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  • Amenazas asociadas a virus emergentes que infectan papaya en Argentina 

    Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Portal, Orelvis; Sáez, S.; Silva, Milagros Itatí; Brugo Carivali, María Florencia; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Ortiz, Claudio Manuel; Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Luciani, Cecilia Elizabeth; Celli, Marcos Giovani; Perotto, Maria Cecilia; Castellanos Collazo, Onias; Giolitti, Fabian (Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), Cuba, 2023-05-08)
    La papaya (Carica papaya) se establece como una alternativa sustentable en el norte de Argentina, donde su producción se ha incrementado significativamente en los últimos años. Considerando el elevado número de virus que ...
  • Screening for native Trichoderma strains as potential biocontrollers of the olive pathogen Verticillium dahliae 

    Carrasco, Franca Denise; Miranda, Victoria; Sede, Silvana M.; Bustos, Sebastian; González, Valeria; Otero, Maria Laura; Fracchia, Sebastián (Taylor and Francis, 2023-07-12)
    Verticillium dahliae is a soilborne pathogen that causes significant losses in olive crops in northwestern Argentina. Biological control through antagonistic microorganisms such as Trichoderma has great potential in the ...
  • Aerial spread of smut spores during peanut harvest 

    Paredes, Juan Andrés; Sparks, Adam H.; Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto; Rago, Alejandro Mario; Edwards Molina, Juan Pablo (Springer, 2024-03-18)
    Peanut smut (Thecaphora frezzii) is one of the most important peanut diseases in Argentinian peanut production. This monocyclic soil-borne pathogen transforms kernels into spore masses. Spore liberation from broken infected ...
  • Improving the Comprehension of Pathogenicity and Phylogeny in ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma meliae’ through Genome Characterization 

    Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Xiao-Hua, Yan; Chih-Horng, Kuo; Marcone, Carmine; Conci, Luis Rogelio (MDPI, 2024-01-11)
    ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma meliae’ is a pathogen associated with chinaberry yellowing disease, which has become a major phytosanitary problem for chinaberry forestry production in Argentina. Despite its economic impact, no ...
  • Caracterización de aislados de Nothopassalora personata agente causal de la viruela tardía del maní 

    Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto; Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Giordano, D.F.; Oddino, C.; Rago, Alejandro Mario; Carmona, M.; Conforto, Erica Cinthia (Centro de Ingenieros Agrónomos General Cabrera, 2023-09-21)
    El cultivo de maní (Arachis hypogaea L.) es afectado por dos enfermedades foliares importantes, la viruela temprana (Cercospora arachidicola) y la viruela tardía (Nothopassalora personata Syn. Cercosporidium personatum). ...
  • Nematodos del suelo en plantaciones de orégano 

    Tolocka, Patricia (Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 2012)
    La presencia de nematodos fitófagos perjudiciales en un lote constituye un serio problema teniendo en cuenta que, una vez que se han establecido, no es posible erradicarlos. En Argentina, se ha mencionado que el género ...
  • Draft genome sequence data of Nothopassalora personata, peanut foliar pathogen from Argentina 

    Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto; Arias, Renee S.; Orner, Valerie A.; Massa, Alicia N.; Sobolev, Victor S.; Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Oddino, Claudio; Carmona, Marcelo; Conforto, Erica Cinthia (Elsevier, 2024-04)
    Late leaf spot (LLS) caused by the Ascomycete Nothopassalora personata (N.p.) (Syn. Cercosporidium personatum) is the main foliar disease of peanuts in Argentina and in peanut producing areas of the world, causing up to ...
  • Supplementary datasets to the article "Botanical extracts for insect management: lessons from participatory research in the peri-urban horticultural systems of central Argentina" [Conjunto de datos] 

    Arguello Caro, Evangelina Beatriz; Serra, Gerardo Victor; Gaona Flores, María Amparo; Videla, Martin; Narmona, Luis Rogelio; Barbero, Jorge Gabriel; Barcenilla, Milene (2024)
    Los datos corresponden a la evaluación de un extracto vegetal a base de ajo para el manejo de insectos en cultivo de lechuga en sistemas hortícolas convencionales y agroecológicos diversificados de la Región Agroalimentaria ...
  • Decoding peanut smut: A bibliometric analysis of two decades of research progress 

    Cazon, Luis Ignacio; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Miretti, Esteban; Gonzalez, Noelia; Suarez, Lautaro; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Rago, Alejandro Mario (Springer, 2024-01-22)
    Since its first detection in commercial peanut fields in 1995, both the prevalence and impact on yield of peanut smut disease, caused by the fungus Thecaphora frezzii, have increased significantly. Concurrently, diverse ...
  • Situación actual de Xylella fastidosa subsp. pauca y sus potenciales vectores en olivares de la Argentina 

    Roca, M.E.; Defea, B.; Tolocka, Patricia; Giménez Rojo, M.; Calahorra, Maria Andrea; Foieri, A.; Leiva, Sergio Dante; Otero, Maria Laura; Guzman, Fabiana; Haelterman, Raquel Mercedes; Paradell, S. (Asociación Argentina de Fitopatólogos, 2023-06-10)
    Desde el año 2005 se observaba un marcado declinamiento de las plantaciones de olivo tradicionales de La Rioja. En el 2008 se relevaron visualmente 124.926 árboles, encontrando una incidencia promedio del 3,1 %, y un 1,3 ...
  • Técnicas de diagnóstico para la detección de Xylella fastidiosa en olivo (Olea europaea) 

    Tolocka, Patricia; Guzman, Fabiana; Roca, M.E.; Otero, Maria Laura; Haelterman, Raquel Mercedes (Asociación Argentina de Fitopatólogos, 2023-12-20)
    Con la primera detección de Xylella fastidiosa en plantas de olivo a fines de 2013 se complicó la problemática sanitaria de la olivicultura en Argentina. Se realizaron relevamientos en las principales zonas olivícolas, ...
  • Sunflower 

    Giolitti, Fabian; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel (Elsevier, 2023-09-22)
    Sunflower (Helianthus annuuss) is one of the oilseed crops most widely cultivated in the world. In 2019, world production amounted to more than 56 million tons (FAOSTAT, 2021). The crop is affected by several viral pathogens, ...
  • Amesuviridae: a new family of plant-infecting viruses in the phylum Cressdnaviricota, realm Monodnaviria 

    Herrera da Silva, João Paulo; Pereira de Resende, Franciely Maria; Ferreira da Silva, José Cleydson; De Breuil, Soledad; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Murilo Zerbini, Francisco (Springer, 2023-08-10)
    The phylum Cressdnaviricota comprises viruses with single-stranded, circular DNA genomes that encode an HUH-type endonuclease (known as Rep). The phylum includes two classes, eight orders, and 11 families. Here, we report ...
  • Papaya—I 

    Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Giolitti, Fabian; Cruz, Maylín; Leiva Mora, Michel; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Portal, Orelvis (Elsevier, 2023-09-22)
    This chapter reviews the viruses that have been reported infecting papaya (Carica papaya L.) worldwide, focusing on papaya mosaic, papaya leaf distortion mosaic, papaya apical necrosis, and papaya leaf curl diseases. These ...
  • Ecology and evolution of papaya ringspot virus 

    Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Brugo Carivali, María Florencia; Perotto, Maria Cecilia; Luciani, Cecilia Elizabeth; Giolitti, Fabian; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Portal, Orelvis (Elsevier, 2023-04-06)
    Carica papaya L., native to south of Mexico and Central America, is the third most cultivated tropical crop worldwide. Although more than 35 viruses have been reported infecting papaya, only papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) ...
  • Annual (2023) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm Riboviria: kingdom Orthornavirae: phylum Negarnaviricota) 

    Kuhn, Jens H.; Abe, Junya; Adkins, Scott; Alkhovsky, Sergey V.; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana; Ayllón, María A.; Bahl, Justin; Balkema-Buschmann, Anne; Ballinger, Matthew J; Kumar Baranwal, Virendra; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Debat, Humberto Julio; Lodden Økland, Arnfinn (Microbiology Society, 2023-08-25)
    In April 2023, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and emended. The phylum was expanded by one new ...
  • The future of academic publishing 

    Ahmed, Abubakari; Al-Khatib, Aceil; Boum II, Yap; Debat, Humberto Julio; Gurmendi Dunkelberg, Alonso; Janicke Hinchliffe, Lisa; Jarrad, Frith; Mastroianni, Adam; Mineault, Patrick; Pennington, Charlotte R.; Pruszynski, J. Andrew (Nature Research, 2023-07-13)
    Academic publishing is the backbone of science dissemination — but is the current system fit for purpose? We asked a diverse group of scientists to comment on the future of publishing. They discuss systemic issues, ...
  • Argentina: publicly funded science under threat 

    Debat, Humberto Julio (Nature Research, 2023-09-12)
    Last month, Javier Milei, Argentina’s leading presidential candidate, declared his intent to shut down the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and to privatize CONICET, the country’s National Scientific and ...
  • Low water availability increases susceptibility to peanut smut (Thecaphora frezzii) in peanut crop 

    Paredes, Juan Andrés; Guzzo, María Carla; Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto; Asinari, Florencia; Posada, Gisella A.; Oddino, Claudio M.; Giordano, Damian F.; Morichetti, Sergio A.; Torres, Adriana M.; Rago, Alejandro Mario; Monteoliva, Mariela Ines (Wiley, 2023-10-23)
    Peanut smut (causal agent Thecaphora frezzii) and seasonal drought are the two main factors reducing peanut yields in Argentina. There are no previous studies about the effect of drought on peanut smut occurrence. We ...
  • Marriage between variable selection and prediction methods to model plant disease risk 

    Suarez, Franco; Bruno, Cecilia; Kurina Giannini, Franca; Gimenez, Maria; Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia; Balzarini, Mónica Graciela (Elsevier, 2023-10-11)
    Predicting the risk of a disease in a pathosystem based on a set of climatic variables usually requires handling a high number of input variables, many of which are often irrelevant and/or redundant. Building linear ...

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