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Leonardo De La Fuente

Role: Institutional Leader and Task Leader

AU - Auburn University - United States

Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA. Expertise in plant pathology, specifically in beneficial and vascular pathogenic bacteria interactions with plants.  

Role in BeXyl Project: Active participation in: 1) Understanding abiotic drivers of Xf epidemics; 2) Host range and pathogenicity of Xf strains; 3) Population biology and genomics of Xf strains; 4) Development of a global model for Xf detection and monitoring using remote sensing; and 5) Deepening into molecular plant responses to Xf infection.  

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0027-4840

Mail: lzd0005@auburn.edu

Alberto Fereres

Alberto Fereres

Role: Institutional Leader and Task Leader

Full Professor at the Spanish Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas) at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (ICA-CSIC). More than 35 years of experience in the field of insect feeding behaviour, insect ecology, virus-vector-plant...