• Genetic variability of Araucaria angustifolia in the Argentinean Parana Forest and implications for management and conservation 

      Inza, Maria Virginia; Aguirre, Natalia Cristina; Torales, Susana Leonor; Pahr, Norberto Manuel; Fassola, Hugo Enrique; Fornes, Luis Fernando; Zelener, Noga (2018-08)
      The main forces shaping genetic variability of woody species in fragmented forest are the geographical distribution and demographic history of populations. We conducted molecular analyses to evaluate how these factors have ...
    • Genetic variants in Argentinean isolates of Spodoptera frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus 

      Niz, José María; Salvador, Ricardo; Ferrelli, María Leticia; Sciocco, Alicia Ines; Romanowski, Víctor; Berretta, Marcelo Facundo (Springer, 2020)
      The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) is a key pest in the Americas. Control strategies are mainly carried out by use of chemical insecticides and transgenic crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis toxins. ...
    • Genetic variation and heteroplasmy of Varroa destructor inferred from ND4 mtDNA sequences 

      Muntaabski, Irina; Russo, Romina Maria; Liendo, María Clara; Palacio, María Alejandra; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (Springer, 2020-02)
      Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera L., is a serious threat to colonies and beekeeping worldwide. Population genetics studies of the mite have provided information on two mitochondrial ...
    • Genetic Variation Patterns of “Algarrobos” from the “Great American Chaco” (Prosopis alba, P. nigra, P. hassleri, P. fiebrigii, P. ruscifolia, P. chilensis, and P. flexuosa) 

      Vega, Carmen Delcira; Aguilar, Dana Lucía; Bessega, Cecilia; Teich, Ingrid; Acosta, Maria Cristina; Cosacov, Andrea; Ewens, Mauricio; Vilardi, Juan; Sérsic, Alicia N.; Verga, Anibal (Springer, 2020-11-19)
    • Genetically diverse herpesviruses in South American Atlantic coast seabirds 

      Niemeyer, Claudia; Favero, Cíntia Maria; Shivaprasad, H.L.; Uhart, Marcela M.; Meyer Musso, Cesar; Rago, María Virginia; Silva-Filho, Rodolfo Pinho; Lima Canabarro, Paula; Craig, Marí­a Isabel; Olivera, Valeria Soledad; Pereda, Ariel Julian; Brandao, Paulo Eduardo; Catao Dias, Luiz (2017)
      Different herpesviruses have been associated with respiratory and enteric disease and mortality among seabirds and waterfowl. In 2011, a respiratory disease outbreak affected 58.3% (98/168) of the Magellanic penguins ...
    • Genetics and biology of Anastrepha fraterculus: research supporting the use of the sterile insect technique (SIT) to control this pest in Argentina 

      Cladera, Jorge Luis; Vilardi, Juan Cesar; Juri, Marianela Lucía; Paulin, Laura Elisa; Giardini, Maria Cecilia; Gómez Cendra, Paula Valeria; Segura, Diego Fernando; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz (BMC, 2014-12)
      Two species of true fruit flies (taxonomic family Tephritidae) are considered pests of fruit and vegetable production in Argentina: the cosmopolitan Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann) and the new world ...
    • Genética y citogenética de la determinación del sexo en Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) 

      Carabajal Paladino, Leonale Suzel (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2011)
      El parasitoide bracónido Diachasmimorpha longicaudata es ampliamente utilizado como controlador biológico de moscas de los frutos; sin embargo, es escaso el conocimiento disponible sobre su genética. A fin de aportar ...
    • Genoma de Dalbulus maidis, la chicharrita del maíz, versión actualizable v0.1, INTA Argentina [Conjunto de datos] 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Fernandez, Franco Daniel (Instituto de Patología Vegetal (IPAVE-CIAP-INTA), 2024-06-04)
      Las plantaciones de maíz en el Norte del país y recientemente en la zona núcleo han enfrentado una amenaza creciente por la proliferación de la chicharrita del Maíz, cuya propagación ha sido exacerbado por el cambio ...
    • Genome characterization of an Argentinean isolate of alfalfa leaf curl virus 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; De Breuil, Soledad; Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (2018-03)
      We investigated the molecular characteristics of an Argentinean isolate of alfalfa leaf curl virus (ALCV-Arg), a virus of the genus Capulavirus in the family Geminiviridae that was isolated from alfalfa plants showing ...
    • Genome characterization of three potyviruses affecting maize in Argentina 

      Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Castellanos Collazo, Onias; Vaghi Medina, Carlos Gaston; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (Wiley, 2023-03-29)
      Argentina is globally recognized as both producer and exporter of maize, the most important cereal crop in the country. Several potyviruses affect the production of various crops, including maize. In this work, the complete ...
    • Genome sequence of Mesorhizobium mediterraneum strain R31, a nitrogen-fixing rhizobium used as an inoculant for chickpea in Argentina 

      Foresto, Emiliano; Revale, Santiago; Nievas, Fiorela; Carezzano, María Evangelina; Puente, Mariana Laura; Alzari, Pedro; Martinez, Mariano; Ben-Assaya, Mathilde; Mornico, Damien; Santoro, Maricel; Martinez-Abarca, Francisco; Giordano, Walter; Bogino, Pablo (American Society for Microbiology, 2023-10)
      Here, we report the complete genome sequence of Mesorhizobium mediterraneum R31, a rhizobial strain recommended and used as a commercial inoculant for chickpea in Argentina. The genome consists of 7.25 Mb, distributed into ...
    • Genome size in Argentinean species of Passiflora genus: cytological and phenotypical correlates 

      Bugallo, Veronica Lucia; Facciuto, Gabriela Rosa; Poggio, Lidia (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, 2023-09)
      El género Passiflora es el más grande dentro de la familia Passifloraceae con numerosas especies y gran variabilidad fenotípica. Existen diecinueve especies de Passiflora nativas de Argentina distribuidas en cuatro subgéneros: ...
    • Genome-based reclassification of Azospirillum brasilense Az39 as the type strain of Azospirillum argentinense sp. nov. 

      dos Santos Ferreira, Natália; Coniglio, Nayla Anahí; Puente, Mariana Laura; Sant’Anna, Fernando Hayashi; Maroniche, Guillermo Andrés; Garcia, Julia Elena; Molina, Romina Micaela; Nievas, Sofía; Volpiano, Camila Gazolla; Ambrosini, Adriana; Passaglia, Luciane Maria Pereira; Pedraza, Raúl Osvaldo; Reis, Veronica Massena; Zilli, Jerri Edson; Cassan, Fabricio Dario (Microbiology Society, 2022-08-01)
      Strain Az39T of Azospirillum is a diazotrophic plant growth-promoting bacterium isolated in 1982 from the roots of wheat plants growing in Marcos Juárez, Córdoba, Argentina. It produces indole-3- acetic acid in the presence ...
    • Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests 

      Rotenberg, Dorith; Baumann, Aaron A.; Ben-Mahmoud, Sulley; Christiaens, Olivier; Dermauw, Wannes; Ioannidis, Panagiotis; Jacobs, Chris G. C.; Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M.; Oliver, Jonathan E.; Poelchau, Monica F.; Priya Rajarapu, Swapna; Schneweis, Derek J.; Snoeck, Simon; Taning, Clauvis N. T.; Wei, Dong; Widana Gamage, Shirani M. K.; Hughes, Daniel S. T.; Murali, Shwetha C.; Bailey, Samuel T.; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Holmes, Christopher J.; Jennings, Emily C.; Rosendale, Andrew J.; Rosselot, Andrew; Hervey, Kaylee; Schneweis, Brandi A.; Cheng, Sammy; Childers, Christopher; Simão, Felipe A.; Dietzgen, Ralf G.; Chao, Hsu; Dinh, Huyen; Vardhan Doddapaneni, Harsha; Dugan, Shannon; Han, Yi; Lee, Sandra L.; Muzny, Donna M.; Qu, Jiaxin; Worley, Kim C.; Benoit, Joshua B.; Friedrich, Markus; Jones, Jeffery W.; Panfilio, Kristen A.; Park, Yoonseong; Robertson, Hugh M.; Smagghe, Guy; Ullman, Diane E.; Van der Zee, Maurijn; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; Veenstra, Jan A.; Waterhouse, Robert M.; Weirauch, Matthew T.; Werren, John H.; Whitfield, Anna E.; Zdobnov, Evgeny M.; Gibbs, Richard A.; Richards, Stephen (BMC, 2020-10-19)
      Background The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), is a globally invasive pest and plant virus vector on a wide array of food, fiber and ornamental crops. While there are numerous studies centered ...
    • Genome-wide analysis of the snakin/GASA gene family in solanum tuberosum cv. Kennebec 

      Nahirñak, Vanesa; Rivarola, Maximo Lisandro; Gonzalez De Urreta, Martin Salvador; Paniego, Norma Beatriz; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Almasia, Natalia Ines; Vazquez Rovere, Cecilia (2016-04)
      Snakin/GASA proteins have been involved in different aspects of plant growth and development although their exact role is still intriguing. All of them maintain 12 cysteines of the C-terminus in highly conserved positions ...
    • Genome-wide and comparative phylogenetic analysis of senescence-associated NAC transcription factors in sunflower (Helianthus annuus) 

      Bengoa Luoni, Sofía Ailin; Cenci, Alberto; Moschen, Sebastian Nicolas; Nicosia, Salvador Maria; Radonic, Laura Mabel; Sabio Y Garcia, Julia Veronica; Langlade, Nicolas B.; Vile, Denis; Vazquez Rovere, Cecilia; Fernandez, Paula Del Carmen (Springer, 2021-12)
      Background: Leaf senescence delay impacts positively in grain yield by maintaining the photosynthetic area during the reproductive stage and during grain filling. Therefore a comprehensive understanding of the gene families ...
    • Genome-wide association studies in sunflower : towards sclerotinia sclerotiorum and diaporthe/phomopsis resistance breeding 

      Filippi, Carla Valeria; Corro Molas, Andres Ezequiel; Dominguez, Matías; Colombo, Denis Nahuel; Heinz, Nicolás; Troglia, Carolina Beatriz; Maringolo, Carla Andrea; Quiroz, Facundo Jose; Alvarez, Daniel; Lia, Veronica Viviana; Paniego, Norma Beatriz (MDPI, 2022-12)
      Diseases caused by necrotrophic fungi, such as the cosmopolitan Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and the Diaporthe/Phomopsis complex, are among the most destructive diseases of sunflower worldwide. The lack of complete resistance ...
    • Genome-wide data (ChIP-seq) enabled identification of cell wall-related and aquaporin genes as targets of tomato ASR1, a drought stress-responsive transcription factor 

      Ricardi, Martiniano María; González, Rodrigo Matías; Silin, Zhong; Dominguez, Pia Guadalupe; Duffy, Tomas; Turjanski, Pablo Guillermo; Salgado Salter, Juan David; Alleva, Karina Edith; Carrari, Fernando; Giovannoni, James J.; Estevez, Jose Manuel; Iusem, Norberto Daniel (BMC, 2014-01)
      Background: Identifying the target genes of transcription factors is important for unraveling regulatory networks in all types of organisms. Our interest was precisely to uncover the spectrum of loci regulated by a widespread ...
    • Genome-wide diversity in lowland and highland maize landraces from southern South America: population genetics insights to assist conservation 

      Dominguez, Pia Guadalupe; Gutierrez, Ángela Verónica; Fass, Monica Irinia; Filippi, Carla Valeria; Vera, Pablo; Puebla, Andrea; Defacio, Raquel Alicia; Paniego, Norma Beatriz; Lia, Veronica Viviana (BioRxiv, 2024-02)
      Maize (Zea mays ssp. mays L.) landraces are traditional American crops with high genetic variability that conform a source of original alleles for conventional maize breeding. Northern Argentina, one the southernmost regions ...
    • Genome-wide identification of microRNA targets in the neglected disease pathogens of the genus Echinococcus 

      Macchiaroli, Natalia; Maldonado, Lucas; Zarowiecki, Magdalena; Cucher, Marcela Alejandra; Gismondi, Maria Ines; Kamenetzky, Laura; Rosenzvit, Mara Cecilia (2017-06)
      MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small non-coding RNAs, are key regulators of gene expression at posttranscriptional level and play essential roles in biological processes such as development. MiRNAs silence target mRNAs by ...