
Scientific Publications
(JCR indexed journals)
Romero Martín MA, López García R, Rodríguez-Arcos R, Jiménez-Araujo A, Serrano MS. Anti-oomycete activity of asparagus and olive by products with potential to control Phytophthora cinnamomi root rot. Journal of Plant Pathology, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01696-y
Serrano MS, Villa-Sanabria E, Homet P, Gutiérrez E, Gómez-Aparicio L. Impact of a drier climate on the exotic pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi in Mediterranean forests differing in soil properties and species composition. Forest Ecology and Management 556, 121721. 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121721
Serrano MS, Romero MA, González M, Sánchez ME. Mineral nutrients improve phosphonate effectiveness against cork oak root disease. Forest Ecology and Management 543, 121152. 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121152
Garcia-Lopez MT, Serrano MS, Camiletti BX, Gordon A, Estudillo C, Trapero A, Diaz C, Moral J. Study of the competition between and , two pathogenic species in olive. , 13, 5344. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32585-6
Serrano MS, Romero MA, Homet P, Gómez-Aparicio L. Climate change impact on the population dynamics of exotic pathogens: The case of the worldwide pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2022. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109002
Kozanitas M, Metz M.R., Osmundson T W., Serrano MS, Garbelotto M. The epidemiology of Sudden Oak Death disease caused by in a mixed bay laurel-oak woodland provides important clues for disease management. 11, 250. 2022 DOI: doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11020250
Serrano MS, Pérez JF, Gómez-Aparicio L. Disentangling the interactive effects of climate change and Phytophthora cinnamomi on coexisting Mediterranean tree species. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2021. doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108295
Gómez MC, González M, Gómez-Aparicio L, Serrano MS. Coexistent Mediterranean woody species as a driving factor of Phytophthora cinnamomi infectivity and survival. Annals of Applied Biology177, 41-50. doi.org/10.1111/aab.12599
Serrano MS, Garbelotto M. Differential response of four Californian native plants to worldwide Phytophthora cinnamomi genotypes: implications for the modeling of disease spread in California. European Journal of Plant Pathology 156, 851-866. 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s10658-020-01936-8.
González M, Romero MA, Ventura LV, Gómez-Aparicio A, Serrano MS. Unravelling the role of drought as predisposing factor for Quercus suber decline caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi. European Journal of Plant Pathology 156, 1015-1021. 2020. DOI 10.1007/s10658-020-01951-9
Serrano MS, Eyre C, Garbelotto M. Epidemiology and microevolution of Phytophthora ramorum during a controlled disease outbreak in a simulated plant production facility. Plant Pathology 69 (2) 320-333. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13127
Serrano MS, Almaraz-Sánchez A, Osmudson T, Croucher PJP, Swiecki T, Alvarado D, Garbelotto M. A microsatellite analysis identifies global pathways of movement of Phytophthora cinnamomi and the likely sources of wildland infestations in California and Mexico. Phytopathology 2019. 109 (9): 1577-1593. 2019. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-03-19-0102-R
González M, Romero M, Serrano MS, Sánchez Me. Fosetyl-aluminium injection controls root rot disease affecting Quercus suber in southern Spain. European Journal of Plant Pathology 156: 101-109. 2020 doi.org/10.1007/s10658-019-01865-1
Romero MA, González M, Serrano MS, Sánchez ME. Trunk injection of fosetyl-aluminium controls the root disease caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi on Quercus ilex woodlands. Annals of Applied Biology. 2019 DOI:10.1111/aab.12503
Caballero MC, Pérez IM, Matías L, Serrano MS. Simulation of the potential infectivity range of Phytophthora cinnamomi under climate change. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 56 (2): 372-373. 2017. DOI: 10.14601/Phytopathol_Mediterr-20879
González M, Ríos P, Fernández P, de Haro A, Serrano MS, Sánchez ME. Biofumigant action of Brassica seed meals against Phytophthora cinnamomi in dehesas ecosystems. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 56 (2): 279. 2017. DOI: 10.14601/Phytopathol_Mediterr-20879
González M, Ríos P, Romero MA, Ramo C, Serrano MS, Sánchez ME. Control of Phytophthora cinnamomi root rot on Mediterranean Quercus spp. Using fosetyl-AL trunk injections. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 56 (2): 279. 2017. DOI: 10.14601/Phytopathol_Mediterr-20879
González M, Pérez-Sierra A, Serrano MS, Sánchez ME. Two Phytophthora species causing decline of wild olive (Olea europaea subsp. europaea var. sylvestris). Plant Pathology. 66(6), 941-948. 2017.
Ríos P, Serrano MS, Obregón S, de Haro A, Fernández-Rebollo P, Sánchez ME. Effect of Brassica biofumigant amendments on different stages of the life cycle of Phytophthora cinnamomi. European Journal of Plant Pathology. (DOI:10.1111/jph.12482). 2016
González M, Serrano MS, Sánchez ME. First report of Pythium spiculum causing root rot on wild-olive in Spain. Plant Disease. 100 (5): 1023. 2016.
Hardoim PR, Guerra R, Rosa da Costa AM, Serrano MS, Sánchez ME, Coelho AC. Temporal metabolic profiling of the Quercus suber-Phytophthora cinnamomi system by middle infrared spectroscopy. Forest Pathology, 46 (2): 122-133. 2016.
Serrano MS, Ríos P, González M, Sánchez ME. Experimental minimum threshold for Phytophthora cinnamomi root disease on Quercus suber. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 54 (3): 461-464. 2015
Serrano MS, Romero MA, Jiménez JJ, De Vita P, Ávila A, Trapero A, Sánchez ME. Preventive control of Botyrosphaeria canker affecting Quercus suber in southern Spain. Forestry 88 (4): 500-507. 2015
García AM, Carbonero MD, Serrano MS, Fernández P. Grazing affects shoot growth, nutrient and water status of Quercus ilex L. in Mediterranean open woodlands. Annals of Forest Science 71: 917-926. 2014.
De Vita P, Serrano MS, Ramo C, Aponte C, García LV, Belbhari L, Sánchez ME. First report of root rot caused by Pythium spiculum affecting cork oaks at Doñana Biological Reserve (Spain). Plant Disease 97 (7): 991. 2013 http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/PDIS-10-12-0952-PDN
Serrano MS, Fernández P, De Vita P, Sánchez ME. Calcium mineral nutrition increases the tolerance of Quercus ilex to Phytophthora root disease affecting oak rangelands ecosystems in Spain. Agroforestry Systems 87: 173–179. 2013.
Serrano MS, Fernández-Rebollo P, De Vita P, Sánchez ME. Susceptibility of common herbaceous crops to Phytophthora cinnamomi and its influence on Quercus root rot in rangelands. European Journal of Plant Pathology 134: 409-414. 2012.
Gómez-Aparicio L, Ibáñez B, Serrano MS, De Vita P, Ávila JM, Pérez-Ramos IM, García LV, Sánchez ME, Marañón T. Spatial patterns of soil pathogens in declining Mediterranean forests: implications for tree species regeneration. New Phytologist 194: 1014–1024. 2012.
Serrano MS, De Vita P, Carbonero MD, Fernández F, Fernández-Rebollo P, Sánchez ME. Susceptibility to Phytophthora cinnamomi of the commonest morphotypes of Holm oak in southern Spain. Forest Pathology 42: 345-347. 2012.
Serrano MS, De Vita P, Fernández P, Sánchez ME. Calcium fertilizers induce soil suppressiveness to Phytophthora cinnamomi root rot of Quercus ilex. European Journal of Plant Pathology 132: 271-279. 2012.
De Vita P, Serrano MS, Belbhari L, García LV, Ramo C, Sánchez ME. Germination of hyphal bodies of Pythium spiculum isolated from declining cork oaks at Doñana National Park (Spain) Phytopathologia Mediterranea 50: 478−481. 2011.
Serrano MS, Fernández P, De Vita P, Carbonero MD, Sánchez ME. The role of yellow lupin (Lupinus luteus) in the decline affecting oak agroforestry ecosystems. Forest Pathology 41: 382–386. 2011.
Serrano MS, Fernández P, De Vita P, Carbonero MD, Trapero A, Sánchez ME. Lupinus luteus, a new host of Phytophthora cinnamomi in Spanish oak-rangelands ecosystems. European Journal of Plant Pathology 128: 149-152. 2010.
De Vita P, Serrano MS, Luchi N, Capretti P, Trapero A, Sánchez ME. Susceptibility of Abies pinsapo and its tree cohort species to Heterobasidion abietinum. Forest Pathology 40: 129-132. 2010.
Fernández P, Serrano MS, de Vita P, Carbonero MD, Sánchez ME. Pathogenicity of Phytophthora cinnamomi on Lupinus luteus growing in Mediterranean Quercus grasslands. Journal of Plant Pathology 90: S2.177. 2008.
PUBLICATIONS

Other scientific Publications
Serrano MS, Ríos P, González M, Romero MA, Fernández P, Sánchez ME. A review of integrated control of Phytophthora root rot in oak rangeland ecosystems. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 127: 139-146. 2017
Leal Murillo JR, Carbonero MA, García AM, Hidalgo MT, Férriz M,Fernández-Rebollo P. Effects of limestone amendments in the response of holm oak infected by . IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 127: 96-100. 2017
González M, , Sánchez ME. New aspects about the epidemiology of oomycetes causing Quercus suber root rot in Spain. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 127: 80-85. 2017
Romero MA, Perales J, , González M, Sánchez ME. Quantification of phosphite ion son treated oak roots. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 127: 101-104. 2017
Domínguez MT, , Gutiérrez E, González-Domínguez BR, Ávila JM, Román-Écija M, Moreno A, García LV. Impacts of salinisation and eutrophication on soil functioning from Quercus suber forests (Doñana National Park, SW Spain). IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 127: 240-244. 2017
Serrano MS, Leal R, De Vita P, Fernández-Rebollo P, Sánchez ME. Control of Phytophthora cinnamomi by soil application of calcium fertilizers under field conditions. IOBC/wprs Bulletin 101: 139-143. 2014
González M, Serrano MS, Sánchez ME. 2014. Comparative soil water conditions for oomycete infections on Quercus suber. IOBC/wprs Bulletin 101: 145-148. 2014
Romero MA, Serrano MS, Jiménez JJ, De Vita P, Leal R, Ávila A, Trapero A, Sánchez ME. 2014. Preventive control of Botryosphaeria canker affecting Quercus suber in southern Spain. IOBC/wprs Bulletin 101: 157-165. 201
Serrano MS, De Vita P, Fernández P, Coelho AC, Belbahri L, Sánchez ME. Phytophthora cinnamomi and Pythium spiculum as main agents of Quercus decline in southern Spain and Portugal. IOBC-OILB Bulletin 76: 97-100. 2012
Serrano MS, Fernández P, De Vita P, Carbonero MD, Sánchez ME. Soil fertilization as a control strategy against Quercus root rot in agroforestry systems. IOBC-OILB Bulletin 76: 117-122. 2012
De Vita P, Serrano MS, Callier P, Ramo C, García LV, Sánchez ME. Phytophthora root disease: a new threat for cork oaks at Doñana National Park (south-western Spain). IOBC-OILB Bulletin 76: 93-96. 2012
Serrano MS, De Vita P, Fernández P, Sánchez ME. Susceptibilidad a Phytophthora cinnamomi de herbáceas cultivadas y su influencia en la podredumbre radical de los Quercus en dehesas. Cuadernos de la Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales 36, 105-111. 2012
De Vita P, Serrano MS, García LV, Ramo C, Aponte C, Gómez L, Sánchez ME. Influencia de las deyecciones aviarias en la distribución de oomicetos en el suelo de alcornocal en el Parque Nacional de Doñana. Cuadernos de la Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales 36, 113-117. 2012
Leal R, De Vita P, Serrano MS, Sánchez ME, Fernández P. Las enmiendas calizas como una estrategia para disminuir la podredumbre radical de Quercus sp. en la dehesa. En: Nuevos retos de la ganadería extensiva: un agente de conservación en peligro de extinción. Actas de la LI Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española para el Estudio de los Pastos. Pamplona. pp. 67-73. Consejería de Desarrollo Rural, Industria, Empleo y Medio Ambiente, Gobierno de Navarra ISBN: 978-84-9769-277-9. 2012
Serrano MS, De Vita P, García LV, Ramo C, Aponte C, Gómez-Aparicio L, Sánchez ME. Influence of bird-induced soil fertility gradients on oomycete distribution in a threatened Quercus suber population. IOBC-OILB Bulletin 71: 135-139. 2011
Serrano MS, Fernández P, Sánchez ME. Susceptibilidad a Phytophthora cinnamomi de cultivos herbáceos habituales en dehesas y su influencia en la podredumbre radical de los Quercus. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal. Plagas: 37: 251-262. 2011
Serrano MS, De Vita P, Fernández-Rebollo P, Sánchez ME. Control de la podredumbre radical de las encinas mediante fertilizantes inorgánicos III: efecto de la aplicación al suelo de fertilizantes cálcicos y potásicos. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal Plagas 37. 119-127. 2011
Serrano MS, De Vita P, Fernández-Rebollo P, Sánchez ME. Control de la podredumbre radical de las encinas mediante fertilizantes inorgánicos II: Efecto in vitro del Ca y el K en la capacidad infectiva de Phytophthora cinnamomi. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal Plagas 37. 109-118. 2011
Serrano MS, De Vita P, Sánchez ME, Fernández-Rebollo P. Control de la podredumbre radical de encinas mediante fertilizantes inorgánicos I: Influencia de la nutrición cálcica y potásica en la tolerancia a la infección por Phytophthora cinnamomi. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal Plagas 37:97-107. 2011
Serrano MS, Sánchez ME, de Vita P, Carbonero MD, Trapero A, Fernández Rebollo P. Influencia del cultivo de Lupinus luteus en la podredumbre radical de las encinas en dehesas. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal Plagas 35: 481-490. 2009
Serrano MS, Fernández Rebollo P, Carbonero MD, Trapero A, Sánchez ME. La tremosilla (Lupinus luteus): un nuevo huésped de Phytophthora cinnamomi en las dehesas de Andalucía occidental. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal Plagas 35: 75-87. 2009
Serrano MS, Sánchez ME, de Vita P, Carbonero MD, Trapero A, Fernández Rebollo P. Influencia del cultivo de Lupinus luteus L. en la densidad de inóculo de Phytophthora cinnamomi en suelos de dehesa. En: La multifuncionalidad de los pastos: producción ganadera sostenible y gestión de los ecosistemas. Actas de la XLVIII Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española para el Estudio de los Pastos. Huesca. 15-18 de junio 2009. pp. 605-611. Departamento de Agricultura y Alimentación, Gobierno de Aragón. ISBN 978-84-612-9337-7. 2009
Carrasco A, Rodríguez S, Ruiz JM, Serrano MS, Fernández Rebollo P, Vicente M, Carbonero MD, Trapero A, Sánchez ME. Manejo del suelo para el control de Phytophthora cinnamomi en dehesas del sur peninsular. Actas de la XXV Reunión Anual del Grupo de Trabajo Fitosanitario de Forestales, Parques y Jardines. Dpto. de Medio Ambiente, Gobierno de Aragón. Jaca, Huesca. 18-20 de noviembre. pp. 170-174. 2008
Fernández Rebollo P, Serrano MS, de Vita P, Carbonero MD, Trapero A, Sánchez ME. Susceptibilidad del altramuz amarillo (Lupinus luteus L.) a la podredumbre radical causada por Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands. En: Pastos, clave en la gestión de los territorios: Integrando disciplinas. Actas de la XLVII Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española para el Estudio de los Pastos. Córdoba. 21-24 de abril 2008. pp. 261-266. Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca, Junta de Andalucía. 2008
Jiménez JJ, Serrano MS, Vicente M, Fernández P, Trapero A, Sánchez ME. Nuevas especies de Pythium que causan podredumbre radical de Quercus en España y Portugal. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal Plagas 34: 549-562. 2008

Divulgation Publications
Zamora, E., Andicoberry, S., Serrano, M.S., Sánchez, M.E. La podredumbre radical del arbolado en las dehesas andaluzas, una revisión científica. Phytoma-España 281: 48-54. 2016
Serrano MS. Control cultural de la podredumbre radical causada por Phytophthora cinnamomi en dehesas de encina. Foresta 58 (6): 48-52. 2013
Serrano MS, Ríos P, De Vita P, Fernández- Rebollo P, Sánchez ME. Selección de morfotipos de encina tolerantes a la podredumbre radical. Vida Rural 362: 22-25. 2013
Serrano MS, Fernández P, Sánchez ME. La fertilización cálcica como herramienta de control de la podredumbre radical de encinas en la dehesa. Vida Rural, 15/11/2011: 14-19. 2011
Fernández Rebollo P, Carbonero MD, Serrano MS, García A, Vicente M, Trapero A, Sánchez ME. La podredumbre radical de encinas y alcornoques en dehesas y montes. Sólo Cerdo Ibérico 20: 75-85. 2008