Maria del Mar Jimenez-Gasco

 Dr. Jimenez Gasco's biggest achievement ever!!!

Department of Plant Pathology, and
Fusarium Research Center
Penn State University, University Park PA
e-mail: jimenez-gasco@psu.edu

Education:
Ph.D. Institute of Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, and
Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Agronomos y Montes
University of Cordoba,
Cordoba, Spain		 Dec. 20, 2001
B.Eng. Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Agronomos y Montes
University of Cordoba,
Cordoba, Spain		 May 16, 1997

Research:
  • Ph.D. Project:
    		•  "Caracterizacion Molecular de Razas Patogenicas de Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris y Analisis de su Diversidad Genetica"
  • Cornell University:
    		•  "Phylogenetic Analysis of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris"
  • B.Eng. senior project:
    		•  "Caracterization de Razas Patogenicas de Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris mediante RAPD-PCR"

    Publications:

    1. Landa BB, Navas-Cortes JA, Jimenez Gasco MM, Katan J, Retig B, and Jimenez-Diaz, RM
      Temperature response of chickpea cultivars to races
      of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris, causal agent of Fusarium wilt.
      Plant Disease 90: 365-374 (2006).

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    2. Jimenez-Gasco MM, Navas-Cortes JA, Jimenez-Diaz RM
      The Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris/Cicer arietinum pathosystem:
      a case study of the evolution of plant-pathogenic fungi into races and pathotypes
      International Microbiology 7: 95-104 (2004).

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    3. Geiser DM, Jimenez-Gasco MM, Kang S, Makalowska I, Veeraraghavan N,
      Ward TJ, Zhang N, Kuldau GA, O'Donnell K
      FUSARIUM-ID v.1.0: A DNA sequence database for identifying Fusarium
      European Journal of Plant Pathology 110: 473-479 (2004).

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    4. Jimenez-Gasco MM, Milgroom MG, Jimenez-Diaz RM
      Stepwise Evolution of Races in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris Inferred from
      Fingerprinting with Repetitive DNA Sequences
      PHYTOPATHOLOGY 94: 228-235 (2004).       (supplemental material, )

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    5. Jimenez-Gasco MM, Jimenez-Diaz RM
      Development of a specific PCR-based assay for the identification of Fusarium
      oxysporum       f.sp. ciceris and its pathogenic races 0, 1A, 5, and 6
      PHYTOPATHOLOGY 93: 200-209 (2003).

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    6. Jimenez-Gasco MM, Milgroom MG, Jimenez-Diaz RM
      Gene genealogies support Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris as a monophyletic group
      PLANT PATHOLOGY 51: 72-77 (2002).

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    7. Jimenez-Gasco MM, Perez-Artes E, Jimenez-Diaz RM
      Identification of pathogenic races 0, 1B/C, 5, and 6 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp ciceris
      with random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)
      EUR. J. PLANT PATHOL. 107: 237-248 (2001).

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    Patents:

    1. Jimenez-Gasco MM, Jimenez-Diaz RM
      Method for the Molecular identification of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris
      and its pathogenic races 0,5, and 6, by specific PCR
      Patent, P200102843 (Spain/Europe)

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    2. Jimenez-Gasco MM, Jimenez-Diaz RM
      Method for the Molecular analysis of genetic diversity in races of Fusarium
      oxysporum       f.sp. ciceris by rep-PCR
      Patent, P200102844 (Spain/Europe)

    Other Publications & Conference Proceedings:

    1. Jimenez-Gasco MM, Jimenez-Diaz RM
      Una Propuesta Evolutiva en Patotipos y Razas Patogenicas de Fusarium oxysporum
      f.sp. ciceris, el Agente de la Fusariosis Vascular del Garbanzo
      Proc. X, Congreso National de la Sociedad Espanola de Fitopatologia,
      Almeria, Spain, Oct 2002.
       
    2. Jimenez-Gasco MM, Milgroom MG, Jimenez-Diaz RM
      Gene Geneologies Support Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris as a Monophyletic Group
      Proceedings 11th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union,
      pg. 32-34, Evora, Portugal, September 2001.
       
    3. Jimenez-Gasco MM, Perez-Artez E., Rodriguez-Jurado D, Jimenez-Diaz RM
      Characterization of Pathotypes and Races of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris and
      non-pathogenic F. oxysporum infecting chickpea, by RAPD-PCR
      3rd European Conf. on Grain Legumes, pg. 96-97,
      Associated Europeanne des Proteagineux (Ed.) 1998.
       
    4. Jimenez-Gasco MM, Perez-Artez E., Jimenez-Diaz RM
      Characterizacion de Razas de Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris Mediante
      Amplificacion de Polimorfismos de DNA con Iniciadores Aleatorios
      Proc. VIII, Congreso National de la Sociedad Espanola de Fitopatologia,
      Cordoba, Spain, Oct 1996.
       

    Books:
       1. M.M. Jimenez-Gasco
    " Plagas y Enfermedades del Tomate", Ediciones Mundi-Prensa, Madrid, Spain 2001
    (translation of "Compendium of Tomato Diseases" by J.B. Jones, J.P. Jones, R.E. Stall,
    and T.A. Zitter, American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN)