Mathioudakis Matthaios Dr.
Researcher C'. Chania
Crop diseases
Research Interests
- Molecular diagnosis of viral/fungal diseases, pathogen identification as casual agents of viral diseases and molecular characterization
- Optimization of molecular diagnostic methods, development of innovative diagnostic tools with the usage of new technologies
- Sanitary control of propagative material from olive, citrus and other cultivated trees
- Study of virus epidemiology, genome sequencing for analysis of evolutionary relationships and population structure, genome diversity and recombination
- Study of molecular interactions between host-pathogen factors with the aim of better understanding the biology of pathogens and the development of biotechnological methods
- Characterization/role of host genes in the pathogenesis of pathogen inoculations
- Study of RNA silencing suppression as a mechanism against plant defense
- Pathogenicity tests of olive varieties to Xylellafastidiosa
Contact information
Dhir, S., Mathioudakis, M.M., Hasiów-Jaroszewska, B., Hallan, V. 2021 Serological and molecular analysis indicates the presence of distinct viral genotypes of apple stem pitting virus in India. 3 Biotech, 11, 278.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Maliogka, V.I., Candresse, T., Nickel, O., Fajardo, T.V.M., Budzyńska, D., Hasiów-Jaroszewska, B., Katis, N.I. 2021 Molecular Characterization of the Coat Protein Gene of Greek Apple Stem Pitting Virus Isolates: Evolution through Deletions, Insertions, and Recombination Events. Plants , 10, 917.
Katsarou, K., Chiumenti, M., Kalantidis, K., Mathioudakis, M.M. 2020 First report of citrus viroids infecting Persian (Tahiti) lime in Greece. Plant Disease , 104, 998.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Saponari, M., Hasiow-Jaroszewska B., Elbeaino, T., Koubouris, G. 2020 Detection of viruses in olive cultivars in Greece, using a rapid and effective RNA extraction method, for certification of virus-tested propagation material. Phytopathologia Mediterranea , 59, 137-146.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Stournaras, V., Elbeaino, T. 2020 First report of fig leaf mottle-associated virus 1 infecting common fig in Greece. Plant Disease , 104, 2534.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Tziros, G., Kavroulakis, N. 2020 First report of Diaporthe foeniculina associated with avocado branch canker disease in Greece. Plant Disease , 104, 3057.
Orfanidou, C.G., Mathioudakis, M.M., Katsarou, K. Livieratos, I., Katis, N.I., Maliogka, V.I. 2019 Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus p22 is a suppressor of local RNA silencing. Archives of Virology, 164, 2747-2759.
Papoutsis K., Mathioudakis M., Hasperue J.H. and Ziogas V. 2019 Non-chemical treatment for preventing the prostharvest fungal rotting of citrus caused by Penicillium digitatum (green mold) and Penicilium italicum (blue mold) Trends in Food Science & Technology , 86, 479-491.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Khechmar, S., Owen, C.A., Medina, V., Ben Mansour, K., Tomaszewska, W., Spanos, T., Sarris, P.F., Livieratos, I.C. 2018 A Thioredoxin domain-containing pirotein Interacts with pepino mosaic virus triple gene block protein 1. International Journal of Molecular Science , 19, e3747.
Mathioudakis, M. M. and Livieratos I. 2015 A pharmacological approach for silencing Hsp70 by application of quercetin in Nicotiana benthamiana plants to study the effect on plant virus infection. Bio-protocol , 5, e1675.
Owen, C., Mathioudakis, M.M., Gazivoda, A., Gal, P., Nol, N., Kalliampakou, K., Figas, A., Bellan, A., Iparaguirre, A., Rubio, L., Livieratos, I. 2014 Evolution and molecular epidemiology of citrus tristeza virus on Crete. Journal of Phytopathology , 162, 839-843.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Rodríguez-Moreno, R., Sempere, R.N., Aranda, M.A., Livieratos, I. 2014 Multifaceted capsid proteins: Multiple interactions suggest multiple roles for pepino mosaic virus capsid protein. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions , 27, 1356-1359.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Veiga, R.S.L., Canto, T., Medina, V., Mossialos, D., Makris, A.M., Livieratos, I. 2013 Pepino mosaic virus triple gene block protein 1 (TGBp1) interacts with and increases tomato catalase 1 activity to enhance virus accumulation. Molecular Plant Pathology , 14, 589-601.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Candresse, T., Barone, M., Rogozzino, A., Katis, N.I. 2012 Cydonia japonica, Pyrus calleryana and P. amygdaliformis: three new ornamental or wild hosts of apple stem pitting virus. Virus Genes , 44, 319-322.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Veiga, R., Ghita, M., Tsikou, D., Medina, V., Canto, T., Makris, A.M., Livieratos, I.C. 2012 Pepino mosaic virus capsid protein interacts with a tomato heat shock protein cognate 70. Virus Research , 163, 28-39.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Maliogka, V.I., Katsiani, A.T., Katis N.I. 2010 Incidence and molecular variability of apple stem pitting and apple chlorotic leaf spot viruses in apple and pear orchards in Greece Journal of Plant Pathology , 92, 141-149.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Maliogka, V.I., Dovas , C.I., Paunovic, S., Katis, N.I. 2009 Reliable RT-PCR detection of apple stem pitting virus in pome fruits and its association with quince fruit deformation disease. Plant Pathology , 58, 228-236.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Candresse, T., Katis, N.I. 2007 First report of apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) in quince in Greece. Plant Disease , 91, 462.
Mathioudakis, M.M., Maliogka, V.I., Dovas , C.I., Vasilakakis, M., Katis, N.I. 2006 First record of the apple stem pitting virus (ASPV) in quince in Greece. Journal of Plant Pathology , 88, 225.
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