Publications

Pedro Vilanova, Taniguti, Lucas Mitsuo, Marcella Ferreira, Dal’Sasso, Thaís Carolina Da Silva, Gustavo Schiavone Crestana, Lâina Oliveira, Renato Gustavo Hoffmann Bombardelli, Pisetta, Tatiana Caroline, Turini, Paula, Kitajima, João Paulo, Creste, Silvana, Camargo, Luis Eduardo Aranha, Van Sluys, Marie-Anne, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2025). Chromosome-level comparative genomics and host-specific fungal transcriptomics uncover adaptive virulence strategies in the sugarcane smut pathogen. BMC Genomics.

Pedro Marcus de Souza Confort, Souto, Tg, Ferreira, J, Creste, S, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2025). Multilayered Defense Responses in Sugarcane Against Pratylenchus zeae Revealed by Comparative Transcriptomics.

Gustavo Husein, Castro-Moretti, Fernanda R., Prado, Melina, Amorim, Lilian, Mazzafera, Paulo, Canales, Javier, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2025). Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis Reveals Stress-Specific Molecular Architectures in Soybean under Drought and Rust Infection.

Taniguti, Lucas M., Pedro Vilanova, Kitajima, João P., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2025). Updated chromosome-level genome assembly of Sporisorium scitamineum with improved accuracy and completeness.

Gustavo Husein, Maia, Thiago, Castro-Moretti, Fernanda R., Nunes, Jessica D.K., Amorim, Lilian, Mazzafera, Paulo, Nijveen, Harm, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2025). Transcriptome Profiling of Resistance Genes Analogs in Soybean’s Cross-Tolerance to Water Limitation and Rust Stress.

Reis Soares, Nina, Costa, Zirlane Portugal, Marques, João Paulo Rodrigues, Garsmeur, Olivier, Sampaio Carneiro, Monalisa, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, D'Hont, Angélique, Vieira, Maria Lucia Carneiro (2024). First investigation into the genetic control of meiosis in sugarcane. The Plant Journal.

Marrafon-Silva, Mariana, Maia, Thiago, Calderan-Rodrigues, Maria Juliana, Strabello, Mariana, Lâina Oliveira, Creste, Silvana, Melotto, Maeli, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2024). Exploring Potential Surrogate Systems for Studying the Early Steps of the Sporisorium scitamineum Pathogenesis. Phytopathology®.

Castro-Moretti, Fernanda R., Gustavo Husein, Nunes, Jessica D.K., Lourenço, Silvia A., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Amorim, Lilian, Mazzafera, Paulo (2024). Water Limitation Causes Early-Stage Metabolic Perturbation in the Interaction of Soybean and the Causal Agent of Asian Soybean Rust.

Bini, Andressa Peres, Serra, Marina Carnaz Duarte, Pastore, Izadora Farina, Brondi, Carolina Veluci, Camargo, Luis Eduardo Aranha, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Van Sluys, Marie-Anne, Rossi, Guilherme Duarte, Creste, Silvana (2023). Transmission of Xanthomonas albilineans by the spittlebug, Mahanarva fimbriolata (Hemiptera: Cercopidae), in Brazil: first report of an insect vector for the causal agent of sugarcane leaf scald. Journal of Insect Science.

Bini, A.P., Rossi, G.D., Poeschl, Y., Serra, M.C.D., Camargo, L.E.A., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Van Sluys, M. A., Van Dam, N.M., Uthe, H., Creste, S. (2023). Molecular, biochemical and metabolomics analyses reveal constitutive and pathogen-induced defense responses of two sugarcane contrasting genotypes against leaf scald disease. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.

Maia, Thiago, Rody, Hugo v. S., Renato Gustavo Hoffmann Bombardelli, Souto, Tiarla Graciane, Camargo, Luis Eduardo Aranha, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2022). A Bacterial Type Three Secretion-Based Delivery System for Functional Characterization of Sporisorium scitamineum Plant Immune Suppressing Effector Proteins. Phytopathology®.

Rody, Hugo v. S., Camargo, Luis E. A., Creste, Silvana, Van Sluys, Marie-Anne, Rieseberg, Loren H., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2021). Arabidopsis-Based Dual-Layered Biological Network Analysis Elucidates Fully Modulated Pathways Related to Sugarcane Resistance on Biotrophic Pathogen Infection. Front. Plant Sci..

Gustavo Schiavone Crestana, Taniguti, Lucas Mitsuo, Dos Santos, Clesivan Pereira, Benevenuto, Juliana, Ceresini, Paulo Cezar, Carvalho, Giselle, Kitajima, João Paulo, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2021). Complete Chromosome-Scale Genome Sequence Resource for Sporisorium panici-leucophaei , the Causal Agent of Sourgrass Smut Disease. MPMI.

De Almeida, Jaqueline Raquel, Riaño Pachón, Diego Mauricio, Franceschini, Livia Maria, Dos Santos, Isaneli Batista, Ferrarezi, Jessica Aparecida, De Andrade, Pedro Avelino Maia, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Labate, Carlos Alberto, Quecine, Maria Carolina (2021). Revealing the high variability on nonconserved core and mobile elements of Austropuccinia psidii and other rust mitochondrial genomes. PLoS ONE.

Teixeira-Silva, Natália Sousa, Schaker, Patrícia Dayane Carvalho, Rody, Hugo Vianna Silva, Maia, Thiago, Garner, Christopher M., Gassmann, Walter, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2020). Leaping into the Unknown World of Sporisorium scitamineum Candidate Effectors. JoF.

Santos, Ricardo F., Fraaije, Bart A., Garrido, Lucas Da R., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Amorim, Lilian (2020). Multiple resistance of Plasmopara viticola to QoI and CAA fungicides in Brazil. Plant Pathology.

Peters, L.P., Teixeira-Silva, N.S., Bini, A.P., Silva, M.M.L., Moraes, N., Crestana, G.S., Creste, S., Azevedo, R.A., Carvalho, G., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2020). Differential responses of genes and enzymes associated with ROS protective responses in the sugarcane smut fungus. Fungal Biology.

Correr, Fernando Henrique, Hosaka, Guilherme Kenichi, Gómez, Sergio Gregorio Pérez, Cia, Mariana Cicarelli, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Camargo, Luis Eduardo Aranha, Massola, Nelson Sidnei, Carneiro, Monalisa Sampaio, Margarido, Gabriel Rodrigues Alves (2020). Time-series expression profiling of sugarcane leaves infected with Puccinia kuehnii reveals an ineffective defense system leading to susceptibility. Plant Cell Rep.

Faria, Raphael S. C. A., Cia, Mariana C., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Azevedo, Ricardo A., Camargo, Luis Eduardo A. (2020). Characterization of genes responsive to osmotic and oxidative stresses of the sugarcane bacterial pathogen Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli. Braz J Microbiol.

Rody, Hugo v. S., Renato Gustavo Hoffmann Bombardelli, Creste, Silvana, Camargo, Luís E. A., Van Sluys, Marie-Anne, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2019). Genome survey of resistance gene analogs in sugarcane: genomic features and differential expression of the innate immune system from a smut-resistant genotype. BMC Genomics.

Dos Santos, Íria Gabriela Dias, De Oliveira Mendes, Tiago Antônio, Silva, Gerluza Aparecida Borges, Reis, Amanda Maria Sena, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Schaker, Patricia Dayane Carvalho, Herai, Roberto Hirochi, Fabotti, André Brait Carneiro, Coutinho, Luiz Lehmann, Jorge, Erika Cristina (2019). Didelphis albiventris: an overview of unprecedented transcriptome sequencing of the white-eared opossum. BMC Genomics.

Bedre, Renesh, Irigoyen, Sonia, Schaker, Patricia D. C., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Da Silva, Jorge A., Mandadi, Kranthi K. (2019). Genome-wide alternative splicing landscapes modulated by biotrophic sugarcane smut pathogen. Sci Rep.

Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Calderan-Rodrigues, M. J., Peres Bini, A., Vitorello, C. B. M. (2019). Proteome characterization of the cell wall, apoplast and extracellular space of sugarcane infected with Sporisorium scitamineum, the causal agent of smut disease. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.

Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Peres Bini, A., Serra, M. C. D., Silva, H. R. V., Ragagnin, G. T., Vitorello, C. B. M., Camargo, L. E. A., Van Sluys, M. A., Creste, S. (2019). Assessing early resistance responses of sugarcane to Xanthomonas albilineans. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.

Cia, Mariana Cicarelli, De Carvalho, Giselle, Azevedo, Ricardo Antunes, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Souza, Glaucia Mendes, Nishiyama-Junior, Milton Yutaka, Lembke, Carolina Gimiliani, Antunes De Faria, Raphael Severo Da Cunha, Marques, João Paulo Rodrigues, Melotto, Maeli, Camargo, Luis Eduardo Aranha (2018). Novel Insights Into the Early Stages of Ratoon Stunting Disease of Sugarcane Inferred from Transcript and Protein Analysis. Phytopathology.

Vieira, Maria Lucia C., Almeida, Carmelice B., Oliveira, Carlos A., Tacuatiá, Luana O., Munhoz, Carla F., Cauz-Santos, Luiz A., Pinto, Luciana R., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Xavier, Mauro A., Forni-Martins, Eliana R. (2018). Revisiting Meiosis in Sugarcane: Chromosomal Irregularities and the Prevalence of Bivalent Configurations. Front. Genet..

Benevenuto, Juliana, Teixeira-Silva, Natalia S., Kuramae, Eiko E., Croll, Daniel, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2018). Comparative Genomics of Smut Pathogens: Insights From Orphans and Positively Selected Genes Into Host Specialization. Front. Microbiol..

Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Carvalho Schaker, Patricia Dayane, Benevenuto, Juliana, Teixeira E Silva, Natália De Sousa, De Almeida, Sintia Silva (2018). Progress in understanding fungal diseases affecting sugarcane: smut. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science.

Schaker, Patricia D. C., Peters, Leila P., Cataldi, Thais R., Labate, Carlos A., Caldana, Camila, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2017). Metabolome Dynamics of Smutted Sugarcane Reveals Mechanisms Involved in Disease Progression and Whip Emission. Front. Plant Sci..

Peters, Leila P., Carvalho, Giselle, Vilhena, Milca B., Creste, Silvana, Azevedo, Ricardo A., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2017). Functional analysis of oxidative burst in sugarcane smut-resistant and -susceptible genotypes. Planta.

Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Bedre, R., Irigoyen, S., Schaker, P., Mandadi, K. K. (2017). Genome-wide characterization of alternative splicing patterns in sugarcane modulated during infection with smut pathogen, Sporisorium scitamineum. Phytopathology.

Benevenuto, Juliana, Longatto, Daniel P., Reis, Gislaine V., Mielnichuk, Natalia, Palhares, Alessandra C., Carvalho, Giselle, Saito, Suzane, Quecine, Maria C., Sanguino, Alvaro, Vieira, Maria Lucia C., Camargo, Luis Eduardo A., Creste, Silvana, Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2016). Molecular variability and genetic relationship among Brazilian strains of the sugarcane smut fungus. FEMS Microbiology Letters.

Carvalho, G., Quecine, M.C., Longatto, D.P., Peters, L.P., Almeida, J.R., Shyton, T.G., Silva, M.M.L., Crestana, G.S., Creste, S., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2016). Sporisorium scitamineum colonisation of sugarcane genotypes susceptible and resistant to smut revealed by GFP. Annals of Applied Biology.

Schaker, Patricia D. C., Palhares, Alessandra C., Taniguti, Lucas M., Peters, Leila P., Creste, Silvana, Aitken, Karen S., Van Sluys, Marie-Anne, Kitajima, João P., Vieira, Maria L. C., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2016). RNAseq Transcriptional Profiling following Whip Development in Sugarcane Smut Disease. PLoS ONE.

Marques, João Paulo R., Appezzato-Da-Glória, Beatriz, Piepenbring, Meike, Massola, Nelson S., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Vieira, Maria Lucia Carneiro (2016). Sugarcane smut: shedding light on the development of the whip-shaped sorus. Ann Bot.

Carvalho, G., Da Silva, T.G.E.R., Munhoz, A.T., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Azevedo, R.A., Melotto, M., Camargo, L.E.A. (2016). Development of a qPCR for Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli and quantification of the effects of heat treatment of sugarcane cuttings on Lxx. Crop Protection.

Quecine, M. C., Silva, T. M., Carvalho, G., Saito, S., Mondin, M., Teixeira‐Silva, N. S., Camargo, L. E. A., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello (2016). A stable Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli GFP tagged strain reveals a new colonization niche in sugarcane tissues. Plant Pathology.

Munhoz, C.F., Santos, A.A., Arenhart, R.A., Santini, L., Claudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Vieira, M.L.C. (2015). Analysis of plant gene expression during passion fruit Xanthomonas axonopodis interaction implicates lipoxygenase 2 in host defence. Annals of Applied Biology.