Mission:
The overall goal of our research and extension programs is to Discover, Develop and Deliver sustainable, eco-friendly, economical and user-friendly plant disease management tools, which can be easily integrated in whole crop production systems. The warm and humid weather of Florida is very favorable for the development of plant diseases in ornamental, vegetable and fruit crops. In addition, increased international trade in plant commodities have led to the spread of pathogens in new niches including in Florida. In order to avoid the spread and establishment of pathogens, our primary mission is to conduct research on the early detection, molecular diagnosis and management of fungal diseases of ornamental and other crops. Our second mission is to disseminate scientifically sound information to clientele so that they can make informed decisions to minimize losses caused by plant diseases. In addition, we also conduct basic research in plant-microbe interaction using high throuhput molecular, genetic and cell biological approaches. In our research, we use a variety of traditional plant pathology, and high throughput molecular, genomics, proteomics and metabolomics approaches.
Publications:
Patel, J. S., Brennan, M. S., Khan, A. & Ali, G. S. Implementation of loop-mediated isothermal amplification methods in lateral flow devices for the detection of Rhizoctonia solani. Can J Plant Pathol 37, 118-129, doi:Doi 10.1080/07060661.2014.996610 (2015).
Ali, M., Kim, B., Belfield, K., Norman, D. J., Brennan, M. & Ali, G. S. Inhibition of Phytophthora parasitica and P. capsici by silver nanoparticles synthesized using aqueous extract of Artemisia absinthium. Phytopathology, doi:10.1094/PHYTO-01-15-0006-R (2015).
Kamoun, S., Furzer, O., Jones, J. D., Judelson, H. S., Ali, G. S., Dalio, R. J., Roy, S. G., Schena, L., Zambounis, A., Panabieres, F., Cahill, D., Ruocco, M., Figueiredo, A., Chen, X. R., Hulvey, J., Stam, R., Lamour, K., Gijzen, M., Tyler, B. M., Grunwald, N. J., Mukhtar, M. S., Tome, D. F., Tor, M., Van den Ackerveken, G., McDowell, J., Daayf, F., Fry, W. E., Lindqvist-Kreuze, H., Meijer, H. J., Petre, B., Ristaino, J., Yoshida, K., Birch, P. R. & Govers, F. The Top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology. Mol Plant Pathol, doi:10.1111/mpp.12190 (2014).
Ali, M., Abbasi, B. H. & Ali, G. S. Elicitation of antioxidant secondary metabolites with jasmonates and gibberellic acid in cell suspension cultures of Artemisia absinthium L. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult, 1-8, doi:10.1007/s11240-014-0666-2 (2014).
Celesnikp, H., Ali, G. S., Robison, F. M. & Reddy, A. S. Arabidopsis thaliana VOZ (Vascular plant One-Zinc finger) transcription factors are required for proper regulation of flowering time. Biology open 2, 424-431, doi:10.1242/bio.20133764 (2013).
Thomas, J., Palusa, S. G., Prasad, K. V., Ali, G. S., Surabhi, G. K., Ben-Hur, A., Abdel-Ghany, S. E. & Reddy, A. S. Identification of an intronic splicing regulatory element involved in auto-regulation of alternative splicing of SCL33 pre-mRNA. The Plant Journal 72, 935-946, doi:10.1111/tpj.12004 (2012).
Patelp, J. S., Norman, D. J., Brennan, M. S. & Ali, G. S. First Report of Elm Canker caused by Pestalotiopsis mangiferae in the United States. Plant Disease 97, 426, doi:10.1094/pdis-09-12-0865-pdn (2012).
Merritt, J. L., Dickstein, E., Johnson, R. S., Ward, M., Balaam, R. J., Harmon, C. L., Harmon, P. F., Ali, G. S., Palmateer, A. J., Schubert, T. & van Bruggen, A. H. C. Survey of ornamental nurseries in Florida participating in the U S -Canadian Greenhouse Certification Program. HortTechnology 22, 169-176 (2012).
Day, I. S., Golovkin, M., Palusa, S. G., Link, A., Ali, G. S., Thomas, J., Richardson, D. N. Reddy, A. S. Interactions of SR45, an SR-like protein, with spliceosomal proteins and an intronic sequence: insights into regulated splicing. The Plant Journal 71, 936-947, doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05042.x (2012).
(2010 and earlier)
Yang, T. Ali, G.S. et al. 2010. Calcium/calmodulin-regulated receptor-like kinase CRLK1 interacts with MEKK1 in plants. Plant Signal Behav 5, doi:12225 [pii]10.1074/jbc.M109.035659 (2010).
Liqun Du, Ali G.S., Kayla A. Simons, Jingguo Hou, Tianbao Yang, A.S.N. Reddy and B. W. Poovaiah. (2009) Ca2+/calmodulin Regulates Salicylic Acid-mediated Plant Immunity. Nature 26;457(7233):1154-8. Epub 2009 Jan 4.
Ali, G.S. and A.S.N. Reddy. (2008a) PAMP-Triggered Immunity: Early Events in the Activation of FLAGELLIN SENSITIVE2. Plant Signal Behav 3 (6): 423-426.
Ali, G.S., K.V.S.K. Prasad, Irene Day and A.S.N. Reddy. (2007a). Ligand-Dependent Reduction in the Membrane Mobility of FLAGELLIN SENSITIVE2, an Arabidopsis Receptor-Like Kinase. Plant Cell Physiol. 48:1601-11.
Ali, G.S., Reddy, V.S., Lindgren, P.B., Jakobek, J.L. and A.S.N. Reddy (2003a) Differential expression of genes encoding calmodulin-binding proteins in response to bacterial pathogens and inducers of defense responses. Plant Mol Biol 51:803-815.
Ali, G. S., G.E. Harman, and B. I. Reisch. (2003b) The Interaction of Trichoderma-Endochitinase, a Synthetic Peptide ESF12 and Resveratrol in Controlling Fungal Growth in vitro. Eur J Plant Pathol 109:639-644.
Reddy V.S., Ali G.S. and Reddy A.S. N. (2003c) Characterization of a pathogen-induced calmodulin-binding protein: mapping of four Ca2+-dependent calmodulin-binding domains. Plant Mol Biol 52:143-159.
Reddy V.S.*, Ali G.S.* (Co-first author) and Reddy A.S. (2002a) Genes encoding calmodulin-binding proteins in the Arabidopsis genome. J Biol Chem 277: 9840-9852.
Irene S. Day, V. S. Reddy, Ali, G.S. and A.S.N. Reddy (2002b) Analysis of EF-hand-containing proteins in Arabidopsis. Genome Biol 3 (10):1-24.
Ali, G.S. and A.S.N. Reddy. (2000) Inhibition of fungal and bacterial plant pathogens by synthetic peptides: In vitro growth inhibition, interaction between peptides and inhibition of disease progression. Mol Plant-Microbe Interac 13:874-879.
Kikkert, J.R. G.S. Ali, M.J. Striem, M.-H. Martens, P.G. Wallace, L. Molino, and B.I. Reisch. (1997) Genetic Engineering of Grapevine (Vitis sp.) for Enhancement of Disease Resistance. Acta Horticulturae 447:273-279.
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