Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Established as a Working Group in “Plant Physiopathology” in Rome in 2001, updated its name to “Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions” in 2009. In 2007, the Working Group contributed to the organization of the 13th IS-MPMI International Congress in Sorrento, which registered 1245 participants from 59 countries.

The aim of the group is to promote study and research on the physiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of the interactions between phytopathogenic microorganisms, or abiotic stress factors, and plants.

The research activities of the group are interdisciplinary and mainly concern:

alteration of physiological processes in diseased plants;
the genetic and molecular bases of pathogenesis and resistance;
metabolites produced by phytopathogenic microorganisms and metabolic responses of plants;
the mechanisms by which environmental and/or biotic factors can affect plant-phytopathogenic microorganism interactions.

The Working Group is currently composed of two Coordinators, Prof. Annalisa Polverari ([email protected]) and Dr. Ivan Baccelli ([email protected]), an of the Professors Massimo Reverberi, Elodie Vandelle, Franco Faoro, Felice Scala e Aniello Scala.

The main activity of the Working Group is the organization of the "School in Physiological Plant Pathology", which has reached its 8^th edition:

May 2002 - Lucca (LU)
June 2004 - Lucca (LU)
June 2006 - Lucca (LU)
June 2010 - Lamezia Terme (CZ)
June 2013 - Pieve Tesino (TN)
December 2022 - Lucca (LU)
June 2024 - Lucca (LU)
June 2026 - Lucca (LU)