Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

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Research group

Spanish

FITOBIOL (Phytopathology and Biotechnology of Fungi)

Academic Unit: Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

Colombian Ministry of Science

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Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Natural sciences

Subarea

Other natural sciences

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Strategic Focus

The Fungal Phytopathology and Biotechnology Group (FITOBIOL) will develop research and outreach projects, as well as the provision of services to the external community, in areas related to plant health, as well as the use of biocontrollers for pests management and diseases of interest, incorporating new biotechnological tools for the development of such projects. It is expected to carry out both basic and applied research and, in that sense, the aim is to link some of the results of such projects with companies that allow their use in the field for the solution of the agricultural problem. The development of research and the provision of services to the community, will be carried out by teachers, undergraduate and graduate students of Universidad de Antioquia, as well as other national and international external people, after signing framework agreements for academic cooperation and confidentiality.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Biocontrol of entomopathogenic and antagonistic fungi
Phytopathology
Agricultural nematology
Biocontrol applicated omics

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

PhD. Nadya Lorena Cardona

Master’s degree in Phytopathology from Universidad de Caldas

PhD from Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Coordinator's Email

nadya.cardona@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

RIZOBACTER (Argentina)
CEPAVE (Argentina)
CIB (Colombia)
Universidad Nacional (Colombia)
Universidad Libre de Pereira

EAFIT
Universidad de Caldas
ASCOLFI (Colombia)
ASOCOLFLORES (Colombia)
Flores El capiro

Highlighted Projects

BIOPROSPECTING OF OOMYCOTA AND FUNGI AS BIOCONTROLLERS OF Aedes aegypti IN THREE ENDEMIC ZONES AND EVALUATION OF PROTOCOLS FOR THEIR MASS PRODUCTION IN LIQUID FERMENTATION BY MEANS OF STIRRED TANK (MINCIENCIAS).
JOINT UDEA-RIZOBACTER PRODUCTION OF A BIONEMATICITY (Purpureocillium sp.CEPAS UdeA0106 y 0109) UNDER BIORREACTOR CONDITIONS, in vitro AND FIELD EVALUATION FOR THE CONTROL OF NEMATODES IN SOYBEANS.
EVALUATION OF THE ACTION OF THE BIOFORMULATE OF Purpureocillium sp. (UDEA0106) ON POPULATIONS OF PHYTOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES IN A CHRYSANTHEMUM CULTURE.
ISOLATION, PURIFICATION AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF EXTRACELLULAR METABOLITES WITH PATHOGENIC CAPACITY ON Meloidogyne spp. OF THE FUNGUS Purpureocillium sp. (UDEA0106).

Key Research Findings

In vitro evaluation of the nematicide activity of the liquid fermentation of Purpureocillium sp. UdeA 0106 strain on pineapple and flower soils, Agrociencia ISSN: 1510-0839, 2020 vol:24 fasc: N/A págs: 1 - 8, DOI:10.31285/AGRO.24.382
Biological control of symphylid pests in a commercial chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora) crop using the fungus Purpureocillium lilacinum, strain UdeA0106, Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin ISSN: 0304-2847, 2020 vol:73 fasc: 1 págs: 9057 - 9064, DOI:10.15446/rfnam.v73n1.76027
Complete Mitogenome of the biocontroller fungus Purpureocillium sp. (Ascomycota, Ophiocordicypitaceae, Hypocreales), Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources ISSN: 2380-2359, 2018 vol:3 fasc: 2 págs: 1158 - 1160, DOI:10.1080/23802359.2018.1522982
Production of Akanthomyces lecanii by submerged fermentation to control Tetranychus urticae (Acari:Tetranychidae) in Gerbera jamesonii crops" . En:
Biocontrol Science and Technology ISSN: 0958-3157 ed: Carfax Publishing Ltd. v.31 fasc.N/A p.1 - 12 ,2021, DOI: 10.1080/09583157.2021.1953442