GROSSI DE SA , Maria Fatima

Plant-parasitic nematodes, like root-knot and cyst nematodes, usurp and modulate the plant cell cycle machinery in their favour. Both, the plant mitotic cycle and the endocycle, are essential targets for a successful susceptible interaction between the host plant and these pathogens. Key cell cycle genes, as well as their inhibitor genes, are...

Synchronization of root cells through chemical treatment can generate a large number of cells blocked in specific cell cycle phases. In plants, this approach can be employed for cell suspension cultures and plant seedlings. To identify plant cells in the course of the cell cycle, especially during mitosis in meristematic tissues, chemical...

Root-knot nematodes (RKN) cause important production losses of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the world. Together with Meloidogyne graminicola Golden and Birchfield 1965, M. oryzae Maas, Sanders and Dede, 1978 and M. salasi Lopez, 1984 have been causing damages in irrigated rice fields in Central and South America. In addition, six other RKN species...