Dr. Svetlana Folimonova
Contact Information
Citrus Research and Education Center
Lake Alfred, Florida
Plant Pathology
Phone: 863.956.1151 ext. 1360
Fax (863) 956-4631
Email: svetlana@ufl.edu
Research
My research program focuses on viral and bacterial diseases of citrus, in particular diseases caused by Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) and by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus [Citrus greening or Huanglongbing (HLB)]. My primary research effort is concentrated on understanding of the mechanisms of the infection process, hosts responses to the pathogens, improving methods of detection, and developing management strategies for these diseases.
Research Projects
- Development and improvement of Citrus tisteza virus (CTV)-based vectors as tools for transient expression of foreign genes in citrus trees and to study the biology of CTV
- Studying cross-protection by Citrus tisteza virus (CTV) as a strategy for management of diseases caused by the virus in citrus
- Studying movement and distribution of Citrus tristeza virus for better understanding the biology of the virus
- Research on aphid transmission and disease determinants of Citrus tristeza virus to develop new approaches for virus management
- Examination of the response of different genotypes of citrus to HLB under different conditions
- Identification of antibacterial peptides and/or proteins for the control of citrus greening
Refereed Papers
1. Nikiforova, S.Yu., Agranovsky, A.A., and Atabekov, J.G. (1995). Expression in bacteria and some properties of p65, a homologue of the HSP70 family of heat shock proteins, encoded in RNA genome of Beet yellows closterovirus. Docladi Akademii Nauk, 340, pp.416-418 (in Russian).
2. Agranovsky, A.A., Nikiforova, S.Yu., Folimonov, A.S., Vitushkina, M.V., and Atabekov, J.G. (1995). Beet yellows closterovirus: Advances in mapping functions encoded in a large RNA virus genome. Proceedings of the International Symposium “75 Years of Phytopathological and Resistance Research at Aschersleben”, Germany, pp. 43-46.
3. Agranovsky, A.A., Folimonova, S.Yu., Folimonov, A.S., Denisenko, O.N., and Zinovkin, R.A. (1997). The Beet yellows closterovirus p65 homologue of HSP70 chaperones has ATPase activity associated with its conserved N-terminal domain but does not interact with unfolded protein chains. Journal of General Virology, 78, pp.535-542.
4. Agranovsky, A.A., Folimonov, A.S., Folimonova, S.Yu., Morozov, S.Yu. Schiemann, J., Lesemann, D., and Atabekov, J.G. (1998). Beet yellows closterovirus HSP70-like protein mediates the cell-to-cell movement of a potexvirus transport-deficient mutant and a hordeivirus-based chimeric virus. Journal of General Virology, 79, pp.889-895.
5. Folimonova, S.Yu., Folimonov, A.S., Agranovsky, A.A., and Atabekov, J.G. (1998). Immunospecific polymerase chain reaction used to identify strain of the potato virus Y causing ring tuber necrosis. Russian Agricultural Sciences, 9, pp.11-14 (in English), Doclady Rossiiskoi Akademii Sel’skohozyaistvennykh Nauk, 5, pp.16-18 (in Russian).
6. Folimonova, S. Yu., Prikhodko, Yu. N., Agranovsky, A.A., and Atabekov, J.G. (2000). Identification of apple stem groove and pit viruses by using immunospecific polymerase chain reaction. Russian Agricultural Sciences, 1, pp. 15-17 (in English), Doclady Rossiiskoi Akademii Sel’skohozyaistvennykh Nauk, 1, pp.13-14 (in Russian).
7. Roberstson, C.J., Garnsey, S.M., Satyanarayana, T., Folimonova, S.Yu., and Dawson, W.O. (2005). Efficient infection of citrus plants with different cloned constructs of citrus tristeza virus amplified in Nicotiana benthamiana protoplasts. Proceedings of the sixteenth conference of the International organization of citrus virologists, pp.187-195.
8. Folimonov, A.S., Folimonova, S.Y., Bar-Joseph, M., and Dawson, W.O. (2007). A stable RNA virus-based vector for citrus trees. Virology, 368, pp.205-216.
9. Folimonova, S.Y., Folimonov, A.S., Tatineni, S., and Dawson, W.O. (2008). Citrus tristeza virus: survival at the edge of the movement continuum. Journal of Virology, 82, pp.6546-6556.
10. Gowda, S., Tatineni, S., Folimonova, S.Y., Hilf, M.E., and Dawson, W.O. (2009). Accumulation of a 5’ proximal subgenomic RNA of Citrus tristeza virus is correlated with encapsidation by the minor coat protein. Virology (In press)
