Verticillium wilt in olive planting stocks by root-associated fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. (138 citations)
  • Suppression of Verticillium wilt in olive planting stocks by root-associated fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. (138 citations)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Horticulture, Verticillium dahliae, Verticillium wilt and Fusarium oxysporum. His Botany study combines topics in areas such as Rhizosphere and Virulence. He has researched Horticulture in several fields, including Pathogen, Opium Poppy and Agronomy.

Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz interconnects Genetics, Genetic diversity, Verticillium, Microbiology and Nested polymerase chain reaction in the investigation of issues within Verticillium dahliae. The study incorporates disciplines such as Gene and Malvaceae in addition to Verticillium wilt. His study in Fusarium oxysporum is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Rhizobacteria and Colonization.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (65.19%)
  • Horticulture (55.25%)
  • Verticillium dahliae (61.33%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Verticillium dahliae (61.33%)
  • Verticillium wilt (51.93%)
  • Botany (65.19%)

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

Verticillium dahliae, Verticillium wilt, Botany, Horticulture and Genetics are his primary areas of study. Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz has included themes like Genetically modified crops, Phylogenetic tree, Microbiology and Verticillium in his Verticillium dahliae study. His work carried out in the field of Verticillium wilt brings together such families of science as Rootstock, Inoculation, Transformation and Virulence.

As part of one scientific family, Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz deals mainly with the area of Horticulture, narrowing it down to issues related to the Pathogen, and often Downy mildew, Sporangium, Papaver and Opium Poppy. As a member of one scientific family, Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz mostly works in the field of Genetics, focusing on Genetic diversity and, on occasion, Xylella fastidiosa, Maximum parsimony, Ribosomal DNA, Polyphyly and Clade. The Crop study combines topics in areas such as Sowing, Fusarium wilt, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris, Fusarium oxysporum and Cultural control.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Recombination between Clonal Lineages of the Asexual Fungus Verticillium dahliae Detected by Genotyping by Sequencing (58 citations)
  • Fusarium wilt of chickpeas: Biology, ecology and management (49 citations)
  • Fusarium wilt of chickpeas: Biology, ecology and management (49 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Fungus

His main research concerns Verticillium dahliae, Verticillium wilt, Horticulture, Botany and Genetics. His research in Verticillium dahliae intersects with topics in Clade and Phylogenetic tree. His Verticillium wilt study is related to the wider topic of Agronomy.

His Horticulture research includes elements of Pathogen and Colonization. Much of his study explores Botany relationship to Virulence. His studies deal with areas such as Antibiosis, Rhizosphere and Biological pest control, Trichoderma asperellum as well as Virulence.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Commercial and Indigenous Microorganisms on Fusarium Wilt Development in Chickpea1

    A. Hervás;B. Landa;L.E. Datnoff;R.M. Jiménez-Dı́az

  • Induction of an antioxidant enzyme system and other oxidative stress markers associated with compatible and incompatible interactions between chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.ciceris

    Carmen Garcı́a-Limones;Ana Hervás;Juan A Navas-Cortés;Rafael M Jiménez-Dı́az

  • Influence of chickpea genotype and Bacillus sp. on protection from Fusarium wilt by seed treatment with nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum

    Ana Harvás;Blanca Landa;Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz

  • Verticillium Wilt, A Major Threat to Olive Production: Current Status and Future Prospects for its Management

    Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz;Matteo Cirulli;Giovanni Bubici;María del Mar Jiménez-Gasco

  • Suppression of Verticillium wilt in olive planting stocks by root-associated fluorescent Pseudomonas spp.

    Jesús Mercado-Blanco;Dolores Rodríguez-Jurado;Ana B. Hervás;Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz;Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz

  • Yield loss in chickpeas in relation to development of fusarium wilt epidemics.

    Juan A. Navas-Cortés;Bernhard Hau;Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz

  • Fusarium wilt of chickpeas: Biology, ecology and management

    Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz;Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz;Pablo Castillo;María del Mar Jiménez-Gasco;Blanca B. Landa

  • Integrated management of fusarium wilt of chickpea with sowing date, host resistance, and biological control.

    Blanca B. Landa;Juan A. Navas-Cortés;Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz

  • Endophytic colonisation of opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, by an entomopathogenic Beauveria bassiana strain

    E Quesada-Moraga;B B Landa;J Muñoz-Ledesma;R M Jiménez-Diáz

  • Control of root-knot nematodes by composted agro-industrial wastes in potting mixtures

    Andrés I. Nico;Rafael M. Jiménez-Dı́az;Rafael M. Jiménez-Dı́az;Pablo Castillo

  • Development of a Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Assay for the Identification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris and Its Pathogenic Races 0, 1A, 5, and 6.

    María Del Mar Jiménez-Gasco;Rafael M Jiménez-Díaz

  • Identification of Pathogenic Races 0, 1B/C, 5, And 6 Of Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp. Ciceris With Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD)

    María del Mar Jiménez-Gasco;Encarnación Pérez-Artés;Rafael M. Jiménez-Diaz

  • Antagonistic Activity of Bacteria from the Chickpea Rhizosphere Against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris

    Bianca B. Landa;Ana Hervás;Wagner Bettiol;Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz

  • Use of genetic fingerprinting and random amplified polymorphic DNA to characterize pathotypes of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris infecting chickpea

    A. Kelly;A. R. Alcala-Jimenez;B. W. Bainbridge;J. B. Heale

  • Etiology, importance, and distribution of Verticillium wilt of cotton in southern Spain.

    J. Bejarano-Alcázar;M. A. Blanco-López;J. M. Melero-Vara;R. M. Jiménez-Díaz

  • Influence of Temperature and Inoculum Density of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris on Suppression of Fusarium Wilt of Chickpea by Rhizosphere Bacteria.

    Blanca B. Landa;Juan A. Navas-Cortés;Ana Hervás;Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz

  • Differentiation of cotton-defoliating and nondefoliating pathotypes of Verticillium dahliae by RAPD and specific PCR analyses

    Encarnación Pérez-Artés;María D. García-Pedrajas;José Bejarano-Alcázar;Rafael M. Jiménez-Díaz

  • Protection of olive planting stocks against parasitism of root-knot nematodes by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    P. Castillo;A. I. Nico;C. Azcón-Aguilar;C. Del Río Rincón

  • Simultaneous Detection of the Defoliating and Nondefoliating Verticillium dahliae Pathotypes in Infected Olive Plants by Duplex, Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction

    J. Mercado-Blanco;D. Rodríguez-Jurado;S. Parrilla-Araujo;R. M. Jiménez-Díaz

  • Molecular Variability Within and Among Verticillium dahliae Vegetative Compatibility Groups Determined by Fluorescent Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism and Polymerase Chain Reaction Markers

    Melania Collado-Romero;Jesús Mercado-Blanco;Concepción Olivares-García;Antonio Valverde-Corredor

Frequent Co-Authors

Blanca B. Landa
Blanca B. Landa Spanish National Research Council
Juan A. Navas-Cortés
Juan A. Navas-Cortés Spanish National Research Council
María del Mar Jiménez-Gasco
María del Mar Jiménez-Gasco Pennsylvania State University
Jesús Mercado-Blanco
Jesús Mercado-Blanco Spanish National Research Council
Josep Armengol
Josep Armengol Universitat Politècnica de València
Michael G. Milgroom
Michael G. Milgroom Cornell University
José A. Mercado
José A. Mercado University of Malaga
Jaacov Katan
Jaacov Katan Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Enrique Monte
Enrique Monte University of Salamanca
Fernando Pliego-Alfaro
Fernando Pliego-Alfaro University of Malaga

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