• Mal de Río Cuarto virus infection causes hormone imbalance and sugar accumulation in wheat leaves 

      De Haro, Luis Alejandro; Arellano, Sofía Maité; Novak, Ondrej; Feil, Regina; Dumon, Analia Delfina; Mattio, Maria Fernanda; Tarkowska, Danuse; Llauger, Gabriela; Strnad, Miroslav; Lunn, John Edward; Pearce, Stephen; Figueroa, Carlos María; Del Vas, Mariana (BMC, 2019-03)
      Background; Mal de Río Cuarto virus (MRCV) infects several monocotyledonous species including maize and wheat. Infected plants show shortened internodes, partial sterility, increased tillering and reduced root length. To ...
    • RdDM pathway components differentially modulate Tobamovirus symptom development 

      Leone, Melisa; Zavallo, Diego; Venturuzzi, Andrea Laura; Asurmendi, Sebastian (Springer, 2020-08)
      Small RNAs (sRNAs) are important molecules for gene regulation in plants and play an essential role in plant-pathogen interactions. Researchers have evaluated the relationship between viral infections as well as the ...
    • Transgenic citrange troyer rootstocks overexpressing antimicrobial potato snakin-1 show reduced citrus canker disease symptoms 

      Conti, Gabriela; Gardella, Victoria; Vandecaveye, Melina Antonella; Gomez, Claudio Andres; Joris, Giovanna Lujan; Hauteville, Claudia; Burdyn, Lourdes; Almasia, Natalia Ines; Nahirñak, Vanesa; Vazquez Rovere, Cecilia; Gochez, Alberto Martin; Furman, Nicolas; Lezcano, Cecilia Carolina; Kobayashi, Ken; García, María Laura; Canteros, Blanca Isabel; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Reyes, Carina Andrea (Elsevier, 2020-12)
      Citrus canker is a major disease caused by Xanthomonas citri pv. citri. Snakin-1 is an antimicrobial peptide, which was previously shown to be effective against different bacterial and fungal diseases in potato, wheat and ...