Dr.  Montesinos Seguí, Emilio

MONTESINOS, E.; VILARDELL, P. 1991. Relationships among population levels of Pseudomonas syringae, amount of ice nuclei, and incidence of blast of dormant flower buds in commercial pear orchards in Catalunya, Spain. Phytopathology  81:113-119.

MONTESINOS, E.; VILARDELL, P. 1992. Evaluation of FAST as a forecasting system for scheduling fungicide sprays for control of Stemphylium vesicarium  on pear. Plant Disease. 76: 1221-1226.

MONTESINOS, E.; MORAGREGA, C.; LLORENTE, I.; VILARDELL, P.1995. Susceptibility of selected european pear cultivars to infection by Stemphylium vesicarium  and influence of leaf and fruit age. Plant Disease 79:471-473. 

MONTESINOS, E.; MORAGREGA, C.; LLORENTE, I.; VILARDELL, P.; BONATERRA, A.; PONTI, I.;  BUGIANI, R.; CAVANNI, P.; BRUNELLI, A. 1995. Development and evaluation of an infection model for Stemphylium vesicarium on pear based on temperature and wetness duration. Phytopathology 85:586-592 

MONTESINOS, E.; BONATERRA, A. 1996. Dose-response models in biological control of plant pathogens. An empirical verification. Phytopathology  86:464-472.

MONTESINOS, E.; BONATERRA, A.; OPHIR, Y.; BEER, S. 1996. Antagonism of selected bacterial strains to Stemphylium vesicarium and biological control of brown spot of pear under controlled environment conditions. Phytopathology 86:856-863. 

MORAGREGA, C.; MANCEAU, C.; MONTESINOS, E. 1998. Evaluation of drench treatments with phosphonate derivatives against Pseudomonas syringae pv.  syringae on pear under controlled environment conditions. European Journal of Plant Pathology 104: 171-180

LLORENTE, I.; VILARDELL, P.; BUGIANI, R.; GHERARDI, I.; MONTESINOS, E. 2000. Evaluation of BSPcast disease warning system in reduced fungicide use programs for management of brown spot of pear. Plant Disease (84) 6: 631-637.

MONTESINOS, E.; 2000. Pathogenic plant-miccrobe interactions. What we know and how we benefit. International Microbiology 3:69-70.

MONTESINOS, E.; VILARDELL, P.  2001. Effect of bactericides, phosphonates and nutrient amendments on blast of dormant flower buds of pear: a field evaluation for disease control. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 107 (8):787-794.

LLORENTE, I.; MONTESINOS, E. 2002. Effect of relative humidity and interrupted wetness periods on brown spot severity of pear caused by Stemphylium vesicarium. Phytopathology. 92 (1): 99-104.

NINOT, A.; ALETÀ, N.; MORAGREGA, C.; MONTESINOS, E. 2002. Evaluation of a reduced copper spraying program to control bacterial blight of walnut. Plant Disease. 86:583-587.

MONTESINOS, E.; BONATERRA, A.; BADOSA, E.; FRANCÉS, J.,; ALEMANY, J.; LLORENTE, I.; MORAGREGA, C. 2002. Plant-microbe interactions and the new biotechnological methods of plant disease control. International Microbiology. 5: 169-175.

BONATERRA, A.; MARI, M.; CASALINI, L.; MONTESINOS, E. 2003. Biological control of Monilinia laxa and Rhizopus stolonifer in postharvest of stone fruit by Pantoea agglomerans EPS125 and putative mechanisms of antagonism. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 84:93-104.

MORAGREGA, C.; LLORENTE, I.; MANCEAU, C.; MONTESINOS, E. 2003. Susceptibility of European pear cultivars to Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae using immature fruit and detached leaf assays. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 109: 319-326.

BONATERRA, A.; RUZ, L.; BADOSA, E.; PINOCHET, J.; MONTESINOS, E. 2003. Growth promotion of Prunus rootstocks by root treatment with specific bacterial strains. Plant and Soil. 255: 26-30.

MONTESINOS,E. 2003. Development, registration and commercialization of microbial pesticides for plant protection. International Microbiology. 6:245-252.

MONTESINOS,E. 2003. Plant-associated microorganisms: a view from the scope of microbiology. International Microbiology. 6:221-223

LLORENTE, E., MONTESINOS, E. 2004. Development and field evaluation of a model to estimate the maturity of pseudothecia of Pleospora allii on pear. Plant Disease. 88:215-219.

BADOSA, E., MORENO, C., MONTESINOS, E. 2004. Lack of detection of transfer of ampicillin resistance genes from Bt176 transgenic corn to culturable bacteria under field conditions. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 48:169-178.

PUJOL, M.; BADOSA, E.; CABREFIGA, J.; MONTESINOS, E. 2005. Development of a strain-specific quantitative method for monitoring Pseudomonas fluorescens EPS62e, a novel biocontrol agent of fire blight. . FEMS Microbiology Letters. 249:343-35. 

BONATERRA, A.; CAMPS, J.; MONTESINOS, E. 2005. Osmotically induced trehalose and glycine betaine accumulation improves tolerance to desiccation, survival and efficacy of the postharvest biocontrol agent Pantoea agglomerans EPS125. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 250:7-15.

CABREFIGA, J.; MONTESINOS, E. 2005.  Analysis of aggressiveness of Erwinia amylovora using disease-dose and time relationships.  Phytopathology.  95: 1430-1437.

FRANCÉS,J., BONATERRA, A., MORENO, M.C., CABREFIGA, J., BADOSA, E., MONTESINOS, E. 2006. Pathogen aggressiveness and postharvest biocontrol efficiency in Pantoea agglomerans. Postharvest Biology and Technology 39:299-307. 

PUJOL,M., BADOSA, E., MANCEAU,C., MONTESINOS,E. 2006. Assessment of the environmental fate of the biological control agent of fire blight Pseudomonas fluorescens EPS62e on apple by culturable and real-time PCR methods. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:2421-2427.

FERRE,R., BADOSA, E., FELIU,L., PLANAS,M., MONTESINOS,E., BARDAJÍ,E. 2006. Inhibition of plant pathogenic bacteria by short synthetic cecropin A-melittin hybrid peptides. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:3302-3308. 

LLORENTE, I., VILARDELL, A., MONTESINOS,E. 2006. Infection potential of Pleospora allii and evaluation of methods for reduction of the overwintering of brown spot of pear. Plant Disease 90:1470-1473. 

LLOP,P., DONAT,V., RODRÍGUEZ,M., CABREFIGA,J., RUZ,L., PALOMO,J.L., MONTESINOS,E., LÓPEZ,M.M. 2006. An indigenous virulent strain of Erwinia amylovora lacking the ubiquitous plasmid pEA29. Phytopathology 96:900-907.

MONROC,S., BADOSA,E., FELIU,L., PLANAS,M., MONTESINOS,E., BARDAJÍ,E. 2006. De novo designed cyclic cationic peptides as inhibitors of plant pathogenic bacteria. Peptides 27: 2567-2574..

MONROC,S., BADOSA,E., BESALÚ,E., PLANAS,M., BARDAJÍ,E., MONTESINOS,E., FELIU,L. 2006. Improvement of cyclic decapeptides against plant pathogenic bacteria using a combinatorial chemistry approach. Peptides  27:2575-2584.

LLORENTE, I., MONTESINOS,E. 2006. Brown spot of pear. An emerging disease of economic importance in Europe. Plant Disease  90: 1368-1375. 

Pujol, M.; Badosa, E.;  Montesinos, E.  2007. Epiphytic fitness of a biological control agent of fire blight in apple and pear orchards under Mediterranean weather conditions. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 59:186-193. 

Montesinos, E.  2007. Antimicrobial peptides and plant disease control. FEMS Microbiology Letters 270: 1-11.

BONATERRA A, CABREFIGA J, CAMPS J, MONTESINOS E. 2007. Increasing survival and efficacy of a bacterial biocontrol agent of fire blight of rosaceous plants by means of osmoadaptation. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 61:185-195.

CABREFIGA, J. MONTESINOS E. 2007. Mechanisms of antagonism of Pseudomonas fluorescens EPS62e against Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight. International  Microbiology 10:123-132.

BADOSA E, FERRE R, PLANAS M, FELIU L, BESALÚ E, CABREFIGA J, BARDAJÍ E, MONTESINOS E. 2007. A library of linear undecapeptides with bactericidal activity against phytopathogenic bacteria. Peptides. 28:2276-2285. 

RODRÍGUEZ-ROMERO A.S., BADOSA E, MONTESINOS E, JAIZME-VEGA MC. 2008. Growth promotion and biological control of root-knot nematodes in micropropagated banana during the nursery stage by treatment with specific bacterial strains. Annals of Applied Biology. 152: 41-48.

MONTESINOS, E., BARDAJÍ E. 2008. Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptides as Agricultural Pesticides for Plant Disease Control. Chemistry and Biodiversity 5:1225-1237.

RUZ, L., MORAGREGA, C., MONTESINOS, E. 2008. Evaluation of four whole-plant inoculation methods to analyze the pathogenicity of Erwinia amylovora under quarantine conditions. International Microbiology  11:111-119.

TRIAS, R., BAÑERAS,L., MONTESINOS, E., BADOSA, E. 2008. Lactic acid bacteria from fresh fruit and vegetables as biocontrol agents of phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi. International Microbiology 11:231-236. 

MARTÍNEZ A., ORTIZ-BARREDO A., MONTESINOS E., MURILLO J. 2009. Evaluation of a cider apple germplasm collection of local cultivars from Spain for resistance to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) using a combination of inoculation assays on leaves and shoots. HortScience 44:1223-1227. 

BADOSA E, FERRÉ R, FRANCÉS J, BARDAJÍ E, FELIU L, PLANAS M, MONTESINOS E. 2009. Sporicidal activity of synthetic antifungal undecapeptides and control of Penicillium-rot of apples. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75:5563-5569.

REZZONICO F, SMITHS THM, MONTESINOS E, FREY JE, DUFFY B. 2009. Genotypic comparison of Pantoea agglomerans-plant and clinical strains. BMC Microbiology 9: 204- 209.

Llorente, I., A. Vilardell,  P. Vilardell, E. Pattori,  R. Bugiani, V. Rossi y E.  Montesinos. 2010. Control of brown spot of pear by reducing the overwintering inoculum through sanitation. European Journal of Plant Pathology 128. 127-141..

Güell, I., Cabrefiga, J., Badosa, E., Ferre, R., Talleda, M., Bardají, E., Planas, M., Feliu, L.,  Montesinos, E. 2011. Improvement of the efficacy of linear undecapeptides against plant pathogenic bacteria by incorporating D-amino acids. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77: 2667-2675.

Cabrefiga, J., Francés, J., Montesinos, E., Bonaterra, A.. 2011. Improvement of fitness and efficacy of a fire blight biocontrol agent via nutritional enhancement combined with osmoadaptation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77: 3174-3181. 

LLORENTE,I., VILARDELL, P., MONTESINOS, E. 2011.Evaluation of a revision of the BSPcast decision support system for control of Brown spot of pear. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 50:139-149.

Agustí, L., Bonaterra, A., Moragrega, C.,  Camps, J., Montesinos, E. 2011. Biocontrol of root rot of strawberry caused by Phytophthora cactorum with a combination of two Pseudomonas fluorescens strains. Journal of Plant Pathology 93:363-370.

MORAGREGA, C., MATIAS, J., ALETÀ, N., MONTESINOS, E., ROVIRA, M. 2011. Apical necrosis and premature drop of Persian (English) walnut fruit caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis. Plant Disease 95:1565-1570.

Llop P, Cabrefiga J, Smits THM, Dreo T, Barbé S, Pulawska J, Bultreys A, Blom J, Duffy B, Montesinos E, López MM. 2011. Erwinia amylovora Novel Plasmid pEI70: Complete Sequence, Biogeography, and Role in Aggressiveness in the Fire Blight Phytopathogen. PLoS ONE 6(12): e28651. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028651.

Güell I, Micaló L, Cano L, Badosa E, Ferre R, Montesinos E, Bardají E, Feliu L, Planas  M. 2011. Peptidotriazoles with antimicrobial activity against bacterial and fungal plant pathogens. Peptides. 33: 9-17. 

MORA, I., CABREFIGA, J., MONTESINOS, E. 2011. Antimicrobial peptide genes in Bacillus strains from plant environments. International Microbiology. 14:213-223.

BONATERRA, a., BADOSA, E., CABREFIGA,J., FRANCÉS, J., MONTESINOS, E. 2012. Prospects and limitations of microbial biopesticides for control of bacterial and fungal pomefruit tree diseases. Trees 26: 215-226.

LLORENTE, I., MORAGREGA, C., RUZ, L., MONTESINOS, E. 2012. An update on control of brown spot of pear. Trees 26:239-245. 

MARTÍNEZ-BILBAO, A., ORTIZ-BARREDO, A., MONTESINOS, E., MURILLO, J. 2012. Venturia inaequalis resistance in local Spanish cider apple germplasm under controlled and field conditions. Euphytica. (DOI 10.1007/s10681-012-0723-z). 

NADAL A., MONTERO M., COMPANY N., BADOSA E., MESSEGUER M., MONTESINOS L., MONTESINOS M. and PLA M. 2012. Constitutive expression of transgenes encoding derivatives of the synthetic antimicrobial peptide BP100: impact on rice host plant fitness. BMC Plant Biology 12:159. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/12/1/159.

BARBÉ, s., llop, p., blomb, j., cabrefiga, j., goesmann, a., duffy, b., montesinos, e., smits, t., m. lópez.  2012. Complete sequence of Erwinia piriflorinigrans plasmids pEPIR37 and pEPIR5 and role of pEPIR37 in pathogen virulence. Plant Pathology. 62:786– 798.

COMPANY, N., NADAL, A, La Paz, J.L., martínez, s., rasche, s., schillberg s. MONTESINOS,E., PLA, M. 2013. The production of recombinant cationic alfa-helical antimicrobial peptides in plant cells induces the formation of protein bodies derived from the endoplasmic reticulum. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 12: 81-92. 

ROSELLÓ, G., . A. Bonaterra & J. Francés & L. Montesinos & E. Badosa,  E. Montesinos. 2013. Biological control of fire blight of apple and pear with antagonistic Lactobacillus plantarum. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 137:621–633. 

BADOSA, E., MOISET, G., MONTESINOS, L., TALLEDA, M., BARDAJÍ, E., FELIU, L., PLANAS, M., MONTESINOS, E. 2013. Derivatives of the antimicrobial peptide BP100 for expression in plant systems. PloS ONE. 8(12):e85515.

Puig, M., Moragrega, C., Ruz, L., Montesinos,E., Llorente, I. 2014. Post-infection activity of synthetic antimicrobial peptides against Stemphylium vesicarium in pear. Phytopathology 104:1192-1200.

Bundó M., Montesinos L., Izquierdo E., Campo S., Mieulet D., Guiderdoni E., Rossignol M., Badosa E., Montesinos E., San Segundo B., Coca M. 2014. Production of cecropin A antimicrobial peptide in rice seed endosperm. BMC Plant Biology 14:102; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/14/102.

Cabrefiga, J., Francés, J, Montesinos,E., Bonaterra, A. 2014. Improvement of a dry formulation of Pseudomonas fluorescens EPS62e for fire blight disease biocontrol by combination of culture osmoadaptation with a freeze-drying lyoprotectant. J. Applied Microbiology. 06/2014; DOI: 10.1111/jam.12582

BONATERRA,A., BADOSA, E., REZZONICO, F., DUFFY, B., MONTESINOS, E. 2014. Phenotypic comparison of clinical and plant-beneficial strains of Pantoea agglomerans. International Microbiology 17(2): 81-90.

MORA, I., CABREFIGA, J., MONTESINOS, E. 2015. Cyclic lipopeptide biosynthetic genes and products, and inhibitory activity of plant- associated Bacillus against phytopathogenic bacteria. PLOSone 10(5): e0127738. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127738.

Mireia Puig, Concepció Moragrega, Lídia Ruz, Claudia E. Calderón, Francisco M. Cazorla, Emilio Montesinos, Isidre Llorente. 2015. Interaction of antifungal peptide BP15 with Stemphylium vesicarium, the causal agent of brown spot of pear. Fungal Biology 11/2015; 120(1). DOI:10.1016/j.funbio.2015.10.007

Mireia Puig, Concepció Moragrega, Lídia Ruz, Emilio Montesinos, Isidre Llorente. 2015. Controlling Brown Spot of Pear by a Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptide Under Field Conditions. Plant Disease 10/2015; 99(12). DOI:10.1094/PDIS-03-15-0250-RE

Fabio Rezzonico, Theo H. M. Smits, Yannick Born, Jochen Blom, Jürg E. Frey, Alexander Goesmann, Ilse Cleenwerck, Paul de Vos, Anna Bonaterra, Brion Duffy, Emilio Montesinos. 2016.Erwinia gerundensis sp. nov., a cosmopolitan epiphyte originally isolated from pome fruit trees. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 01/2016;

Laura Montesinos, Mireia Bundó, Esther Izquierdo, Sonia Campo, Esther Badosa, Michel Rossignol, Emilio Montesinos, Blanca San Segundo, María Coca. 2016. Production of Biologically Active Cecropin A Peptide in Rice Seed Oil Bodies. PLoS ONE 01/2016; 11(1). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0146919