I am a phytopathologist with a strong background in pathogen biology and plant-beneficial bacteria. I am interested in how plant-beneficial rhizobacteria can be used to protect our crop plants against pathogens and pests. To use plant-beneficial bacteria in agriculture, we have to understand their ecology. Therefore, I am interested in understanding the mechanisms of interactions of rhizosphere bacteria, especially fluorescent Pseudomonas, with different hosts, plant-pathogenic microbes, and the environment.

Selected Publications

Boutry, C., Bohr, A., Buchleither, S., Ludwig, M., Oberhänsli, T., Tamm, L., Schärer, H.-J., & Flury, P. (2023). Monitoring Spore Dispersal and Early Infections of Diplocarpon coronariae Causing Apple Blotch Using Spore Traps and a New qPCR Method. Phytopathology, 113(3), 470–483. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-05-22-0183-R

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Pronk, L. J. U., Bakker, P. A. H. M., Keel, C., Maurhofer, M., & Flury, P. (2022). The secret life of plant-beneficial rhizosphere bacteria: insects as alternative hosts. Environmental Microbiology, 24(8), 3273–3289. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15968

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Flury, P., Vesga, P., Dominguez-Ferreras, A., Tinguely, C., Ullrich, C. I., Kleespies, R. G., Keel, C., & Maurhofer, M. (2019). Persistence of root-colonizing Pseudomonas protegens in herbivorous insects throughout different developmental stages and dispersal to new host plants. ISME Journal, 13(4), 860–872. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0317-4

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Flury, P., Aellen, N., Ruffner, B., Péchy-Tarr, M., Fataar, S., Metla, Z., Dominguez-Ferreras, A., Bloemberg, G., Frey, J., Goesmann, A., Raaijmakers, J. M., Duffy, B., Höfte, M., Blom, J., Smits, T. H. M., Keel, C., & Maurhofer, M. (2016). Insect pathogenicity in plant-beneficial pseudomonads: Phylogenetic distribution and comparative genomics. ISME Journal, 10(10), 2527–2542. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.5

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