• Co-expression networks in sunflower : harnessing the power of multi-study transcriptomic public data to identify and categorize candidate genes for fungal resistance 

      Ribone, Andrés Ignacio; Fass, Monica Irinia; Gonzalez, Sergio Alberto; Lia, Veronica Viviana; Paniego, Norma Beatriz; Rivarola, Maximo Lisandro (MDPI, 2023-08)
      Fungal plant diseases are a major threat to food security worldwide. Current efforts to identify and list loci involved in different biological processes are more complicated than originally thought, even when complete ...
    • Development, characterization and experimental validation of a cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) gene expression oligonucleotide microarray 

      Fernandez, Paula Del Carmen; Soria, Marcelo Abel; Blesa, David; Di Rienzo, Julio A.; Moschen, Sebastian Nicolas; Rivarola, Maximo Lisandro; Clavijo, Bernardo; Gonzalez, Sergio; Peluffo, Lucila; Principi, Dario; Dosio, Guillermo; Aguirrezabal, Luis; García-García, Francisco; Conesa, Ana; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Dopazo, Joaquín; Heinz, Ruth Amelia; Paniego, Norma Beatriz (PLOS One, 2012-10)
      Oligonucleotide-based microarrays with accurate gene coverage represent a key strategy for transcriptional studies in orphan species such as sunflower, H. annuus L., which lacks full genome sequences. The goal of this study ...
    • Exploring sunflower responses to Sclerotinia head rot at early stages of infection using RNA‑seq analysis 

      Fass, Monica Irina; Rivarola, Maximo Lisandro; Ehrenbolger, Guillermo Federico; Maringolo, Carla Andrea; Montecchia, Juan Francisco; Quiroz, Facundo Jose; García‑García, Francisco; Dopazo Blázquez, Joaquín; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Heinz, Ruth Amelia; Paniego, Norma Beatriz; Lia, Veronica Viviana (Springer Nature, 2020-08)
      Sclerotinia head rot (SHR), caused by the necrotrophic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is one of the most devastating sunflower crop diseases. Despite its worldwide occurrence, the genetic determinants of plant resistance ...
    • 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 ...
    • On-field phenotypic evaluation of sunflower populations for broad-spectrum resistance to Verticillium leaf mottle and wilt 

      Montecchia, Juan Francisco; Fass, Monica Irina; Cerrudo, Ignacio; Quiroz, Facundo Jose; Nicosia, Salvador Maria; Maringolo, Carla Andrea; Di Rienzo, Julio A.; Troglia, Carolina Beatriz; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Escande, Alberto; Gonzalez, Julio Horacio; Alvarez, Daniel; Heinz, Ruth Amelia; Lia, Veronica Viviana; Paniego, Norma Beatriz (Springer Nature, 2021-06)
      Sunflower Verticillium Wilt and Leaf Mottle (SVW), caused by Verticillium dahliae (Kleb.; Vd), is a soil-borne disease affecting sunflower worldwide. A single dominant locus, known as V1, was formerly effective in controlling ...
    • Peculiarities of the Transformation of Asteraceae Family Species: The Cases of Sunflower and Lettuce 

      Darqui, Flavia Soledad; Radonic, Laura Mabel; Beracochea, Valeria Cecilia; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Lopez Bilbao, Marisa Gisela (Frontiers Publishing, 2021-11)
      The Asteraceae family is the largest and most diversified family of the Angiosperms, characterized by the presence of numerous clustered inflorescences, which have the appearance of a single compound flower. It is estimated ...
    • Phenotyping sunflower genetic resources for Sclerotinia head rot response: assessing variability for disease resistance breeding 

      Filippi, Carla Valeria; Zubrzycki, Jeremias Enrique; Di Rienzo, Julio A.; Quiroz, Facundo Jose; Fusari, Corina Mariana; Alvarez, Daniel; Maringolo, Carla Andrea; Cordes, Diego Darío; Escande, Alberto; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Heinz, Ruth Amelia; Lia, Veronica Viviana; Paniego, Norma Beatriz (The American Phytopathological Society, 2017-11)
      Sclerotinia head rot (SHR) is one of the most serious constraints to sunflower (Helianthus annuus L. var. macrocarpus) production worldwide. Here, we evaluated the response to SHR in a sunflower inbred panel from a large ...
    • Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals a Differential Gene Expression Profile Between Two Sunflower Inbred Lines with Different Ability to Tolerate Water Stress 

      Escalante, Maximiliano; Vigliocco, Ana Edit; Moschen, Sebastian Nicolas; Fernandez, Paula Del Carmen; Heinz, Ruth Amelia; Garcia-Garcia, Francisco; Di Rienzo, Julio A.; Andrade, Andrea; Alemano, Sergio Gabriel (Springer, 2020-01)
      Although sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is categorized as a medium drought-sensitive crop, in a changing climate scenario and/or with the onset of early droughts, the crop may be affected by water stress. This study ...
    • Unveiling the genetic basis of Sclerotinia head rot resistance in sunflower 

      Filippi, Carla Valeria; Zubrzycki, Jeremias Enrique; Di Rienzo, Julio Alejandro; Quiroz, Facundo Jose; Puebla, Andrea Fabiana; Alvarez, Daniel; Maringolo, Carla Andrea; Escande, Alberto; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Heinz, Ruth Amelia; Paniego, Norma Beatriz; Lia, Veronica Viviana (BMC, 2020-07)
      Background: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a necrotrophic fungus that causes Sclerotinia head rot (SHR) in sunflower, with epidemics leading to severe yield losses. In this work, we present an association mapping (AM) approach ...