PhD student
Plants are the main sources of almost all the basic needs of humans and play a pivotal role in sustaining the global ecological balance. Humans have been manipulating plants since the beginning of settled life by improving their yield potential, different quality traits and resistance to environmental stresses. I completed my MSc in Plant Breeding at Haramaya University in Ethiopia where I evaluated the genetic improvement in grain yield potential and associated traits of soybean. I joined FABI in 2018 to continue my PhD studies under the supervision of Prof. Sanushka Naidoo. I am working on the physiological, biochemical and molecular responses of trees to biotic and abiotic stress interactions using the Eucalyptus grandis-Chrysoporthe austroafricana pathosystem as a model. This will contribute for future genetic improvements in the resistance of trees to such stresses.
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Environmental and Ecological Plant Physiology section of the American Society of Plant Biologists (https://eepp.aspb.org/)
Southern African Institute of Forestry (https://saif.org.za/)
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Teshome DT, Zharare, GE, Ployet, R and Naidoo S, The response of Eucalyptus grandis to pathogen infection under drought stress and subsequent rewatering.South African Genetics Society and South African Society for Bioinformatics Joint BIO2024 Conference, Future Africa, Pretoria, South Africa. 23 to 25 September 2024. (Oral presentation).
Teshome DT, Zharare, GE, Ployet, R and Naidoo S, Rewatering following exposure to combined drought stress and pathogen infection triggers distinct transcriptomic changes indicating a trade-off between stress response and growth in Eucalyptus grandis . International Union of Forest Research Organizations, IUFRO Tree Biotech 2024 Conference, Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 4-8 August, 2024.(Oral presentation)
Teshome DT, Zharare, G.E., Ployet, R. and Naidoo S, Drought induced changes in calcium and defense related phytohormone signaling pathways contribute to increased susceptibility to fungal pathogen infection in Eucalyptus . American Society of Plant Biologists, Plant Biology 2023, Savannah, Georgia, USA, 5-9 August 2023 (Oral presentation)
Teshome DT, Zharare GE, Ployet R and Naidoo STranscriptional reprogramming during recovery from short term drought stress in Eucalyptus grandis . South African Genetics Society and South African Society for Bioinformatics Joint BIO2022 Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 24-27 April 2022 (Oral presentation).
Teshome DT, Zharare GE, Ployet R and Naidoo S, The combined effect of abiotic and biotic stress in Eucalyptus grandis . American Society of Plant Biologists, Plant Biology Worldwide Summit 2021, virtual conference. 19-23 July 2021 (Oral presentation).
Teshome DT, Zharare GE and Naidoo SPhysiological responses ofEucalyptus grandisto drought stress and re-watering underChrysoporthe austroafricanainfection.Plant Biology Worldwide summit 27-31 July 2020, DOI 10.46678/PB.20.1052990 (ePoster)
Vincent, C, Leisner CP, Locke AM, Pelech E, Schmiege SC, Sharkey TD, Tejera-Nieves M, Alade DO, Cardoso AA, Cho A, De Silva K, Dziedzic N, Gill AR, Kaur R, Lane SL, Michalczyk GZ, Singh A, Teshome DT. (2025) Importance of measuring and reporting environmental conditions across plant science subdisciplines. Plant Physiology 10.1093/plphys/kiaf405
Teshome DT, Zharare GE, Ployet R, Naidoo S. (2024) Molecular mechanisms underlying tree host-pathogen interactions under drought stress and subsequent rewatering in Eucalyptus grandis. Plant Stress 10.1016/j.stress.2024.100697
Teshome DT, Zharare GE, Ployet R, Naidoo S. (2023) Transcriptional reprogramming during recovery from drought stress in Eucalyptus grandis. Tree Physiology 10.1093/treephys/tpad022
Teshome DT, Zharare GE, Naidoo S. (2020) The threat of the combined effect of biotic and abiotic stress factors in forestry under a changing climate. Frontiers in Plant Science 10.3389/fpls.2020.601009