• Draft Genome Sequence of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’ Strain P1, the Causal Agent of Pear Decline Disease 

      Alessio, Florencia Ivette; Bongiorno, Vanina Aylén; von Backzo, Oscar Hernan; Marcone, Carmine; Conci, Luis Rogelio; Fernandez, Franco Daniel (The American Phytopathological Society, 2025-08-21)
      This study reports the draft genome of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’ strain P1, isolated from Argentina. The genome assembly consisted of 17 contigs, with a total length of 575,431 bp, a GC content of 20.35%, and 125× ...
    • Near-complete genome sequences of a rice necrosis mosaic virus isolate infecting rice in Argentina 

      Solís, V.E.; Bangratz, M.; Brugo Carivali, María Florencia; Comte, A.; Luciani, Cecilia Elizabeth; Lacombe, S.; Fontana, Maria Laura; Filloux, D.; Pachecoy, Maria Ines; Fernandez, E.; Dirchwolf, Pamela Maia; Ayala, Jorge Omar Antonio; Julian, C.; Kruger, Raúl; Hébrard, E.; Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Perotto, Maria Cecilia; Roumagnac, P.; Gutiérrez, S.A.; Poulicard, N.; Celli, Marcos Giovani (American Society for Microbiology, 2025-11-24)
      While rice necrosis mosaic virus (RNMV) has only been described in Asia, we identified this virus on a rice plant from Argentina using a viral metagenomic approach. We further confirmed this result by RT-PCR and small-RNA ...