2017

1. Cabanas, C.G.L., Sesmero, R., Valverde-Corredor, A., Lopez-Escudero, F.J., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2017. A split-root system to assess biocontrol effectiveness and defense-related genetic responses in above-ground tissues during the tripartite interaction Verticillium dahliae-olive-Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7 in roots. Plant Soil. 417: 433–452. doi: 10.1007/s11104-017-3269-y.
2. Jimenez-Ruiz, J., Leyva-Perez, M., Schiliro, E., Bautista, J., Bombarely, A., Mueller, L., Mercado-Blanco, J., and Luque, F. 2017. Transcriptomic Analysis of Olea europaea L. Roots during the Verticillium dahliae Early Infection Process. The Plant Genome. 10(1): 1-15. doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2016.07.0060.

2016

3. Compant, S., Saikkonen, K., Mitter, B., Campisano, A., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2016. Editorial special issue: soil, plants and endophytes. Plant Soil. 405: 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11104-016-2927-9.
4. Ciancio, A., Pieterse, C.M.J., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2016. Editorial: Harnessing useful rhizosphere microorganisms for pathogen and pest biocontrol. Frontiers in microbiology. 7: 1620. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01620.
5. Fox, A.R., Soto, G., Valverde, C., Russo, G., Lagares Jr, A., Zorreguieta, A., Alleva, K., Pascuan, C., Frare, R., Mercado-Blanco, J., Dixon, R., and Ayub, N.D. 2016. Major cereal crops benefit from biological nitrogen fixation when inoculated with the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 X940. Environmental Microbiology. 18(10): 3522-3534. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13376.
6. Cazorla, F.M., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2016. Biological control of tree and woody plant diseases: an impossible task? BioControl. 61:233-242. doi: 10.1007/s10526-016-9737-0.
7. Ruano-Rosa, D., Prieto, P., Rincon, A.M., Gomez-Rodriguez, M.V., Valderrama, R., Barroso, J.B., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2016. Fate of Trichoderma harzianum in the olive rhizosphere: time course of the root colonization process and interaction with the fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae. BioControl. 61:269-282. doi: 10.1007/s10526-015-9706-z.
8. Mercado-Blanco, J., Alos, E., Rey, M.D., and Prieto. P. 2016. Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7 displays an endophytic lifestyle in cultivated cereals and enhances yield in barley. Federation of European Microbiological Societies - Microbiology Ecology. 92:1-13. doi: 10.1093/femsec/!w092.

2015

9. Leyva-Perez, M., Valverde-Corredor, A., Valderrama, R., Jimenez-Ruiz, J., Munoz-Merida, A., Trelles, O., Barroso, J.B., Mercado-Blanco, J., and Luque, F. 2015. Early and delayed long-term transcriptional changes and short-term transient responses during cold acclimation in olive leaves. DNA Research. 22(1):1-11.

10. Cabanas, C. G. L., Schiliro, E., Valverde-Corredor, A., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2015. Systemic responses in a tolerant olive (Olea europaea L.)cultivar upon root colonization by the vascular pathogen Verticillium dahliae. Frontiers in microbiology. 6(928):1-13.

11. Martinez-Garcia, P.M., Ruano-Rosa, D., Schiliro, E., Prieto, P., Ramos, C., Rodriguez-Palenzuela, P., Mercado-Blanco, J. 2015. Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas fluorescens strain PICF7, an indigenous root endophyte from olive (Olea europaea L.) and effective biocontrol agent against Verticillium dahliae. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 10(10):1-7.

12. Maldonado-Gonzalez, M. M., Schiliro, E., Prieto, P., Mercado-Blanco, J. 2015. Endophytic colonization and biocontrol performance of Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7 in olive (Olea europaea L.) are determined neither by pyoverdine production nor swimming motility. Environmental Microbiology. 17(9):3139-3153.

13. Maldonado-Gonzalez, M. M., Bakker, P. A. H. M., Prieto, P., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2015. Arabidopsis thaliana as a tool to identify traits involved in Verticillium dahliae biocontrol by the olive root endophyte Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7. Frontiers in microbiology. DOI:10.3389.

2014

14. Gomez-Lama Cabanas, C., Schiliro, E., Valverde-Corredor, A., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2014. The biocontrol endophytic bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7 induces systemic defense responses in aerial tissues upon colonization of olive roots. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5:427.

15. Moradi, A., Almasi, M.A., Jafary, H., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2014. A novel and rapid loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for the specific detection of Verticillium dahliae. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 116:942-954.

16. Mercado-Blanco, J., and Lugtenberg, B.J.J. 2014. Biotechnological applications of bacterial endophytes. Current Biotechnology. 3:60-75.

17. Bakker, P.A.H.M., Ran, L.X., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2014. Rhizobacterial salicylate production provokes headaches!. Plant and Soil. 382:1-16.

2013

18. Maldonado-Gonzalez, M.M., Prieto, P., Ramos, C., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2013. From the root to the stem:interaction between the biocontrol root endophyte Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7 and the pathogen Pseudomonas savastanoi NCPPB 3335 in olive knots. Microbial Biotechnology. 6:275-287.

2012

19. Schiliro, E., Ferrara, M., Nigro, F., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2012. Genetic responses induced in olive roots upon colonization by the biocontrol endophytic bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7. PLoS ONE. 7-11 pp.

20. Mercado-Blanco, J., and Prieto, P. 2012. Bacterial endophytes and root hairs. Plant and Soil. 361:301-306.

21. Lopez-Escudero, F.J., Roca, J.M., Valverde-Corredor, A., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2012. Correlation between virulence and morphological characteristics of microsclerotia of Verticillium dahliae isolates infecting olive. Journal of Phytopathology. 160:431-433.

22. Djavaheri, M., Mercado-Blanco, J., Versluis, C., Meyer, J.M., van loon, L.C., and Bakker, P.A.H.M. 2012. Iron-regulated metabolites produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS374 are not required for eliciting induced systemic resistance against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato in Arabidopsis. Microbiology Open. 1:311-325.

23. Maldonado-Gonzalez, M.M., Bakker, P.A.H.M., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2012. Use of Arabidopsis thaliana to study mechanisms of control of Verticillium wilt by Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7. Communications in agricultural and applied biological sciences. 77(3):23-28.

24. Mercado-Blanco, J., and Lopez-Escudero, F.J. 2012. Verticillium wilt of olive and its control:The heat is on. Plant and Soil. 355:17-21.

2011

25. Prieto, P., Schiliro, E., Maldonado-Gonzalez, M.M., Valderrama, R., Barroso-Albarracin, J.B., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2011. Root hairs play a key role in the endophytic colonization of olive roots by Pseudomonas spp. with biocontrol activity. Microbial Ecology. 62:435-445.

26. Lopez-Escudero, F.J., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2011. Verticillium wilt of olive:a case study to implement an integrated strategy to control a soil-borne pathogen. Plant and Soil. 344:1-50.

2010

27. Trapero, C., Birem, F., Abho-Sheker, F.M., Caballero, J., Mercado Blanco, J., Del Rio, C., Trapero, A., Martos-Moreno, C., Raya-Ortega, M.C., Arquero, O., Serrano, N., Molina, M., Alcantara, E., Munoz-Diez, C., Rallo, L., Barranco, D., Roca, L., Moral, J., Blanco-Lopez, M.A., and Lopez-Escudero, F.J. 2010. Avances en la Resistencia del olivo a la verticilosis causada por Verticillium dahliae. Vida Rural. 316:36-44.

28. Collado-Romero, M., Jimenez-Diaz, R.M., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2010. DNA sequence analysis of conserved genes reveals hybridization events that increase genetic diversity in Verticillium dahliae. Fungal Biology. 114:209-218.

29. Garcia-Limones, C., Mercado-Blanco, J., and Jorge, I. 2010. Protein identification and quantification by mass spectrometry-based analysis:applications in plant-pathogen interactions studies. Current Proteomics. 7:234-243.

30. Dervis, S., Mercado-Blanco, J., Erten, L., Valverde-Corredor, A., and Perez-Artes, E., E. 2010. Verticillium wilt of olive in Turkey:a survey on disease importance, pathogen diversity and susceptibility of relevant olive cultivars. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 127:287-301.

31. Lopez-Escudero, F.J., Mercado-Blanco, J., Roca, J.M., Valverde-Corredor, A., and Blanco-Lopez, M.A. 2010. Verticillium wilt of olive in the Guadalquivir Valley (southern Spain):relations with some agronomical factors and spread of Verticillium dahliae. Phytopathologia Mediterranea. 49:370-380.

2009

32. Collado-Romero, M., Berbegal, M., Jimenez-Diaz, R.M., Armengol, J., and Mercado Blanco, J. 2009. A PCR-based "molecular tool box" for in planta differential detection of Verticillium dahliae vegetative compatibility groups infecting artichoke. Plant Pathology. 58:515-526.

33. Prieto, P., Navarro-Raya, C., Valverde-Corredor, A., Amyotte, S.G., Dobinson, K.F., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2009. Colonization process of olive tissues by Verticillium dahliae and its in planta interaction with the biocontrol root endophyte Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7. Microbial Biotechnology. 2:499-511.

2008

34. Prieto, P., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2008. Endophytic colonisation of olive roots by the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 64:297-306. ISSN 0168-6496.

35. Collado-Romero, M., Mercado-Blanco, J., Olivares-Garcia, C., and Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of Verticillum dahliae vegetative compatibility groups. Phytopathology. 98:1019-1028.

36. Navas-Cortes, J.A., Landa, B.B., Mercado-Blanco, J., Trapero-Casas, J.L., Rodriguez-Jurado, D., and Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2008. Spatiotemporal Analysis of Spread of Infections by Verticillium dahliae Pathotypes Within a High Tree-Density Olive Orchard in Southern Spain. Phytopathology. 98:67-180.

37. Mercado Blanco, J. 2008. Tecnicas de diagnostico de la verticilosis del olivo. Mercacei Magazine. 56:204-206.

38. Korolev, N., Perez-Artes, E., Mercado-Blanco, J., Bejarano-Alcazar, J., Rodriguez-Jurado, D., Jimenez-Diaz, R.M., Katan, T., and Katan, J. 2008. Vegetative compatibility of cotton defoliating Verticillium dahliae in Israel and its pathogenicity to various hosts. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 122:603-617. ISSN 0929-1873.

2007

39. Mercado-Blanco, J., and Bakker, P.A.H.M. 2007. Interactions between plants and beneficial Pseudomonas spp.:exploiting bacterial traits for crop protection. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology. 92:367-389.

40. Collado-Romero, M., Berbegal, M., Mercado-Blanco, J., Armengol, J., Garcia-Jimenez, J., and Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2007. Detection of Verticillium dahliae isolates differing in vegetative compatibility in infected artichoke plants by multiplex, nested PCR. Acta Horticulturae. 730:367-374.

2006

41. Jimenez-Diaz, R.M., Mercado-Blanco, J., Olivares-Garcia, C., Collado-Romero, M., Bejarano-Alcazar, J., Rodriguez-Jurado, D., Gimenez-Jaime, A., Garcia-Jimenez, J., and Armengol, J. 2006. Genetic and Virulence Diversity in Verticillium dahliae Populations Infecting Artichoke in Eastern-Central Spain. Phytopathology. 96:288-298.

42. Collado-Romero, M., Mercado-Blanco, J., Olivares-Garcia, C., Valverde-Corredor, A., and Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2006. Molecular variability within and among Verticillium dahliae vegetative compatibility groups determined by fluorescent AFLP and PCR markers. Phytopathology. 96:485-495.

2005

43. Mercado-Blanco, J., Collado-Romero, M., Rodriguez-Jurado, D., and Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2005. Aplicacion de tecnicas moleculares para determinar la incidencia y extension de la colonizacion de plantas de olivo por los patotipos de Verticillium dahliae. Olivae. 104:36-45.

44. Collins, A., Mercado-Blanco, J., Jimenez-Diaz R.M., Olivares, C., Clewes, E., and Barbara, D.J. 2005. Correlation of molecular markers and biological properties in Verticillium dahliae and the possible origins of some isolates. Plant Pathology. 54:549-557.

45. Perez-Artes, E., Mercado-Blanco, J., Ruz-Carrillo, A.R., Rodriguez-Jurado, D., and Jimenez-Diaz, R.M.. 2005. Detection of the defoliating and nondefoliating pathotypes of Verticillium dahliae in artificial and natural soils by nested PCR. Plant and Soil. 268:349-356.

2004

46. Mercado-Blanco, J., Rodriguez-Jurado, D., Hervas, A., and Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2004. Suppression of Verticillium wilt in olive planting stocks by root-associated fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. Biological Control. 30:474-486.

47. Olivares-Garcia, C., Collado-Romero, M., Mercado-Blanco, J., Perez-Artes, E., Gimenez-Jaime, A., Armengol, J., Garcia-Jimenez, J., and Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2004. Genetic and pathogenic characterization of Verticillium dahliae infecting artichoke in the Valencia region of Eastern Spain. Acta Horticulturae. 660:491-495.

2003

48. Mercado-Blanco, J., Rodriguez-Jurado, D., Parrilla-Araujo, S., and Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2003. Simultaneous detection of the defoliating and nondefoliating Verticillium dahliae pathotypes in infected olive plants by duplex, nested polymerase chain reaction. Plant Disease. 87:1487-1494.

49. Mercado Blanco, J., Rodriguez Jurado, D., Collado Romero, M., and Jimenez Diaz, R.M. 2003. Caracterizacion molecular de las infecciones de olivo por los patotipos defoliante y no-defoliante de Verticillium dahliae. Fruticultura Profesional. 136:81-87.

50. Perez Artes, E., Ruz Carrillo, A.R., Mercado-Blanco, J., and Jimenez Diaz, R.M. 2003. Diagnostico molecular de patogenos f?ngicos en suelo. Phytoma. 149:26-32.

51. Jimenez Diaz, R.M., Rodriguez Jurado, D., Navas Cortes, J.A., Mercado Blanco, J., and Trapero Casas, J.L. 2003. Estrategias de control de la Verticilosis del Olivo. Vida Rural. 176:36-40.

52. Mercado-Blanco, J., Collado-Romero, M., Parrilla-Araujo, S., Rodriguez-Jurad., and Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2003. Quantitative monitoring of colonization of olive genotypes by Verticillium dahliae pathtotypes with real-time polymerase chain reaction. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 63:91-105.

53. Jimenez Diaz, R.M., Castillo Castillo, P., Jimenez Gasco, M.M., Mercado Blanco, J., Navas Cortes, J.A., Perez Artes, E., Rodriguez Jurado, D., Landa del Castillo, B.B., and Bejarano-Alcazar, J. 2003. Sanidad vegetal y profesion fitopatologica en las formas de agricultura en el siglo XXI. Phytoma. 148:16-27.

2002

54. Mercado-Blanco, J., Rodriguez-Jurado, D., Perez-Artes, E., and Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2002. Detection of the defoliating pathotype of Verticillium dahliae in infected olive plants by nested-PCR. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 108: 1-13.

55. Mercado Blanco, J., Rodriguez Jurado, D., Parrilla Araujo, S., Perez Artes, E., Jimenez Diaz, R.M. 2002. Diagnostico molecular de la infeccion de cultivares de olivo por los patotipos defoliante y no defoliante de Verticillium dahliae. Olivae. 94:41-46.

56. Mercado-Blanco, J., Rodriguez-Jurado, D., Perez-Artes, E., Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2002. In planta-PCR detection of olive-defoliating and non-defoliating pathotypes of Verticillium dahliae. Acta Horticulturae. 586:757-760.

57. Mercado Blanco, J., Rodriguez Jurado, D., Parrilla Araujo, S., Perez Artes, E., Jimenez Diaz, R.M. 2002. Nuevo procedimiento para el diagnostico de Verticilosis. Vida Rural. 149:36-40.

58. Bakker, P.A.H.M., Mercado-Blanco, J., Ran, L.X., van der Sluis, I., van Loon, L.C. 2002. Productie van salicylzuur en pseudomonine en onderdrukking van plantenziekten door Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS374. Gewasbescherming. 33-4:138.

59. Mercado Blanco, J., Rodriguez Jurado, D., Hervas Vargas, A., Tejedor Gonzalez, E., Jimenez Diaz, R.M. 2002. Pseudomonas spp. asociadas a raices de olivo controlan eficientemente la verticilosis del olivo. Phytoma. 144:103-106.

60. Jimenez Diaz, R.M., Perez Artes, E., Mercado Blanco, J., Rodriguez Jurado, D., Bejarano Alcazar, J. 2002. Utilizacion de marcadores moleculares para el diagnostico rapido y especifico de Verticilosis (Verticilium dahliae) en viveros de olivo. Mercacei. 30:192-194.

2001

61. Mercado-Blanco, J., van der Drift, K.M.G.M., Olsson, P.E., Thomas-Oates, J.E., van Loon, L.., Bakker, P.A.H.M. 2001. Analysis of the pmsCEAB gene cluster involved in the biosynthesis of salicylic acid and the siderophore pseudomonine in the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS374. Journal of Bacteriology. 183:1909-1920.

62. Mercado-Blanco, J., Rodriguez-Jurado, D., Perez-Artes, E., Jimenez-Diaz, R.M. 2001. Detection of the nondefoliating pathotype of Verticillium dahliae in infected olive plants by nested PCR. Plant Pathology. 50:609-619.

2000

63. Verberne, M.C., Verpoorte, R., Bol, J.F., Mercado-Blanco, J., Linthorst, H.J.M. 2000. Overproduction of salicylic acid in plants by bacterial transgenes enhances pathogen resistance. Nature Biotechnology. 18:779-783.

1996

64. Mercado-Blanco, J., Toro, N. 1996. Plasmids in rhizobia:the role of non-symbiotic plasmids. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 9:535-545.

1994

65. Mercado-Blanco, J., Olivares, J. 1994. A protein involved in stabilization of a large non-symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium meliloti shows homology to eukaryotic cytoskeletal proteins and DNA-binding proteins. Gene. 139:133-134.

66. Soto, M.J., Zorzano, A., Garcia-Rodriguez, F., Mercado-Blanco, J., Lopez-Lara, I.M., Olivares, J., Toro, N. 1994. Identification of a novelRhizobium melilotinodulation efficiency nfe gene homolog of Agrobacterium ornithine cyclodeaminase. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 7:703-707.

67. Mercado-Blanco, J., Olivares, J. 1994. The large nonsymbiotic plasmid pRmeGR4a of Rhizobium meliloti GR4 encodes a protein involved in replication that has homology with RepC proteins of Agrobacterium plasmids. Plasmid. 32:75-79.

1993

68. Mercado-Blanco, J., Garcia, F., Fernandez-Lopez, M., Olivares, J. 1993. Melanin production by Rhizobium meliloti GR4 is linked to nonsymbiotic plasmid pRmeGR4b:cloning, sequencing, and expression of the tyrosinase gene mepA. Journal of Bacteriology. 175:5403-5410.

69. Soto, M.J., Zorzano, A., Mercado-Blanco, J., Lepek, V., Olivares, J., Toro, N. 1993. Nucleotide sequence and characterization of Rhizobium meliloti nodulation competitiveness genes nfe. Journal of Molecular Biology. 229:570-576.

70. Mercado-Blanco, J., Olivares, J. 1993. Stability and transmissibility of the cryptic plasmids of Rhizobium meliloti GR4: their possible use in the construction of cloning vectors for rhizobia. Archives of Microbiology. 160:477-485.

1988

71. Monza, J., Sanjuan, J., Mercado, J.Caracterizacion y eliminacion de plasmidos en cepas nativas de Rhizobium meliloti. Fac. Agrom. Bol. Invest. 15:1-8.

Chapters in books

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2017

1. Gomez-Lama, C., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2017. Ómicas, microbiomas vegetales y control biologico de enfermedades. In: Control Biológico de Enfermedades. Cápítulo 7. Departamento de Proteccion de Cultivos, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC). Córdoba. pp: 49-57.
2. Maldonado-Gonzalez, M.M., Ruano-Rosa, D., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2017. Control Biologico de enfermedades relevantes del olivo. In: Control Biológico de Enfermedades. Cápítulo 12. Departamento de Proteccion de Cultivos, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC). Córdoba. pp: 91-99.
3. Ruano-Rosa, D., Valverde-Corredor, A., Cabanas, C. G. L., Sesmero, R., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2017. What Lies Beneath: Root-Associated Bacteria to Improve the Growth and Health of Olive Trees. In: Soil Biological Communities and Ecosystem Resilience. Springer International Publishing. M. Lukac et al. (eds.) pp: 107-122. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-63336-7_7.

2016

4. Corrado, G., Garonna, A., Gomez-Lama Cabanas, C., Gregoriou, M., Martelli, G.P., Mathiopoulos, K.D., Mercado-Blanco, J., Saponari, M., Tsoumani, K.T., and Rao, R. 2016. Host Response to Biotic Stresses. In: The Olive Tree Genome, Compendium of Plant Genomes. Eddo Rugini, Luciana Baldoni, Rosario Muleo, Luca Sebastiani Eds). Springer International Publishing AG. ISBN: 978-3-319-48886-8. pp: 75-98.

2015

5. Ruano-Rosa, D., Valverde-Corredor, A., Gomez-Lama Cabanas, C., Sesmero-Carrasco, R., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2015. Caracterizacion de nuevos agentes de control biologico bacterianos efectivos frente a Verticillium dahliae y otros patogenos de interes en el olivar. El Aceite de Oliva. Actas Simposio Expoliva 2015. ISBN 978-84-938900-5-6.

6. Ruano-Rosa, D., and Mercado-Blanco, J. 2015. Combining Biocontrol Agents and Organics Amendments to Manage Soil-Borne Phytopathogens. Organic Amendments and Soil Suppressiveness. In: Plant Disease Management. Meghvansi, Mukesh K., Varma, Ajit (Eds.). Volume 46-Series Soil Biology, pp. 457-478. (Switzerland): Springer International Publishing, 11/2015. Available on-line at: ISBN 978-3-319-23074-0 DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-23075-7_22.

7. Mercado-Blanco, J. 2015. Life of Microbes Inside the Plant. In: Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions: Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture. Lugtenberg, B. (ed.). Microbe Interactions:25-32. (Switzerland):Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-08574-6.

8. Mercado-Blanco, J. 2015. Pseudomonas strains that exert biocontrol of plant pathogens. In: Pseudomonas vol. VII. Ramos, J.L., Goldberg, J., Filloux, A. (Eds.). pp. 121-172. (Holland):Springer. ISBN 978-94-017-9554-8.

2013

9. Mercado-Blanco, J., Prieto, P. 2013. Endophytic lifestyle of biocontrol strains of Pseudomonas spp. in olive roots. Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere (de Bruijn F J, ed.). pp. 951-959. (USA): Wiley-Blackwell.

2012

10. Mercado-Blanco, J. 2012. Biological control of Verticillium wilt of olive within an integrated disease management framework. In: IOBC/wprs Bulletin. "Integrated Protection of Olive Crops" (D. Perdikis, P. Weintraub & A. Lucchi, eds.). 79:149-154. (France):IOBC/wprs.

2011

11. Schiliro, E., Ferrara, M., Nigro, F., Mercado-Blanco, J. 2011. Functional genomics analysis of the Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7/Olea europaea interaction:identification of ESTs during olive roots colonization by an endophytic biocontrol bacteria.IOBC/wprs Bulletin. 71:129-133. (France):IOBC/wprs.

12. Maldonado-Gonzalez, M.M., Bakker, P.A.H.M., Mercado-Blanco, J. 2011. Involvement of induced systemic resistance in control of Verticillium wilt by fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. In: IOBC/wprs Bulletin. 71:73-76. (France): IOBC/wprs.

2010

13. Prieto, P., Navarro-Raya, C., Valverde-Corredor, A., Amyotte, S.G., Dobinson, K.F., Mercado-Blanco, J. 2010. Monitoring the colonisation of olive tissues by Verticillium dahliae and its interaction with the beneficial root endophyte Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7. In: IOBC/wprs Bulletin. 59:183-187. (France):IOBC/wprs.

2009

14. Djavaheri, M., Mercado-Blanco, J., Van Loon, L.., Bakker, P.A.H.M. 2009. Analysis of determinants of Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS374r involved in induced systemic resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. In: IOBC/wprs Bulletin. 43, pp. 109-112. (France):IOBC/wprs.

2007

15. Muller, H., Tejedor-Gonzalez, E., Mercado-Blanco, J., Rodriguez-Jurado, D., Jimenez-Diaz, R.M., Berg, G. 2007. Effect of the biological control strain Serratia plymuthica HRO-C48 on Verticillium wilt of olive trees cv. Arbequina. In: Biological control of fungal and bacterial plant pathogens. IOBC/wprs Bulletin. 30-6:173-177. (France):IOBC/wprs.

16. Mercado Blanco, J., Collado Romero, M., Jimenez Diaz, R.M. 2007. Estimacion de la diversidad genetica en hongos fitopatogenos mediante herramientas moleculares. In: Herramientas biotecnologicas en fitopatologia. pp. 167-188. Espa?a MundiPrensa.

2006

17. Djavaheri, M., Mercado-Blanco, J., van Loon, L.., Bakker, P.A.H.M. 2006. Role of iron-regulated metabolites in the colonization of the rhizosphere of Arabidopsis by Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS374. In: IOBC/wprs Bulletin. 29-2, pp. 17-20. (France):IOBC/wprs.

2002

18. Mercado Blanco, J., Rodriguez Jurado, D., Hervas Vargas, A., Jimenez Diaz, R.M. 2002. Control biologico de la Verticilosis en plantones de olivo de vivero mediante Pseudomonas spp. In: Jornadas de Investigacion y Transferencia de Tecnologia al Sector Oleicola. pp. 159-163. (Spain):Direccion general de investigacion y formacion agraria y pesquera, Junta de Andalucia.

19. Mercado Blanco, J., Rodriguez Jurado, D., Parrilla Araujo, S., Perez Artes, E., Jimenez Diaz, R.M. 2002. Diagnostico molecular de los patotipos defoliante y no defoliante de Verticillium dahliae en plantas de olivo infectadas. Jornadas de Investigacion y Transferencia de Tecnologia al Sector Oleicola. pp. 165-169. Andalusia(Spain): Direccion general de investigacion y formacion agraria y pesquera, Junta de Andalucia.

20. Bakker, P.A.H.M., Mercado-Blanco, J., Ran, L.X., van der Sluis, I., van Loon, L.C. 2002. Production of salicylic acid and pseudomonine and suppression of disease by Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS374. IOBC/wprs Bulletin. 25-10, pp. 265-268. (France):IOBC/wprs.

1998

21. Mercado-Blanco, J., Olsson, P.E., van der Sluis, I., van der Drift, K.M.G.M., Thomas-Oates, J.E., van Loon, L.C., Bakker, P.A.H.M. 1998. Analysis of a gene cluster involved in the biosynthesis of a new salicylic acid-based siderophore and its implication for the suppression of Fusarium wilt by Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS374.IOBC/wprs Bulletin. 21-9:35-40. (France):IOBC/wprs.

1997

22. Mercado-Blanco, J., Olsson, P.E., van der Drift, K.M.G.M., Thomas-Oates, J.E., van Loon, L.., Bakker, P.A.H.M. 1997. Analysis of a gene cluster involved in the production of salicylic acid and a new siderophore in Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS374.Proceedings. pp. 355-357. Hokkaido(Japan):Hokkaido University.

1995

23. Olivares, J., Sanjuan, J., Mercado-Blanco, J. 1995. Interaccion molecular microbio-planta.Microbiologia y GeneticaMolecular. pp. 257-274. Huelva(Spain):Universidad de Huelva.