Biology and control of plant diseases

Different research projects are being conducted with aims in the etiology, epidemiology and control of diseases of relevant subtropical (mango, avocado) and Mediterranean crops (olive, cucurbits, tomato, strawberry), as well as in the characterization of the biology, pathogenesis, virulence, host range and ecology of bacteria and fungi that cause them. These objectives are being addressed by different methodological approaches ranging from conventional methods in Plant Pathology, Microbiology and Genetics to genomic approaches.