In the frame of the microbiological society congress, we disseminated the results of the project to the wide scientific audience. We reported on the series of the experiment, in which we have first inoculated plants with tobacco rattle virus or tobacco mosaic virus, then, we have removed the inoculated leaves, before the viruses could spread throughout the plant. In the next stage, we have inoculated such primed plants with turnip mosaic virus and follow the infectivity and/or virulence and titer of the virus in primed and non-primed plants. The results indicated lower infectivity and/or virulence of the turnip mosaic virus in plants primed with tobacco rattle virus or tobacco mosaic virus, as well as smaller differences in titer of the virus between some primed and non-primed plants. In the series of the experiments we have detected the interaction between the non-concurrent viral infections in Arabidopsis plants: the plants transiently infected with one virus, changed their response to the infection with an another virus. With dissemination of the results we have introduced new field of the plant-virus interactions research on a national level.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
COBISS.SI-ID: 34436099the most recognized researchers in the field of the plant virus evolution and diversity, chairing the session on this topic, in the frame of the International Advances in Plant Virology 2019 symposium in Rome, Italy. This is likely the most important symposium dedicated exclusively to plant virus research, organized by British Association of Applied Biologists (AAB). The invitation and chairing of the session on the symposium indicates the international recognition of the project leader research results.
B.06 Other
COBISS.SI-ID: 5276495The project leader was involved in knowledge exchange and transfer at home and abroad, during the duration of the project. During the research visit of the foreign institution, in Spain, he transfer his knowledge to other visiting researchers. He trained a visiting researcher from Poland (Plant protection Institute, Poznan) in the use of high-throughput sequencing for plant virus discovery and research. This resulted in discovery of several new viruses for Poland in different plant species.
D.10 Educational activities
COBISS.SI-ID: 5167695The topic of the mixed viral infections in plants was presented to scientific community at the 7th Slovenian Symposium on Plant Biology, with international participation. This contribution demonstrates active dissemination activities of the project leader and his mentorship work, since two MSc students were also involved in this presentation.
F.18 Transfer of new know-how to direct users (seminars, fora, conferences)
COBISS.SI-ID: 4843599In the frame of 11th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), in Boston, USA, the project leader has given an invited lecture on topic of the use of high-throughput sequencing for studies of different layers of plant virus biology. This is the biggest congress in the field of plant pathology, which was visited by more than 2000 participants. The invited lecture in this congress indicates high visibility of the project leader and the research he is involved in, in the period of the project.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 4793167