Dr. Przemysław Lehmann

email: pleh@igr.poznan.pl
tel. (+48 61) 65 50 217

Specialisation:

Research interests:

molecular mechanism of plant resistance to pathogens, molecular mechanism of plant-pathogen interactions;

Training abroad:

• "RECOMBINANT DNA", manual course, University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 2 weeks (1979), granted by PAS,
• Department of Genetics, University of Höhenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, 1 month (1980), granted by DAAD,
• Biological Institute, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 1 month (1980), granted by DAAD,
• "HIGHER PROTOPLASTS AND SOMATIC CELL GENETICS", EMBO Course, Max-Planck Institute, Cologne, Germany, 2 weeks (1984), granted by DAAD,
• Department of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, 3 months (1986), granted by the British Council,
• ICI, Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknell, UK, 3 months (1991), granted by the Royal Society,
• Zeneca Agrochemicals, Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknell, UK, 6 months (1993-1994), granted by the CEC Grant,
• Plant Virology Department, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Czeske Budejovice, Czech Republic, 2 weeks (1994), granted by the CEC Grant,
• Zeneca Agrochemicals, Jealott's Hill Research Station, Bracknell, UK, 3 months (1995), granted by the CEC Grant,
• Department of Plant Pathology, Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne, UK, 3 months (1997), granted by the CEC Grant.

International grants:

• CEC grant (No ERBCIPACT923007), "Disease management of turnip mosaic virus in oilseed rape" - as full partner among 4 partners from 4 countries (Dr J. Walsh, Dr C. Jenner, Dr F. Ponz, Dr J. Spak and Dr K. Petrzik), 1993-1995,

International cooperation:

• UK, Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne (Dr J. Walsh, Dr C. Jenner)

Main recent publications:

1. Ostrówka K, Lehmann P, Walsh JA, Kozubek E. (1993) Susceptibility of Polish winter oilseed rapes to turnip mosaic virus. I. Virus detection in leaves of infected plants by ELISA test. Genet Pol 34:, 153-157
2. Petrzik K, Lehmann P. (1996) Classification of turnip mosaic virus isolates according to the 3'-untranslated region. Acta Virol 40: 151-155.
3. Lehmann P, Petrzik K, Jenner C, Greenland A, Spak J, Kozubek E, Walsh JA. (1997) Nucleotide and amino acid variation in the coat protein coding region of turnip mosaic virus isolates and possible involvement in the interaction with the brassica resistance gene TuRB01. Physiol Mol Plant Pathol 51: 195-208.
4. Wojciechowski A, Lehmann P, Kozubek E. (1999) Development of winter rapeseed (Brassica napus var. oleifera) resistant against infection of turnip mosaic virus (TuMV). Proceedings of 10th International Rapeseed Congress, Canberra, Australia, "New Horizons for an Old Crop", CD-ROM
5. Walsh JA, Jenner CE, Hughes SL, Lehmann P, Petrzik K, Lydiated DJ, Sharpe AJ, Rushomle RL. (1999) Interactions between brassicas and turnip mosaic virus (TuMV). PETRIA 9: 317-318.
6. Górecka K, Lehmann P. (2001) Infectious diseases of horseradish (Cochlearia armoracia) in Poland. Plant Breed Seed Sci 45: 55-65.
7. Lehmann P, Jenner CE, Kozubek E, Greenland AJ, Walsh JA. (2002) Coat protein-mediated resistance to turnip mosaic virus in oilseed rape (Brassica napus). Mol Breed (accepted in 2002)