Publications

Fruit-Pathogen Interactions

Blanco-Ulate B, Vincenti E, Powell ALT, Cantu, D. 2013.  Tomato transcriptome and mutant analyses suggest a role for plant stress hormones in the interaction between fruit and Botrytis cinerea. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 4:142.

Blanco-Ulate B, Allen G, Powell ALT, Cantu D. 2013. Draft genome sequence of Botrytis cinerea BcDW1, inoculum for noble rot of grape berries. Genome Announc. 1(3):e00252-13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00252-13

Wang H, Liu G, Li C, Powell ALT, Reid MS, Jiang C-Z.  2013.  Defence responses regulated by jasmonate and delayed senescence caused by ethylene receptor mutation contribute to the tolerance of petunia to Botrytis cinerea.  Molecular Plant Pathology 14: 453–469

Shah P, Gutierrez-Sanchez G, Cantu D, Powell, ALT, Orlando R, Bergmann C. 2012. A proteomic analysis of ripening tomato fruit infected by Botrytis cinerea. Journal Proteome Research, 11:2178-2192.

Blanco-Ulate B, Cantu D, Wang H, Bennett AB, Labavitch  JM, Powell ALT.  2011.  Modifications in Tomato Fruit Ripening alter Susceptibility to the Pathogenic Fungus Botrytis cinerea.  Acta Horticulturae 906:161-170.

Cantu D, Blanco-Ulate B, Yang L, Labavitch JM, Bennett AB, and Powell ALT. 2009. Ripening regulated susceptibility of tomato fruit to Botrytis cinerea requires NOR but not RIN or ethylene. Plant Physiol.150:1434-1449.

Cantu D, Vicente AR, Labavitch JM, Bennett AB, Powell ALT.  2008.  Strangers in the matrix: plant cell wall and pathogen susceptibility.  Trends in Plant Sciences.11:610-617.

Cantu D, Greve LC, Labavitch JM, Powell ALT.  2009.  Characterization of the cell wall of the ubiquitous plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea.  Mycological Research 113:1396-1403.

Cantu D, Vicente AR, Greve LC, Dewey FM, Bennett AB, Labavitch JM and Powell ALT. 2008. The intersection between cell wall disassembly, ripening and fruit susceptibility to B. cinerea. Proc. Natl. Aca. Sci. USA. 105: 859-864

Cantu D, Vicente AR, Greve LC, Labavitch JM, Powell ALT. 2007. Genetic determinants of textural modifications in fruits and role of cell wall polysaccharides and defense proteins in the protection against pathogens.  Fresh Produce 1:1-10.

Vicente, Ariel, Civello, Marcos, Martínez, GA, Powell, ALT, Labavitch, JML, Chaves Alicia. 2005. Control of postharvest spoilage in soft fruit. Stewart Postharvest Review Journal. 1: 1-11.  (http://www.stewartpostharvest.com/December_2005/Vicente.pdf).