RESISBIOMA – INDUCING TOMATO RESISTANCE AGAINST INSECT PESTS BY SOIL MICROBIOME MANAGEMENT
(PID2021-128318OA-I00)
Funded by The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (2022-2025)
The overall aim of RESBIOMA is to gain knowledge on the role of the soil microbiome as a whole, instead of single species/strains, as an integral part of the plant immune responses against insect pests. By making use of a combination of plant-microbiome-insect-based mesocosms, integrative multi-omics high-throughput techniques, plant functional genomics, and metagenomics RESBIOMA addresses (1) the impact of steering soil microbiomes on tomato resistance to herbivory; (2) the molecular mechanisms driving microbiome-induced resistance to pests in tomato and (3) the relation of microbiome-induced resistance functions with certain microbial groups.
Research team
PI: Dra. Ainhoa Martínez Medina
Further researchers: Dra. Guadalupe Zitlalpopoca Hernández; Pablo M. Rodríguez Blanco; Dr. Iván Manuel Fernández López; Gloria González Holgado.
DISENTANGLING THE MECHANISMS DRIVING MICROBIOME-INDUCED PEST RESISTANCE
Funded by the Spanish National Research Council (2022-2025)
The main objective is to uncover novel key elements of the plant immune system involved in microbe-induced plant resistance (MIR) functioning in tomato; and to model tomato MIR to pests. We make use of a unique combination of integrative multi-omics high-throughput techniques, bioinformatics, functional genomics, and machine learning approaches.
Research team
PI: Dra. Ainhoa Martínez Medina
Further researchers: Dr. Pedro López Gómez; Dr. Iván Manuel Fernández López; Gloria González Holgado.
TOWARDS IDENTIFYING COMMON PATTERNS OF MICROBE-INDUCED PLANT RESISTANCE AGAINST INSECT PESTS
Funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (2022-2026)
The main objective is to synthesize and integrate available ‘omics data (at transcriptomic and metabolomic levels) among the collaboration partners to test the hypothesis that there are common plant mechanistic patterns of microbe-induced plant resistance (MIR) across multiple crops, microbes, and insect pests.
Research team
Coordinator: Dra. Sharon Zytynska (University of Liverpool)
PIs of the Spanish Team: Dra. Ainhoa Martínez Medina and Dra. Maria J. Pozo