Leonardo De La Fuente

Leonardo De La Fuente

Auburn University

H-index: 35

North America-United States

About Leonardo De La Fuente

Leonardo De La Fuente, With an exceptional h-index of 35 and a recent h-index of 26 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Auburn University, specializes in the field of Plant pathology, Bacteriology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Ten challenges to understand and manage the insect-transmitted, xylem-limited bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

Calcium modulation of bacterial wilt disease on potato

Complete functional analysis of type IV pilus components of a reemergent plant pathogen reveals neofunctionalization of paralog genes

Virulence comparison of a comprehensive panel of Xylella fastidiosa Pierce’s disease isolates from California

Two Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex Strains Isolated from Almond in Spain Differ in Plasmid Content and Virulence Traits

Complete Circularized Genome Resources of Seven Strains of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa Using Hybrid Assembly Reveals Unknown Plasmids

Zinc Oxide-Based Nanoformulation Zinkicide Mitigates the Xylem-Limited Pathogen Xylella fastidiosa in Tobacco and Southern Highbush Blueberry

Engineered zinc oxide-based nanotherapeutics boost systemic antibacterial efficacy against phloem-restricted diseases

Leonardo De La Fuente Information

University

Position

Professor Entomology and Plant Pathology

Citations(all)

4000

Citations(since 2020)

1922

Cited By

2840

hIndex(all)

35

hIndex(since 2020)

26

i10Index(all)

60

i10Index(since 2020)

53

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Auburn University

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Leonardo De La Fuente Skills & Research Interests

Plant pathology

Bacteriology

Top articles of Leonardo De La Fuente

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Ten challenges to understand and manage the insect-transmitted, xylem-limited bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

Phytopathology

L De La Fuente

JA Navas-Cortés

BB Landa

2024/4/1

Calcium modulation of bacterial wilt disease on potato

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

María Virginia Ferreira

Eber Naranjo

Nicol Denis

Paul Cobine

Leonardo De La Fuente

...

2024/5/1

Complete functional analysis of type IV pilus components of a reemergent plant pathogen reveals neofunctionalization of paralog genes

PLoS Pathogens

Marcus V Merfa

Xinyu Zhu

Deepak Shantharaj

Laura M Gomez

Eber Naranjo

...

2023/2/13

Virulence comparison of a comprehensive panel of Xylella fastidiosa Pierce’s disease isolates from California

Plant Disease

Lindsey Burbank

Laura Gomez

Deepak Shantharaj

Noor Abdelsamad

Kern Vasquez

...

2023/12/17

Two Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex Strains Isolated from Almond in Spain Differ in Plasmid Content and Virulence Traits

Phytopathology®

Miguel Román-Écija

Juan A Navas-Cortés

M del P Velasco-Amo

Luis F Arias-Giraldo

Laura M Gomez

...

2023/6/8

Complete Circularized Genome Resources of Seven Strains of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa Using Hybrid Assembly Reveals Unknown Plasmids

Phytopathology®

María Pilar Velasco-Amo

Luis F Arias-Giraldo

Miguel Román-Écija

Leonardo De La Fuente

Ester Marco-Noales

...

2023/6/1

Zinc Oxide-Based Nanoformulation Zinkicide Mitigates the Xylem-Limited Pathogen Xylella fastidiosa in Tobacco and Southern Highbush Blueberry

Plant Disease

Deepak Shantharaj

Eber Naranjo

Marcus V Merfa

Paul A Cobine

Swadeshmukul Santra

...

2023/4/3

Engineered zinc oxide-based nanotherapeutics boost systemic antibacterial efficacy against phloem-restricted diseases

Environmental Science: Nano

Mikhael Soliman

Briana Lee

Ali Ozcan

Takat B Rawal

Mikaeel Young

...

2022

Pathogen adaptation to the xylem environment

Leonardo De La Fuente

Marcus V Merfa

Paul A Cobine

Jeffrey J Coleman

2022/8/26

The Copper-Binding Protein CutC Is Involved in Copper Homeostasis and Affects Virulence in the Xylem-Limited Pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

Phytopathology®

Qing Ge

Xinyu Zhu

Paul A Cobine

Leonardo De La Fuente

2022/8/1

Complete Genome Resources for Xylella fastidiosa Strains AlmaEM3 and BB08-1 Reveal Prophage-Associated Structural Variation Among Blueberry-Infecting …

Phytopathology®

Michael L O’Leary

Luis F Arias-Giraldo

Lindsey P Burbank

Leonardo De La Fuente

Blanca B Landa

2022/3/25

Growth of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ in Commercial Grapefruit Juice-Based Media Formulations Reveals Common Cell Density-Dependent Transient …

Phytopathology®

Marcus V Merfa

Eber Naranjo

Deepak Shantharaj

Leonardo De La Fuente

2022/1/28

Metabolomic characterization of olive xylem sap reveals differences according to plant age and genotype

Manuel Anguita-Maeso

Carmen Haro

Miguel Montes-Borrego

Leonardo De La Fuente

Juan A Navas-Cortés

...

2021/3/8

The Influence of Copper Homeostasis Genes copA and copB on Xylella fastidiosa Virulence Is Affected by Sap Copper Concentration

Phytopathology®

Qing Ge

Paul A Cobine

Leonardo De La Fuente

2021/9/30

Metabolomic, ionomic and microbial characterization of olive xylem sap reveals differences according to plant age and genotype

Agronomy

Manuel Anguita-Maeso

Carmen Haro

Miguel Montes-Borrego

Leonardo De La Fuente

Juan A Navas-Cortés

...

2021/6/10

Phenotypic and Phylogenetic Characterization of Cu Homeostasis among Xylella fastidiosa Strains

Pathogens

Qing Ge

Ranlin Liu

Paul A Cobine

Neha Potnis

Leonardo De La Fuente

2021/4/20

Allopatric plant pathogen population divergence following disease emergence

Applied and environmental microbiology

Andreina I Castillo

Isabel Bojanini

Hongyu Chen

Prem P Kandel

Leonardo De La Fuente

...

2021/3/11

Copper Supplementation in Watering Solution Reaches the Xylem But Does Not Protect Tobacco Plants Against Xylella fastidiosa Infection

Plant disease

Qing Ge

Paul A Cobine

Leonardo De La Fuente

2020/3/17

Inference of bacterial pathogen instantaneous population growth dynamics

Molecular plant-microbe interactions

Anne Sicard

Andreina I Castillo

Michael Voeltz

Hongyu Chen

Adam R Zeilinger

...

2020/3/14

Phenotypic Characterization and Transformation Attempts Reveal Peculiar Traits of Xylella fastidiosa Subspecies pauca Strain De Donno

Microorganisms

Giusy D’Attoma

Massimiliano Morelli

Leonardo De La Fuente

Paul A Cobine

Maria Saponari

...

2020/11/20

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Co-Authors

H-index: 53
Swadeshmukul Santra

Swadeshmukul Santra

University of Central Florida

H-index: 44
Saul Burdman

Saul Burdman

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

H-index: 43
Dmitri Mavrodi

Dmitri Mavrodi

University of Southern Mississippi

H-index: 42
Paul Cobine

Paul Cobine

Auburn University

H-index: 40
Covadonga Arias

Covadonga Arias

Auburn University

H-index: 31
Maria Auad

Maria Auad

Auburn University

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