Victor Moura
Postdoctoral research associate
Research groups: Plant-parasitic interactions
Biography
I am Biologist (2012) graduated by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN, RN – Brazil), with MSc. (2015) and PhD (2019) degrees in Plant Pathology in the University of São Paulo (USP, SP – Brazil). Right after my PhD, I joined the Department of Entomology and Acarology in the same institution as Postdoctoral Researcher. I have been researching plant parasitic nematodes management since 2013, especially Meloidogyne incognita and Pratylenchus brachyurus and I am still fascinated about them. My expertise areas are Plant nematology; Biological control of pathogens; Plant Nematode interaction.
I was recently awarded a Marie Curie fellowship to join the Plant-Parasite/Pathogen Interactions Group. On this, I will research the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita, one of the most important plant parasitic nematodes worldwide. M. incognita has the widest host range of any obligate biotroph, being able to parasite more than 3,000 different flowering plant species with apparently highly specialized mechanisms (i.e., “Effectors”). Therefore, our research aims to unveil this “paradox” and understand whether and how M. incognita can select and adapt the effectors expression for different hosts. Bringing light for this could provide new insights about its parasitism and help in the development of novel sustainable management strategies.
Publications
Publication
The origin, deployment, and evolution of a plant-parasitic nematode effectorome
Date: 5 January 2024
Contributors: Beth Molloy, Dio S. Shin, Jonathan Long, Clement Pellegrin, Beatrice Senatori, Paulo Vieira, Peter Thorpe, Anika Damm, Mariam Ahmad, Kerry Vermeulen, Lida Derevnina, Siyuan Wei, Alexis Sperling, Estefany Reyes Estévez, Samuel Bruty, Victor Hugo Moura de Souza, Olaf Prosper Kranse, Tom Maier, Thomas Baum, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
Journal: Biorxiv
Publication
Indução de Resistência por Trichoderma.” In Uso de Trichoderma Na Agricultura
Date: 1 March 2022
Contributors: Pascholati, Sérgio Florentino;, V.H.M.; de Souza, and J.A.; Cardoso Filho.
Journal: In book: Trichoderma: uso na agricultura
Publication
Endophytic Fungi: Biological Control and Induced Resistance to Phytopathogens and Abiotic Stresses
Date: 9 March 2021
Contributors: Fontana, Daniele C., Samuel de Paula, Abel G. Torres, Victor H.M. de Souza, Sérgio F. Pascholati, Denise Schmidt, and Durval Dourado Neto
Journal: Pathogens 10, no. 5
Publication
Host Suitability of Grain Sorghum and Sudangrass for Pratylenchus Brachyurus
Date: 12 January 2019
Contributors: Souza, Victor Hugo Moura de, and Mário Massayuki Inomoto.
Journal: Arquivos do Instituto Biológico
Publication
First Report of Meloidogyne Javanica Infesting Noni ( Morinda Citrifolia ) in Brazil
Date: 30 March 2015
Contributors: Souza, V.H.M. de, M.F. Bonfim Junior, S.R. Antedomenico, and M.M. Inomoto.
Journal: New Disease Reports
