AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of
Faculty of Crop Science
Faculty of Crop Science
Assistant Professor of Phytopathology, working on a) plant-microbiome-pathogen interactions, b) mechanisms of induced systemic resistance in plants, c) interaction between iron deficiency and pathogens, and d) plant defense mechanisms activated in response to phytopathogens and beneficial microbes.
His research expertise is "Phytopathology / Plant-Pathogen-Microbiome Interactions".
He has performed his PhD studies and later worked as postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University in the Netherlands (2012 - 2023). He has obtained his BSc (2003 - 2008) and MSc (2010 - 2012) degrees in Agricultural University of Athens. He completed his military service in Supply and Transportation Corps of Hellenic Army (2009 - 2010).
His office is located in the Laboratory of Phytopathology, at the 1st floor of the Central Building of Agricultural University of Athens.
Research Team Members
Dafni obtained a Bachelor in Biology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2014 - 2020). During 2020 - 2022, she studied at the “Molecular and Applied Plant Biology - Green Biotechnology” Masters program at the University of Crete. After her MSc studies, she did a 6-month Erasmus+ internship, at the Plant – Microbe Interactions Laboratory at Utrecht University (Netherlands). In addition, she gained work experience as a research fellow at the Horticultural Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory at CIHEAM-Mediterranean Agricultural Institute of Chania.
In her PhD, she is studying how plant defense responses and the microbiome can contribute to the resistance of wild and cultivated tomato plants against the phytopathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae.
Email dafniparask@aua.gr
Twitter https://twitter.com/DafPara?t=XsTlqK3JsI_5C_bF1vuLLA&s=09
LinkedIn https://gr.linkedin.com/in/dafni-paraskevopoulou-a87ab8180
Zhou, J., Stringlis, I.A., Wen, J., Liu, Y., Xu, S., and Wang, R.Interplay between Amaryllidaceae alkaloids, the bacteriome and phytopathogens in Lycoris radiata (2023) New Phytologist, in press.
Verbon, E.H., Liberman, L.M., Zhou, J., Yin, J., Pieterse, C.M.J., Benfey, P.N., Stringlis, I.A. and de Jonge, R. (2023) Cell type-specific transcriptomics reveals that root hairs and endodermal barriers play important roles in beneficial plant-rhizobacterium-interactions. Molecular Plant, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.06.001.
https://www.cell.com/molecular-plant/fulltext/S1674-2052(23)00167-3#articleInformation
Pieterse, C.M.J. and Stringlis, I.A (2023) Chemical symphony of coumarins and phenazines in rhizosphere iron solubilization, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA,120, e2304171120.
Hsu, S.-H., Stassen, M.J.J., Pieterse, C.M.J. and Stringlis, I.A. (2023) Techniques to Study Common Root Responses to Beneficial Microbes and Iron Deficiency, p. 47-62. In: Plant Iron Homeostasis: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 2665, Jeeyon Jeong (ed.), Springer Nature, New York, USA.
Stassen, M.J.J. and Stringlis, I.A (2023) Decoupling sugar and spice in soybean rhizosphere depends on BGLU activity, Plant and Cell Physiology, 64: 451-453.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36947406/#full-view-affiliation-2
M Giovannetti, M., A Salvioli di Fossalunga, A., Stringlis, I.A, Proietti, S. and V Fiorilli, V. (2023) Unearthing soil-plant-microbiota crosstalk: Looking back to move forward, Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 1082752
Yu, K., Liu, H., Zhong, W. and Stringlis, I.A (2022) Microbiome-assisted Agriculture: Current Knowledge and Future Directions, p. 217-253. In: Biocontrol of Plant Disease: Recent Advances and Prospects in Plant Protection, C. Prigent-Combaret and B. Dumas eds, ISTE Ltd, John Wiley & Sons, London, UK.
Stringlis, I.A, Teixeira, P.J.P.L., Berendsen, R.L., Pieterse, C.M.J. and Zamioudis C. (2021) Editorial: Beneficial Microbiota Interacting with the Plant Immune System, Frontiers in Plant Science (section Plant-Pathogen Interactions) 12: 698902.
Stringlis, I.A. and Pieterse, C.M.J. (2021) Evolutionary “Hide-and-Seek” between bacterial flagellin and the plant immune system, Cell Host & Microbe, 29, pp. 548-550.
Yu, K., Stringlis, I.A., Van Bentum, S., de Jonge, R., Snoek, B.L., Pieterse, C.M.J., Bakker, P.A.H.M., and Berendsen R.L. (2021) Transcriptome signatures in Pseudomonas simiae WCS417 shed light on role of root-secreted coumarins in Arabidopsis-mutualist communication, Microorganisms, 9, 575.
Pieterse, C.M.J., Berendsen, R.L., de Jonge, R., Stringlis, I.A., Van Dijken, A.J.H., Van Pelt, J.A., Van Wees, S.C.M., Yu, K., Zamioudis, C. and Bakker, P.H.M. (2021) Pseudomonas simiae WCS417: star track of a model beneficial rhizobacterium. Plant and Soil, 461, pp 245-263.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11104-020-04786-9
Stassen, M.J.J., Hsu, S.H., Pieterse, C.M.J. and Stringlis, I.A. (2021) Coumarin communication along the microbiome–root–shoot axis. Trends in Plant Science, 60, pp 1405-1419.
Bakker, P.A.H.M., Berendsen, R.L., Van Pelt, J.A, Vismans, G., Yu, K., Li, E., Van Bentum, S., Poppeliers, S.W.M, Sanchez Gil, J.J., Zhang, H., Goossens, P., Stringlis, I.A., Song, Y., de Jonge, R. and Pieterse, C.M.J. (2020) The Soil-Borne Identity: Looking Back to the Future. Molecular Plant, 13, pp 1394-1401.
Pascale, A., Proietti, S., Pantelides, I.S. and Stringlis, I.A. (2020) Modulation of the root microbiome by plant molecules: The basis for targeted disease suppression and plant growth promotion. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 1741.
Yu, K., Liu, Y., Tichelaar, R., Savant, N., Lagendijk, E., Van Kuijk, S., Stringlis, I.A., Van Dijken, A., Pieterse, C.M.J., Bakker, P.A.H.M., Haney, C. and Berendsen R.L. (2019) Rhizosphere-associated Pseudomonas suppress local root immune responses by gluconic acid-mediated lowering of environmental pH. Current Biology, 29, pp 3913-3920.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219311753
Tsolakidou, M.-D., Stringlis, I.A., Fanega-Sleziak, N., Papageorgiou, S., Tsalakou, A. and Pantelides, I.S. (2019) Rhizosphere-enriched microbes as a pool to design synthetic communities for reproducible beneficial outputs. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95, fiz138.
Stringlis, I.A., Zamioudis, C., Berendsen, R.L., Bakker, P.A.H.M. and Pieterse C.M.J. (2019). Type III secretion system of beneficial rhizobacteria Pseudomonas simiae WCS417 and Pseudomonas defensor WCS374. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 1631.
Stringlis, I.A., de Jonge, R., and Pieterse, C.M.J. (2019). The age of coumarins in plant–microbe interactions. Plant and Cell Physiology, 60, pp 1405-1419.
Fernández, I., Cosme, M., Stringlis, I.A., Yu, K., de Jonge, R., Van Wees, S.C.M., Pozo, M.J., Pieterse, C.M.J. and Van der Heijden, M.G.A. (2019). Molecular dialogue between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the nonhost plant Arabidopsis thaliana switches from initial detection to antagonism. New Phytologist, 223, pp 867-881.
Stringlis, I.A., Zhang, H., Pieterse, C.M.J., Bolton, M.D. and de Jonge, R. (2018). Microbial small molecules – weapons of plant subversion. Natural Product Reports, 35, pp 410-433.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/np/c7np00062f
Stringlis, I.A., Yu, K., Feussner, K., De Jonge, R., Van Bentum, S., Van Verk, M.C., Berendsen, R.L., Bakker, P.A.H.M., Feussner, I. and Pieterse, C.M.J. (2018). MYB72-dependent coumarin exudation shapes root microbiome assembly to promote plant health. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA,115, pp E5213-E5222.
Stringlis, I.A., Proietti, S., Hickman, R., Van Verk, M.C., Zamioudis, C. and Pieterse, C.M.J. (2018). Root transcriptional dynamics induced by beneficial rhizobacteria and microbial immune elicitors reveal signatures of adaptation to mutualists. The Plant Journal, 93, pp 166-180.
Antoniou, A., Tsolakidou, M.-D., Stringlis, I.A. and Pantelides, I.S. (2017). Rhizosphere microbiome recruited from a suppressive compost improves plant fitness and increases protection against vascular wilt pathogens of tomato. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 2022.
Verbon, E.H., Trapet, P.L., Stringlis, I.A., Kruijs, S., Bakker, P.A.H.M. and Pieterse, C.M.J. (2017). Iron and immunity. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 55, pp 355-375.
Schoina, C., Stringlis, I.A., Pantelides, I.S., Tjamos, S.E., Paplomatas, E.J (2011). Evaluation of application methods and biocontrol efficacy of Paenibacillus alvei strain K-165, against the cotton black root rot pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola. Biological Control, 58, pp 68-73.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964411000867
Gizi, D., Stringlis, I.A., Tjamos, S.E., Paplomatas, E.J. (2011). Seedling vaccination by stem injecting a conidial suspension of F2, a non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum strain, suppresses Verticillium wilt of eggplant. Biological Control, 58, pp 387-392.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964411001617
Pantelides, I.S., Tjamos, S.E., Striglis, I.A., Chatzipavlidis, I., Paplomatas, E.J. (2009). Mode of action of a non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum strain against Verticillium dahliae using Real Time QPCR analysis and biomarker transformation. Biological Control, 50, pp 30-36.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964409000322
