MEMBER

Fabrício A. Rodrigues
Research Areas
Photosynthesis and Productivity of Tropical and Subtropical Plants
Plant Mineral Metabolism


Presentation

Prof. Fabrício Ávila Rodrigues in an Agronomist and received his Ph.D. in 2004 in Plant Pathology from the University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A.. Prof. Rodrigues is currently an Associate Professor of Plant Pathology at the Plant Pathology Department at Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Prof. Rodrigues is the author or co-author of more than 100 research articles and 10 book chapters, most of which deal with the control of plant diseases using the induced resistance, understanding the infection process of several root and foliar pathogens, how the pathogens affect the host physiology as well as the defense mechanisms activated by the host in response to pathogen infection. Prof. Rodrigues is currently a consulting member of some Scientific Agencies from the Brazilian Government and abroad.

 

Address

Laboratório da Interação Planta-Patógeno, Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil

Phone: +55 (31) 3612-4408/4409

Research interest

Physiological and biochemical responses of plants against pathogens infection, induced resistance and the mechanisms of host resistance to diseases

Current projects include
  • Metabolic and molecular alterations triggered by nutrients and silicon in several crops during the infection process of foliar and root pathogens
  • Induced resistance in plants against foliar and root pathogens
  • Mineral nutrition and plant diseases
  • Biochemical, molecular and physiological responses of crops infected by root and foliar pathogens
  • Mechanisms associated with photosynthetic limitations in plants infected by pathogens
PhD Students
Selected Publications
AUCIQUE-PÉREZ, CARLOS EDUARDO ; RIOS, VINICIUS SOUZA ; NETO, LARA BEATRIZ CRUZ ; RIOS, JONAS ALBERTO ; MARTINS, SAMUEL CORDEIRO VITOR ; RODRIGUES, FABRÍCIO ÁVILA
Photosynthetic changes in wheat cultivars with contrasting levels of resistance to blast
JOURNAL OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 2020.
EINHARDT, ANDERSOM MILECH ; FERREIRA, SANDRO ; OLIVEIRA, LILLIAN MATHIAS ; RIBEIRO, DIMAS MENDES ; RODRIGUES, FABRÍCIO ÁVILA
Glyphosate and nickel differently affect photosynthesis and ethylene in glyphosate-resistant soybean plants infected by Phakopsora pachyrhizi.
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM, 2020.
AUCIQUE-PÉREZ, CARLOS EDUARDO ; RESENDE, RENATA SOUSA ; MARTINS, AUXILIADORA OLIVEIRA ; Silveira, Patricia Ricardino ; CAVALCANTI, JOÃO HENRIQUE FROTA ; VIEIRA, NÍVEA MOREIRA ; FERNIE, ALISDAIR R. ; ARAÚJO, WAGNER LUIZ ; DaMatta, Fábio Murilo ; RODRIGUES, FABRÍCIO ÁVILA
How do wheat plants cope with Pyricularia oryzae infection? A physiological and metabolic approach
PLANTA, 2020.
EINHARDT, ANDERSOM M. ; FERREIRA, SANDRO ; SOUZA, GABRIEL M. F. ; MOCHKO, ANA C. R. ; RODRIGUES, FABRÍCIO A.
Cellular oxidative damage and impairment on the photosynthetic apparatus caused by Asian Soybean Rust on soybeans are alleviated by nickel
ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM, 2020.
PEREIRA, LUCAS FELISBERTO ; MARTINS, SAMUEL CORDEIRO VITOR ; AUCIQUE-PÉREZ, CARLOS EDUARDO ; SILVA, ERNESTO TICIANO ; ÁVILA, RODRIGO TEIXEIRA ; DaMatta, Fábio Murilo ; RODRIGUES, FABRÍCIO ÁVILA
Silicon alleviates mesophyll limitations of photosynthesis on rice leaves infected by Monographella albescens.
Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology, 2020.
EINHARDT, ANDERSOM MILECH ; FERREIRA, SANDRO ; HAWERROTH, CAROLINE ; VALADARES, SAMUEL VASCONCELOS ; RODRIGUES, FABRICIO ÁVILA
Nickel potentiates soybean resistance against infection by Phakopsora pachyrhizi
PLANT PATHOLOGY, 2020.
DIAS, CARLA SILVA ; RIOS, JONAS ALBERTO ; EINHARDT, ANDERSOM MILECH ; OLIVEIRA, LILLIAN MATIAS ; CHAVES, JOICY APARECIDA ALVES ; RODRIGUES, FABRÍCIO A
Glutamate potentiates rice resistance to blast.
Tropical Plant Pathology, 2020.
DIAS, CARLA S. ; RIOS, JONAS A. ; EINHARDT, ANDERSOM M. ; CHAVES, JOICY A. A. ; RODRIGUES, FABRÍCIO A.
Effect of glutamate on Pyricularia oryzae infection of rice monitored by changes in photosynthetic parameters and antioxidant metabolism
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM, 2020.
DIAS, CS; ARAÚJO, L; CHAVES, JAA; DAMATTA, FM; RODRIGUES, FA.
Water relation, leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll a fluorescence imaging of soybean leaves infected with Colletotrichum truncatum
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018.
Rios JA, Aucique-Perez CE, Debona D, Neto LDMC, Rios VS, Rodrigues FA
Changes in leaf gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence and antioxidant metabolism within wheat leaves infected by Bipolaris sorokiniana
Annals of Applied Biology, 2017.
DEBONA, D; RODRIGUES, FA; DATNOFF, LE.
Silicon´s role in abiotic and biotic plant stresses.
Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2017.
RODRIGUES, FA; RIOS, JA; DEBONA, D; AUCIQUE-PÉREZ, CE.
Pyricularia oryzae-wheat interaction: physiological changes and disease management using mineral nutrition and fungicides
Tropical Plant Pathology, 2017.
TATAGIBA, S.D. ; DAMATTA, F.M. ; RODRIGUES, F.A.
Magnesium decreases leaf scald symptoms on rice leaves and preserves their photosynthetic performance.
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (Paris), 2016.
BISPO, WILKA M. S. ; ARAUJO, LEONARDO ; CACIQUE, ISAÍAS S. ; DAMATTA, FÁBIO M. ; RODRIGUES, FABRÍCIO A.
Photosynthesis impairments precede noticeable changes in leaf water status of mango plants infected by Ceratocystis fimbriata.
European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2016.
TATAGIBA, SANDRO D. ; RODRIGUES, FABRÍCIO A.
Magnesium decreases the symptoms of leaf scald on rice leaves.
TROP PLANT PATHOL, 2016.
HONORATO JÚNIOR, J. ; ZAMBOLIM, L. ; AUCIQUE-PÉREZ, C.E. ; RESENDE, R.S. ; RODRIGUES, F.A. .
Photosynthetic and antioxidative alterations in coffee leaves caused by epoxiconazole and pyraclostrobin sprays and Hemileia vastatrix infection
Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 2015.
TATAGIBA, SD; DAMATTA, FM; RODRIGUES, FA.
Silicon partially preserves the photosynthetic performance of rice plants infected by Monographella albescens.
Annals of Applied Biology, 2016.
Bispo WMS, Araújo L, Bermudez-Cardona MB, Cacique IS, DaMatta FM, Rodrigues FA
Ceratocystis fimbriata -induced changes in the antioxidative system of mango cultivars
Plant Pathology, 2015.
DOMICIANO, GISELE ; CACIQUE, ISAIAS ; FREITAS, CECILIA ; FILIPPI, MARTA ; DAMATTA, FÁBIO MURILO ; VALE, FRANCISCO ; RODRIGUES, FABRÍCIO
Alterations in gas exchange and oxidative metabolism in rice leaves infected by Pyricularia oryzae are attenuated by silicon
Phytopathology, 2015.
AUCIQUE-PÉREZ, C.E.; RODRIGUES, F.A.; MOREIRA, W.R.; DAMATTA, F.M.
Leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll a fluorescence in wheat plants supplied with silicon and infected with Pyricularia oryzae.
Phytopathology, 2014.
DEBONA, D.; RODRIGUES, F.A.; RIOS, J.A.; MARTINS, S.C.V.; PEREIRA, L.F. DAMATTA, F.M.
Limitations to photosynthesis in leaves of wheat plants infected by Pyricularia oryzae.
Phytopathology, 2014.
POLANCO, L.R.; RODRIGUES, F.A.; MOREIRA, E.M.; DUARTE, H.S.S.; CACIQUE, I.S.; VALENTE, L.A.; VIEIRA, R.F.; PAULA JÚNIOR, T.J.; VALE, F.X.R.
Management of anthracnose in common bean by foliar sprays of potassium silicate, sodium molybdate, and fungicide.
Plant Disease, 2014.
POLANCO, L.R.; RODRIGUES, F.A.; NASCIMENTO, K,J.T.; CRUZ, M.F.A.; CURVELO, C.R.S.; DAMATTA, F.M.; VALE, F.X.R.
Photosynthetic gas exchange and antioxidative system in common bean plants infected by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum and supplied with silicon.
Tropical Plant Pathology, 2014.
RESENDE, R.S.; RODRIGUES, F.A.; GOMES, R.J.; NASCIMENTO, K.J.T.
Microscopic and biochemical aspects of sorghum resistance to anthracnose mediated by silicon.
Annals of Applied Biology, 2013.
DALLAGNOL, L.J.; RODRIGUES, F.A., CHAVES, A.R.M.; VALE, F.X.R.; DAMATTA, F.M.
Photosynthesis and sugar concentration are impaired by the defective active silicon uptake in rice plants infected with Bipolaris oryzae.
Plant Pathology, 2012.
Collaborators

Prof. Jian Feng Ma, Plant Stress Physiology Group, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Japan

http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jianfeng_He/

 

Prof. Lawrence E. Datnoff, Louisiana State University, Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Baton Rouge, U.S.A.

http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lawrence_Datnoff/