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CURRICULUM VITAE Personal data Name: Dimitrios KATSANTONIS Date of birth: 28 th July 1972 Nationality: Greek Marital status: Married Work address: Hellenic Agricultural Organization, Cereal Institute, PO Box 60411, 57001 Thermi-Thessaloniki, Greece. Tel: +302310-471544, ext 204, Fax: +302310-473024 Email: dikatsa@in.gr Specialism: Key expertise and experience Qualifications Plant Pathology, rice, cereals Research Plant Pathologist with expertise: Rice diseases, Cereal and Cotton Diseases, Teaching, Rootknot nematodes, Web authoring First Degree: Plant Production in the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki. Diploma Thesis: In vitro micro propagation of cucumber (Cucumis sativus var. Sandra) and regeneration of alternative oilseeds. Doctor of Philosophy University of Reading (1995-1999). Thesis: The mechanism of nematode enhanced susceptibility to Fusarium and Verticillium wilt. Languages Memberships Fluent in Greek (mother tongue), fluent in English Mediterranean Phytopathological Union Employment record 9/92-6/93 Research work as student in the tissue culture laboratory in the Agriculture Faculty of the Aristotle University. 7/93-8/93 Research work as student at John Innes Centre, Brassica and Oilseeds Research Department, Transformation Laboratory Norwich. The project covered tissue culture techniques of alternative oilseeds and isoelectricfocusing for study of isozymes gels. 3/94-8/94 Final Year Project undertaken in John Innes Centre and it was financial supported from Comet European program. The work covered biological aspects of alternative oilseeds, including explants culture, suspension culture, protoplast culture, lipid extraction, fatty acid analysis, gas chromatography, data handling and statistical analysis. 10/94-1/95 Assistant in the Computer laboratory of Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki. 9/99-12/99 Plant pathologist at NAGREF, Cotton and Industrial Plants Institute, Sindos Thessaloniki, Greece. The job covered isolation, identification of Verticillium dhliae, and testing of the isolates on cotton cultivars. 4/00-9/00 Web author and sports reporter in INTERSAT S.A., private Telecommunications company, for the creation of the official website of PAOK sports team, http://www.paokhellas.gr 8/02 - today Web authoring of Cereals Institute s website http://www.cerealinstitute.gr 2002 - today Lecturing General Plant Pathology, Plant Pathology of Crop Plants and Agronomy in the Department of Crop Production, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki. 2000- today Employment as Plant Pathologist at Cereal Institute of Thessaloniki. Belonging in the permanent scientific staff since 2006.

Participation in research projects 1. Participation in the FP5 European project: "European rice: transgenes for crop protection against fungal diseases" (QLK5-CT-1990-01484), 2-2000 tο 2-2003, total budget 2,128,013. 2. Participation in the European project: "Evaluation and enhancement of Avena landrace collections for extensification of the genetic basis of Avena for quality and resistance breeding" (RESGEN CT99-106), 2000-2004. 3. Participation in the project «Integrated development of the cultivation of aromatic plants in the area of Ritini Pierias», coordinator E. Panou-Filotheou, funded by the Recearch Committee of Α.Τ.Ε.Ι. of Thessaloniki, duration 24 months, (01-03-2004 to 01-03-2006), total budjet 5400. 4. Participation in the project «Study of aromatic plants of Greece. Creation of a data bank. Feasibility applications» in the framework of Archimidis I, Subproject 2 2 24, coordinator E. Panou-Filotheou, duration 36 months (1-1-2004 to 31-8-2007). 5. Member of the scientific committee in the project «Evaluation of the infection of spring cereals of the cultivation periods 2006 to 2008 by Asperigilus και Fusarium and mycotoxin analysis», coordinator G. Palatos, funded by the Research Committee of Α.Τ.Ε.Ι. of Thessaloniki, duration 12 months, budget 4700. 6. Participation in the scientific group of national project «Evaluation of the agronomic and resistance to biotic and abiotic traits of the winter cereals (bread and durum wheat, barley, triticale).duration 36 months, (2008-2010), budget 21000. 7. Member of the scientific group in the FP6 European project: "Genotyping for the conservation and valorization of European rice germplasm" (EURIGEN, AGRI GEN RES 049), 2007-2010, budget 178.000. 8. Participation in the International project «Regeneration and safety duplication of regionally prioritized crop collections», (BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL), 2009-2010, budget 3600. 9. Member of the scientific group of the national project «Integrated pest, disease and weed management, advisory fertilization of potato cultivation of Kato Nevrokopi Area of Drama County», coordinator Thomas Gitsolopoulos, duration 36 months (2010-2012), budget 120.000. 10. Leader of the Greek scientific group of the European project «Smart on-line water salinity measurement network to manage and protect rice fields» (SMART -PADDY, FP7-SME-2011-285861), 1-10-2011 to 30-9-2013, budget 113000. 11. Member of the scientific group of the project «Analysis of mycotoxin and radiation levels in cereal products in Greece», in the framework of ARCHEMEDES ΙΙΙ in collaboration with Α.Τ.Ε.Ι. of Thessaloniki, coordinator Dr. Panou-Filotheou, duration 36 months, started in 1-1-2012 and budget 75.000 (code teithe52, ID 405, category Grain Safety). 12. Leader of the project of Cereal Institute with the company ELANKO SA with title «Evaluation of the efficacy of the active ingredient be*********** for weed control in rice», starting date 5-4- 2012, duration 6 months, budget 9000. 13. Leader of the project funded by individual farmers with the title Αξιολόγηση νέων ποικιλιών ρυζιού ως προς τα αγροκομικά και τα τεχνολογικά χαρακτηριστικά σε συνθήκες παραγωγού / Evaluation of new rice varieties for agro-morphophysiological and quality characteristics in field conditions, started in 15-5-2013, duration 12 months, total budget 60000. 14. Member of the scientific group of the project with title Energy autonomous greenhouse, funded by the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs, coordinator Savvas Portokalidis, duration 21 months (7/2013 to 4/2015), budget 153000. 15. Leader of the Greek scientific group of the European project RICEGAURD: In-field wireless sensor network to predict rice blast, started 1-9-2013, duration 39 months, total budget for the Greek group 241000.

16. Leader of the Greek scientific group of the FP7 European project ERMES: ERMES: An Earth observation Model based RicE information Service, starting date 1-3-2013, duration 36 months, total budget for the Greek group 168000. Peer-reviewed Journals (Science Citation Index) 1. Katsantonis D., Hillocks R., Gowen S. (2003). The comparative effect or root-knot nematode on severity of Verticillium and Fusarium wilt in cotton, Phytoparasitica, 32(2):154-162. 2. Katsantonis D., Hillocks R., Gowen S. (2005). Enhancement of germination of spores of Verticillium dahliae and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum in vascular fluid from cotton plants infected with the root-knot nematode, Phytoparasitica 33: 215-224. 3. Katsantonis D., Koutroubas S.D., Ntanos D.A. and Lupotto E. (2007). A Comparison of Three Experimental Designs for the Field Assessment of Resistance to Rice Blast Disease ( Pyricularia oryzae). Journal of Phytopathology 155: 204 210. 4. Koutroubas S.D., Katsantonis D., Ntanos D.A. and Lupotto E. (2008). Nitrogen utilization efficiency and grain yield components of rice varieties grown under blast disease stress. Australasian Plant Pathology 37:53-59. 5. Katsantonis D., Koutroubas S.D., Ntanos D.A. and Lupotto E. (200 8). Effect of Blast Disease on nitrogen accumulation and remobilization to rice grain. Journal of Plant Pathology 90:263-272. 6. Koutroubas S.D., Katsantonis D., Ntanos D.A. and Lupotto E. (2009). Blast fungus inoculation reduces accumulation and remobilization of the pre-anthesis assimilates to rice grains. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 48:240-252. 7. Koutroubas S.D., Katsantonis D., Ntanos D.A. and Lupotto E. (2009). The effect of blast disease on rice growth, yield and quality in the field. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 33(5):487-494. 8. Courtois B., Greco R., Bruschi G., Frouin j., Ahmadi N., Droc G., Hamelin C., Ruiz M., Evrard J., Katsantonis D., Oliveira M.M., Negrao S., Cavigiolo S., Lupotto E. and Piffanelli P. (2011), Molecular characterization of the European rice collection in view of association mapping, Plant Genetic Resources 9: 233-235. 9. Ahmadi N., Negrão S., Katsantonis D., Frouin J., Ploux J., Letourmy P., Droc G., Babo P., Trindade H., Bruschi G., Greco R., Oliveira M.M., Piffanelli P. and Courtois B. (2011). Targeted assoc iation analysis identified japonica rice varieties achieving Na(+)/K (+) homeostasis without the allelic make-up of the salt tolerant indica variety Nona Bokra. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 123: 881-895. 10. Courtois B, Frouin J, Greco R, Bruschi G, Droc G, Hamelin C, Ruiz M, Clément G, Evrard J-C, van Coppenole S, Katsantonis D, Oliveira M, Negrão S, Matos C, Cavigiolo S, Lupotto E, Piffanelli P, Ahmadi N (2012) Genetic diversity and population structure in a European collection of rice. Crop Science, 52:1663 1675. 11. Tsochatzis E.D., Tzimou-Tsitouridou R., Menkissoglu-Spiroudi U., Karpouzas D.G., Katsantonis D. (2013) Laboratory and field dissipation of penoxsulam, tricyclazole and profoxydim in rice paddy systems. Chemosphere 91:1049-1057. Greek Journal publications 1. Ντάνος Δ. Α., Κουτρούμπας Σ. Δ., Κατσαντώνης Δ. και Φιλίππου Ν. (2002). Αντοχή ποικιλιών ρυζιού στο μύκητα Pyricularia oryzae σε συνθήκες αγρού, Αγροτική Έρευνα 25(1):29-36. 2. Κατσαντώνης Δ., Ντάνος Δ. Α., Φιλίππου Ν., Μαυρωτάς Κ. Και Βασιλείου Γ. (2007). Μελέτη της αποτελεσματικότητας του μυκητοκτόνου tricyclazole στον έλεγχο του μύκητα Pyricularia oryzae στο ρύζι (Oryza sativa L.), Αγροτική Έρευνα 30 (2):17-28.

Newspaper and Magazine Interviews Smart paddies in the horizon, National newspaper article in the "Sunday Eleftherotipia", on the 21 st of July 2013 issue. Available online: http://www.enet.gr/?i=issue.el.home&date=21/07/2013&id=375455. International and national conferences publications 1. Katsantonis D., Hillocks R., Gowen S. (1997) The mechanism of nematode enhanced susceptibility to Fusarium and Verticillium wilt. In: Advances in Verticillium Research and disease Management. Proceedingsof the 7 th International Verticillium Symposium. (eds) Tjamos E.C., Rowe R.C., Heale J.B., Fravel D.R., APS Press, pages 218-221. 2. Katsantonis D., Hillocks R., Gowen S. (1997) Screening of five cotton varieties for resistance to Meloidogyne incognita. Association of Applied Biologists meeting, Offered paper in nematology, Linnaen Society of London, 17 th of December 1997, Piccadilly, London. 3. Katsantonis D., Hillocks R. (1997) Interactions of Fusarium and Verticillium wilt with root-knot nematode in cotton. In: Proceedings of World Cotton Research Conference 2, New frontiers in cotton research, (eds) Constable G, McStewart J, Oosterhuis D., Russel D, Bragg C, Gilliham F, pages 947-949. 4. Κουτρούμπας Σ.Δ., Κατσαντώνης Δ.Ν. και Δ.Α. Ντάνος, 2004. Επίδραση γενοτύπου και περιβάλλοντος στην προσβολή του ρυζιού από το μύκητα Pyricularia oryzae. Περιλήψεις ανακοινώσεων του 10ου Πανελληνίου Συνέδριου της Ελληνικής Επιστημονικής Εταιρείας Γενετικής Βελτίωσης Φυτών, Αθήνα, Νοέμβριος 24-26, 2004, 141. 5. Κουτρούμπας Σ.Δ., Κατσαντώνης Δ., και Δ.Α. Ντάνος, 2006. Αξιολόγηση προσβολής ρυζιού από την ασθένεια πυρικουλάρια σε συνθήκες αγρού. Περιλήψεις ανακοινώσεων του 11ου Πανελληνίου Συνεδρίου Γενετικής Βελτίωσης Φυτών, Ορεστιάδα, Οκτώβριος 31 Νοέμβριος 2, 2006, 103. 6. Ξύστρας Ε., Κατσαντώνης Δ., Τσούργιαννη Ε., Πανταζίδου Μ., Αβραμίδου Π., και Ε. Πάνου- Φιλοθέου, 2006. Συγκριτική μελέτη της αυτοφυούς ρίγανης κατά την διαβάθμιση του υψομέτρου στην περιοχή Κοκκωτών Μαγνησίας. Περιλήψεις ανακοινώσεων του 11ου Πανελληνίου Συνεδρίου Γενετικής Βελτίωσης Φυτών, Ορεστιάδα, Οκτώβριος 31 Νοέμβριος 2, 2006, 68. 7. Καλδάκης Κ., Κατσαντώνης Δ., Λιανοπούλου Β., και Ε. Πάνου-Φιλοθέου 2006. Σύγκριση οικονομικών παραμέτρων ξερικής και αρδευόμενης καλλιέργειας ρίγανης στο Γαλλικό Κιλκίς. Περιλήψεις ανακοινώσεων του 11ου Πανελληνίου Συνεδρίου Γενετικής Βελτίωσης Φυτών, Ορεστιάδα, Οκτώβριος 31 Νοέμβριος 2, 2006, 71. 8. Πάνου-Φιλοθέου Ε., Δήμας Κ., Κατσαντώνης Δ., Ξύστρας Ε., Λιανοπούλου Β., Τζιώλα Σ., Γάτσης Θ., Φιλοθέου Α., Λάζαρη Δ., και Χ. Σουλελές, 2006. Διερεύνηση της δυνατότητας ανάπτυξης της καλλιέργειας των αρωματικών φυτών στη περιοχή Ρητίνης Πιερίας. Περιλήψεις ανακοινώσεων του 11ου Πανελληνίου Συνεδρίου Γενετικής Βελτίωσης Φυτών, Ορεστιάδα, Οκτώβριος 31 Νοέμβριος 2, 2006, 143. 9. Μπαγιώκης Θ., Κατσαντώνης Δ., Λιανοπούλου Β., Φιλοθέου Α., Τάσιος Β., Γάτσης Θ., Πάνου- Φιλοθέου Ε., 2006. Επίδραση του τύπου μοσχεύματος και της εποχής λήψης μοσχευμάτων στην ριζοβολία του μελισσόχορτου (Melissa officinalis subsp. officinalis). Περιλήψεις ανακοινώσεων του 11ου Πανελληνίου Συνεδρίου Γενετικής Βελτίωσης Φυτών, Ορεστιάδα, Οκτώβριος 31 Νοέμβριος 2, 2006, 144. 10. Κωνσταντινίδου Κ., Γιτσόπουλος Θ., Λιανοπούλου Β., Κατσαντώνης Δ., και Ε. Πάνου-Φιλοθέου, 2006. Τοξικότητα των αιθέριων ελαίων φασκόμηλου, μέντας και ρίγανης στη βλάστηση των σπόρων του βίκου και μπιζελιού. Περιλήψεις ανακοινώσεων του 11ου Πανελληνίου Συνεδρίου Γενετικής Βελτίωσης Φυτών, Ορεστιάδα, Οκτώβριος 31 Νοέμβριος 2, 2006, 145. 11. Κουτρούμπας Σ.Δ., Κατσαντώνης Δ.Ν. και Δ.Α. Ντάνος, 2006. Κόκκινο ρύζι: Ένας πιθανός ξενιστής της Πυρικουλάριας. Περιλήψεις ανακοινώσεων του 14ου Επιστημονικού Συνεδρίου της Ζιζανιολογικής Εταιρίας, Βόλος, Δεκέμβριος 7-8, 2006, 37.

12. Katsantonis D., Koutroubas S. D., Ntanos D. A., Lupotto E. and P. Piffanelli, 2008. Rapid Screening for Salinity Tolerance of Rice Varieties. Proceedings of the 10 th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy, Bologna, Italy, September 15-19, 2008, Italian Journal of Agronomy 3, 99-100. 13. Στεφανάκης Μ., Δεμίρης Κ., Κοκκώνη Γ-Φ., Κατσαντώνης Δ., Φιλοθέου Α., Λιανοπούλου Β., Τερτιβανίδης Κ., και Ε. Πάνου-Φιλοθέου, 2008. Χρωματομετρική προσέγγιση της ποιότητας της δρόγης των Αρωματικών φυτών. Περιλήψεις ανακοινώσεων του 12ου Πανελληνίου Συνεδρίου Γενετικής Βελτίωσης Φυτών, Νάουσα, Οκτωβρίου 8-10, 2008. 14. Papageorgiou M., Tsochatzis E. and Katsantonis D. (2008) Occurrence of mycotoxis in stored cerealbased products consumed in Greek market, ISEKI, Food 2008. 15. Katsantonis D., Koutroubas S.D., Ntanos D.A., Lupotto E., Piffanelli P. 2008. Rapid screening for salinity tolerance of rice varieties. Proceedings of X ESA Congress, Bologna, Italy, p. 99-100. 16. Tsochatzis E., D., Tzimou-Tsitouridou R., Menkissoglu-Spiroudi U., Karpouzas D.G., Katsantonis D., 2008. Development and validation of an HPLC-DAD method for the determination of pesticide residues in paddy waters. Ιnternational Conference, 6th Aegean Analytical Chemistry Days (AACD), Denizli 09-12 Oct, Turkey. (poster), Abs. PPII-033, p.280. 17. Ahmadi N., Courtois B., Negrao S., Frouin J., Babo P., Greco R., Bruschi G., Vancoppenolle S., Katsantonis D., Oliveira M.M. and Piffanelli P., (2010) Targeted association analysis for tolerance to salinity within the European core collection of temperate japonica rice. 6 th International Rice Genetics Symposium 2009. Manila, Philippines. 18. Greco R., Bruchi G., Cavigiolo S., Ahmadi N., Courtois B., Ruiz M., Lee D., Oliveira M., Negrao S., Macas B., Katsantonis D., Lupotto E., Piffanelli P. (2010) EURIGENQ Characterization of European rice germplasm for stress response traits. 2 nd Symposium of Genomics of Plant Genetic Resuources (24 27 April 2010, Bologna, Italy). 19. Κουτρούμπας Σπ., Κατσαντώνης Δ., Ντάνος Δ., Ευγενίδης Γ., Lupotto E., Courtois B. και Piffanelli P. (2010) Μελέτη της παραλλακτικότητας γενετικού υλικού ρυζιού ( Oryza sativa L.) ως προς τα αγρονομικά γνωρίσματα. 13o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Ελληνικής Επιστημονικής Εταιρείας Γενετικής Βελτίωσης Φυτών 13-15 Οκτωμβρίου 2010, Καλαμάτα. 20. Κατσαντώνης Δ., Κουτρούμπας Σπ., Ντάνος Δ., Ευγενίδης Γ., Lupotto E. και Piffanelli P. (2010) Αξιολόγηση γενετικού υλικού ρυζιού ως προς την ανθεκτικότητα στο έντομο Sesamia nonagrioides. 13o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Ελληνικής Επιστημονικής Εταιρείας Γενετικής Βελτίωσης Φυτών 13-15 Οκτωμβρίου 2010, Καλαμάτα. 21. Κατσαντώνης Δ., Κουτρούμπας Σπ., Ντάνος Δ., Ευγενίδης Γ., Lupotto E., Ahmadi N. και Piffanelli P. (2010). Αξιολόγηση γενετικού υλικού ρυζιού ως προς την ανθεκτικότητα στην αλατότητα. 13o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Ελληνικής Επιστημονικής Εταιρείας Γενετικής Βελτίωσης Φυτών 13-15 Οκτωμβρίου 2010, Καλαμάτα. 22. Greco R, G Bruschi, S Cavigiolo, N Ahmadi, B Courtois, M Ruiz, D Lee, M Oliveira, S Negrão, B Maçãs 5, D Katsantonis, E Lupotto, P Piffanelli (2010). EURIGEN: Characterization of European rice germplasm for stress response traits. 2nd International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources, Bologna, Italy 24-27 April 2010. 23. Negrão S, Courtois B, Ahmadi N, Babo P, Frouin J, Greco R, Bruschi G, Vancoppenolle S, Katsantonis D, Lupotto E, Oliveira MM, Piffanelli P (2010). Targeted association analysis for tolerance to salinity in rice using SSR markers. 2nd International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources, Bologna, Italy 24-27 April 2010. 24. Tsochatzis E.D., Tzimou-Tsitouridou R., Menkissoglu-Spiroudi U., Karpouzas D.G., Katsantonis D. (2011). Determination of penoxsulam, tricyclazole and profoxydim levels in paddy soil after laboratory and field application. 7th MGPR International Symposium Paolo Cabras Pesticides in Food and the Environment in Mediterranean Countries, 9-11 November 2011, Thessaloniki, Greece. 25. Tsochatzis E.D., R.Tzimou-Tsitouridou, U. Menkissoglu-Spiroudi, D.G. Karpouzas, and D. Katsantonis (2011). Determination of penoxulam, tricyclazole, and profoxydin residues in rice grain after

application in rice paddy. 16th International Symposium on Environmental Pollution and its Impact on Life in the Mediterranean Region September 24 to 27, 2011, Ioannina Greece. 26. Dramalis Ch., Pallas-Areny R, Katsantonis D., Solà E, Aliau C., Serrano E., López O., Mazel B.4, Barbi F., Cano M., Begas S., Basci F., Llaó R. (2012). Smart-Paddy: Smart on-line water salinity measurement network to manage and protect rice fields. 12th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy, in Helsinki, Finland 20-24/08/2012. 27. Δράμαλης, Χ; Κατσαντώνης, Δ; Pallas-Areny, R; Rovira, C; Μπέγκας, Σ; Pinilla, M. (2012). Smart- Paddy: Ένα αυτόματο δίκτυο μέτρησης της αλατότητας για τη διαχείριση της άρδευσης και την προστασία των ορυζώνων. Poster, 14 th Conference of the Hellenic Scientific Society for Genetics and Plant Breeding. Thessaloniki, Greece, 10-12 October, 2012. 28. Δράμαλης, Χ; Κατσαντώνης, Δ; Pallas-Areny, R; Rovira, C; Μπέγκας, Σ; Pinilla, M. (2012). Smart- Paddy: Ένα αυτόματο δίκτυο μέτρησης της αλατότητας για τη διαχείριση της άρδευσης και την προστασία των ορυζώνων. Poster, 14th Conference of the Hellenic Scientific Society for Genetics and Plant Breeding. Thessaloniki, Greece, 10-12 October, 2012. 29. Dramalis, C.; Pallas-Areny, R.; Katsantonis, D.; Pinilla, M.; Aliau, C.; Serrano, E.; López, O.; Mazel, B.; Barbi, F.; Cano, M.; Begas, S.; Basci, F.; Llaó, R. (2013). Smart-Paddy: Field trials and validation of an on-line water salinity measurement network. Oral Presentation. 42nd International Conference of European Society for New methods in Agricultural research. American Farm School, Thessaloniki, Greece, 4-8 September 2013. 30. Irakli M., Samanidou V., Katsantonis D., Biliaderis K. and Papadoyiannis I. Phytochemical profiles and antioxidant capacity of pigmented and non-pigmented genotypes of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Book of Abstracts of 8th International Conference on Instrumental Methods of Analysis: Modern Trends and Applications, 15-19 September 2013, Thessaloniki, Greece, page 205. Citations within Science Citation Index and Scopus (no self-citations): 28 1) Katsantonis D. 1999 (PhD Thesis). The ne matode enhanced susceptibility to Fusarium and Verticillium wilt of cotton., is cited in the book: Jeger M.J. and Spence N.J. 2001. Biotic Interactions in Plant-Pathogen Associations, CABI International, pages 269-283. 2) Katsantonis, D., R. Hillocks, and S. Gowen (2003). The comparative effect or root-knot nematode on severity of Verticillium and Fusarium wilt in cotton. Phytoparasitica 32(2), 154-162. 10 citations within the Scopus. 1. Assessment of Gossypium sturtianum and G. australe as potential sources of Fusarium wilt resistance to cotton (2004) McFadden, H., Beasley, D., Brubaker, C.L. Euphytica, Volume 138, Issue 1, pp 61-72. 2. Fusarium wilt of cotton: Population diversity and implications for management (2006) Davis, R.M., Colyer, P.D., Rothrock, C.S., Kochman, J.K. Plant Disease, 90, pp. 692-703. 3. Inheritance of resistance to Verticillium wilt in cotton (2008) Lüders, R.R., Galbieri, R., Fuzatto, M.G., Cía, E. Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, volume 8 : 265-270, ISSN 1518-7853. (2012 Impact Factor: 0.524) 4. Cotton genotypes evaluation for resistance to Verticillium dahliae (2008) Galbieri, R, Cia, E, Fuzatto, M.G., Ito, M.F, Luders, R.R. Summa Phytopathologica, vol.34, n.3, pp. 211-215. ISSN 0100-5405. 5. Grafted eggplant yield, quality and growth in infested soil with Verticillium dahliae and Meloidogyne incognita (2009) Qrük, S., Yildiz Dasgan, H., Mansuroglu, S., Kurt, S. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, volume 44, n.12, p.1673-1681. 6. Seed pathology progress in academia and industry (2009) Munkvold, G.P. Annual Review of Phytopathology, Vol. 47: 285-311. 7. Identification and molecular mapping of a Fusarium wilt resistant gene in upland cotton. (2009) Wang, P., Su, L, Qin, L., Hu, B., Guo, W, Zhang,T. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Volume 119, Issue 4, pp 733-739. 8. Quantitative Trait Loci for Resistance Against Fusarium Wilt Based on Three Cotton F2 Populations (2010) Wang, P.-Z, Shi, L.-F, Su, L., Hu, B.-M. Agricultural Sciences in China, Volume 9, Issue 12, Pages 1799 1806.

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