We are pleased to inform about the progress in the implementation of the project funded by the National Science Centre, Preludium 21 (2022/45/N/NZ9/01923), led by Dr. Weronika Babińska-Wensierska.
The research conducted within the presented project involves a detailed analysis of the soil microbiome in cultivated land, focusing on its impact on the development of diseases such as black leg and soft rot, caused by pectinolytic bacteria from the Dickeya spp. and Pectobacterium spp.
Head of the Preludium 21 project Dr. Weronika Babińska-Wensierska
The research results collected during the first year of the project were presented in oral and poster presentations at national and international conferences:
- Babińska-Wensierska W., Smorawiński K., Motyka-Pomagruk A., Śledź W., Łojkowoska E. “Biodiversity of bacterial plant pathogens from the Pectobacteriaceae family on Polish waterways” 12th International Congress of Plant Pathology, Lyon, France, 20-25.08.2023, poster presentation.
- Babińska-Wensierska W., Motyka-Pomagruk A., Fondi M., Mengoni A., Łojkowska E. “Does the microbiome of soil influence development of blackleg and soft rot diseases caused by Pectobacteriaceae?” Pectobacteriaceae satellite event, Lyon, France, 19-20.08.2023, oral presentation.
- Babińska-Wensierska W., Motyka-Pomagruk A., Fondi A., Mengoni A., Łojkowska E. „Czy microbiom gleby uprawnej wpływa na rozwój chorób czarnej nóżki i mokrej zgnilizny wywoływanych przez bakterie pektynolityczne z rodzaju Dickeya i Pectobacterium?” VII National Microbiological Symposium „Metagenomy różnych środowisk”, Lublin, Poland, 20-21.06.2023, oral presentation.
Importantly, the results obtained within the Preludium 21 project were part of Dr. Weronika Babińska-Wensierska’s doctoral dissertation entitled ” Characterisation of the Pectobacterium aquaticum isolated from Polish water in addition to studying the selected virulence and environmental factors important for development of potato blackleg and soft rot diseases”, supervisor: Prof. Ewa Łojkowska, auxiliary supervisor: Dr. Agata Motyka-Pomagruk.
We will keep you updated on further progress in the implementation of the Preludium 21 project.