Veronica Roman-Reyna

Assistant Professor of Global Change Pathology

Veronica Roman-Reyna

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I work on understanding how plant-associated microbes change in agricultural systems.

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Most Recent Publications

Metagenomic sequencing for rapid identification of <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> from leaf samples

Veronica Roman-Reyna, Enora Dupas, Sophie Cesbron, Guido Marchi, Sara Campigli, Mary Hansen, Elizabeth Bush, Melanie Prarat, Katherine Shiplett, Melanie Ivey, Joy Pierzynski, Sally Miller, Francesca Hand, Marie-Agnes Jacques, Jonathan Jacobs,

Novel genetic traits in<i>Xanthomonas</i>unveiled by the complete genome sequencing of three clade-1 xanthomonads

Chloé Peduzzi, Angeliki Sagia, Daiva Burokienė, Ildikó Nagy, Marion Saux, Perrine Portier, Alexis Dereeper, Sébastien Cunnac, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Jonathan Jacobs, Claude Bragard, Ralf Koebnik,

The rice leaf microbiome has a conserved community structure controlled by complex host-microbe interactions

Veronica Roman-Reyna, Dale Pinili, Frances Borja, Ian Quibod, Simon Groen, Enung Mulyaningsih, Agus Rachmat, Inez Slamet-Loedin, Nikolai Alexandrov, Ramil Mauleon, Ricardo Oliva,

Allelic variations in the chpG effector gene within Clavibacter michiganensis populations determine pathogen host range

Raj Kumar Verma, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Hagai Raanan, Gitta Coaker, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Doron Teper, 2024, PLoS Pathogens

The timing of bacterial mesophyll infection shapes the leaf chemical landscape

Veronica Roman-Reyna, Nathaniel Heiden, Jules Butchacas, Hannah Toth, Jessica L. Cooperstone, Jonathan M. Jacobs, 2024, Microbiology spectrum

Live tracking of a plant pathogen outbreak reveals rapid and successive, multidecade plasmid reduction

Veronica Roman-Reyna, Anuj Sharma, Hannah Toth, Zachary Konkel, Nicolle Omiotek, Shashanka Murthy, Seth Faith, Jason Slot, Francesca Peduto Hand, Erica M. Goss, Jonathan M. Jacobs, 2024, mSystems

Seeing in the dark: a metagenomic approach can illuminate the drivers of plant disease

Veronica Roman-Reyna, Sharifa G. Crandall, 2024, Frontiers in Plant Science

High genomic plasticity and unique features of Xanthomonas translucens pv. graminis revealed through comparative analysis of complete genome sequences

Florian Goettelmann, Ralf Koebnik, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Bruno Studer, Roland Kölliker, 2023, BMC Genomics

Development of Genome-Driven, Lifestyle-Informed Markers for Identification of the Cereal-Infecting Pathogens Xanthomonas translucens Pathovars undulosa and translucens

Verónica Román-Reyna, Rebecca D. Curland, Yesenia Velez-Negron, Kristi E. Ledman, Diego E. Gutierrez-Castillo, Jonathan Beutler, Jules Butchacas, Gurcharn Singh Brar, Robyn Roberts, Ruth Dill-Macky, Jonathan M. Jacobs, 2023, Phytopathology on p. 2110-2118

Comparative Genomics of Xanthomonas translucens pv. Undulosa Strains Isolated fromWeedy Grasses and Cultivated Wild Rice

Kristi E. Ledman, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Rebecca D. Curland, Nathaniel Heiden, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Ruth Dill-Macky, 2023, Phytopathology on p. 2083-2090

Most-Cited Papers

Repeated gain and loss of a single gene modulates the evolution of vascular plant pathogen lifestyles

Emile Gluck-Thaler, Aude Cerutti, Alvaro Perez-Quintero, Jules Butchacas, Verónica Roman-Reyna, Vishnu Madhavan, Deepak Shantharaj, Marcus Merfa, Céline Pesce, Alain Jauneau, Taca Vancheva, Jillian Lang, Caitilyn Allen, Valerie Verdier, Lionel Gagnevin, Boris Szurek, Gregg Beckham, Leonardo De La Fuente, Hitendra Patel, Ramesh Sonti, Claude Bragard, Jan Leach, Laurent Noël, Jason Slot, Ralf Koebnik, Jonathan Jacobs, 2020, Science advances

Characterization of the Leaf Microbiome from Whole-Genome Sequencing Data of the 3000 Rice Genomes Project

Veronica Roman-Reyna, Dale Pinili, Frances N. Borja, Ian L. Quibod, Simon C. Groen, Nickolai Alexandrov, Ramil Mauleon, Ricardo Oliva, 2020, Rice

The Green Revolution shaped the population structure of the rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

Ian Lorenzo Quibod, Genelou Atieza-Grande, Eula Gems Oreiro, Denice Palmos, Marian Hanna Nguyen, Sapphire Thea Coronejo, Ei Ei Aung, Cipto Nugroho, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Maria Ruby Burgos, Pauline Capistrano, Sylvestre G. Dossa, Geoffrey Onaga, Cynthia Saloma, Casiana Vera Cruz, Ricardo Oliva, 2020, ISME Journal on p. 492-505

Genome-wide associations and transcriptional profiling reveal ROS regulation as one underlying mechanism of sheath blight resistance in rice

Eula Gems Oreiro, Earlyn Kate Grimares, Genelou Atienza-Grande, Ian Lorenzo Quibod, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Ricardo Oliva, 2020, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions on p. 212-222

Complete Genome Assemblies of All Xanthomonas translucens Pathotype Strains Reveal Three Genetically Distinct Clades

Florian Goettelmann, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Sébastien Cunnac, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Claude Bragard, Bruno Studer, Ralf Koebnik, Roland Kölliker, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology

Apoplastic sugar extraction and quantification from wheat leaves infected with biotrophic fungi

Veronica Roman-Reyna, John P. Rathjen, 2017, on p. 125-134

Metagenomic Sequencing for Identification of Xylella fastidiosa from Leaf Samples

Verónica Román-Reyna, Enora Dupas, Sophie Cesbron, Guido Marchi, Sara Campigli, Mary Ann Hansen, Elizabeth Bush, Melanie Prarat, Katherine Shiplett, Melanie L. Lewis Ivey, Joy Pierzynski, Sally A. Miller, Francesca Peduto Hand, Marie Agnes Jacques, Jonathan M. Jacobs, 2021, mSystems

Genome resource of barley bacterial blight and leaf streak pathogen xanthomonas translucens pv. Translucens strain UPB886

Verónica Roman-Reyna, Emily K. Luna, Céline Pesce, Taca Vancheva, Christine Chang, Janet Ziegle, Claude Bragard, Ralf Koebnik, Jillian M. Lang, Jan E. Leach, Jonathan M. Jacobs, 2020, Plant Disease on p. 13-15

Comparative Genomics of Barley-Infecting Xanthomonas translucens Shows Overall Genetic Similarity but Globally Distributed Virulence Factor Diversity

Nathaniel Heiden, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Rebecca D. Curland, Ruth Dill-Macky, Jonathan M. Jacobs, 2023, Phytopathology on p. 2056-2061

Migration Drives the Replacement of Xanthomonas perforans Races in the Absence of Widely Deployed Resistance

Eduardo Bernal, Francesca Rotondo, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Taylor Klass, Sujan Timilsina, Gerald V. Minsavage, Fernanda Iruegas-Bocardo, Erica M. Goss, Jeffrey B. Jones, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Sally A. Miller, David M. Francis, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology