• Expanding the Repertoire of the Plant-Infecting Ophioviruses through Metatranscriptomics Data 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Garcia, Maria Laura; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban (MDPI, 2023-03-25)
      Ophioviruses (genus Ophiovirus, family Aspiviridae) are plant-infecting viruses with non-enveloped, filamentous, naked nucleocapsid virions. Members of the genus Ophiovirus have a segmented single-stranded negative-sense ...
    • First report of cowpea mild mottle virus in chia (Salvia hispanica) 

      Celli, Marcos Giovani; Perotto, Maria Cecilia; Merino, Maria Alicia; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Flores, Ceferino Rene; Conci, Vilma Cecilia (2016)
      Chia (Salvia hispanica), a herbaceous plant of Lamiaceae family, has gained popularity due to its high concentrations of health-beneficial Omega-3 fatty acids. Plants showing different virus-like symptoms were observed ...
    • First report of grapevine Pinot gris virus infecting grapevine in Argentina 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Luna,Facundo; Moyano, Sabrina Noé; Zavallo, Diego; Asurmendi, Sebastian; Gomez Talquenca, Gonzalo (Springer, 2020-07)
      Fourteen viruses have been associated to grapevine in Argentina (Debat et al. 2020; Luna et al. 2019). Grapevine Pinot gris virus (family Betaflexiviridae; genus Trichovirus, GPGV) was originally described in Italy and ...
    • First report of grapevine virus E infecting grapevine in Argentina 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Zavallo, Diego; Luna, Facundo; Moyano, Sabrina Noé; Asurmendi, Sebastian; Gomez Talquenca, Sebastian (Springer, 2019-03-12)
      To investigate the occurrence of GVE in Argentina, a survey was conducted in grapevines from three regions (Mendoza’s North Oasis, East Zone and Uco Valley) of Mendoza province, Argentina, during the 2017/2018 season. ...
    • First report of johnsongrass mosaic virus in Argentina 

      Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (2019-11-21)
      Potyviruses are responsible for important economic losses in maize crop. This work reports the detection of johnsongrass mosaic virus, a potyvirus affecting maize in Argentina. Electron microscopy studies, mechanical ...
    • First report of Maize striatemosaic virus, a mastrevirus infecting Zea mays in Argentina 

      Ruiz Posse, Agustina María; Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Reyna, Pablo Gastón; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Torrico Ramallo, Ada Karina; Gimenez Pecci, María De La Paz; Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia (Wiley, 2023-06-23)
      During 2021, sweet corn plants cultivated for human consumption in a 400-ha area in Santa Fe province, Argentina, showed severe virus-like symptoms, including marked dwarfism, plant deformation, nerval or internerval vein ...
    • First report of papaya ringspot virus w infecting momordica charantia in Cuba 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Giolitti, Fabian; Portal, O. (Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università di Bari, 2015-01-16)
      During a survey conducted in July 2010, severe mosaic and deformations were observed on the leaves of cerasee (Momordica charantia) in Villa Clara, Cuba. The symptoms resembled those induced by Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) ...
    • First report of rice stripe necrosis virus in Argentina 

      Maurino, María Fernanda; Gimenez Pecci, Maria de la Paz; Kruger, Raúl; Cúndom, María Águeda; Gutierrez, Susana Alejandra; Celli, Marcos Giovani (Elsevier, 2018-12)
      Since 2008/2009, we have seen symptoms of viral infection in rice plants from crop regions in Argentina. The main objective of this work was to identify the causal agent of the rice plants' crinkling. We therefore analyzed ...
    • First report of Strawberry crinkle virus in Argentina 

      Perotto, Maria Cecilia; Luciani, Carlos; Celli, Marcos Giovani; Torrico Ramallo, Ada Karina; Conci, Vilma Cecilia (2014-08-07)
      Strawberry crinkle virus (SCV) is one of the most frequent viruses affecting strawberry worldwide, and responsible for important reductions in yield and fruit quality. Stunted dwarfed plants with distorted leaves were found ...
    • First Report of Tobacco Streak Virus Infecting Sunflower in Argentina 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (American Phytopathological Society, 2019-11-21)
      Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is one of the main oleaginous crops in the world, and Argentina is positioned among the top sunflower seed producers worldwide (FAO 2019). During the 2018 to 2019 crop season, sunflower plants ...
    • Genetic variability and recombination analysis of the coat protein gene of Strawberry mild yellow edge virus 

      Torrico Ramallo, Ada Karina; Celli, Marcos Giovani; Cafrune, Eva Encarnacion; Kirschbaum, Daniel Santiago; Conci, Vilma Cecilia (2016)
      Strawberry mild yellow edge virus (SMYEV) has been detected in most of the strawberry production regions worldwide. However, little is known about differences between distinct isolates. The aim of this study was to enhance ...
    • Geographical distribution and first molecular detection of an Emaravirus, High Plains wheat mosaic virus, in Argentina 

      Alemandri, Vanina Maria; Mattio, Maria Fernanda; Rodriguez, Sandra Monica; Truol, Graciela Ana Maria (Springer, 2017-11)
      High Plains wheat mosaic virus (HPWMoV) has recently been assigned to genus Emaravirus and is the causal agent of High Plains disease. In this work the geographical distribution and first molecular detection of HPWMoV in ...
    • Geographical distribution, genetic studies and vector transmission of alfalfa enamovirus-1 infecting alfalfa crop in Argentina 

      Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (Springer, 2020-07)
      Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) growing areas of Argentina were surveyed between 2010 and 2018 to determine the geographical distribution and analyse the genetic diversity among alfalfa enamovirus-1 (AEV-1) isolates. The virus ...
    • Grapevine virus L: a novel vitivirus in grapevine 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Zavallo, Diego; Brisbane, Reid Soltero; Vončina, Darko; Almeida, Rodrigo P. P.; Blouin, Arnaud G.; Al Rwahnih, Maher; Gomez Talquenca, Gonzalo; Asurmendi, Sebastian (2019-04-06)
      Vitiviruses are ssRNA(+) viruses in the family Betaflexiviridae (subfamily Trivirinae). There are currently 10 ICTV recognized virus species in the genus; nevertheless, the extended use of NGS technologies is rapidly ...
    • High-Throughput Sequencing for Deciphering the Virome of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Roumagnac, Philippe; Nemchinov, Lev G. (Frontiers Media, 2020-09-11)
      Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), also known as lucerne, is a major forage crop worldwide. In the United States, it has recently become the third most valuable field crop, with an estimated value of over $9.3 billion. Alfalfa ...
    • Identification and characterization of a new potyvirus infecting cucurbits 

      Perotto, Maria Cecilia; Pozzi, Elizabeth Alicia; Celli, Marcos Giovani; Luciani, Cecilia Elizabeth; Mitidieri, Mariel Silvina; Conci, Vilma Cecilia (Springer, 2018-03)
      A new potyvirus, tentatively named cucurbit vein banding virus (CVBV), was identified in crops of cucurbits in San Pedro (Buenos Aires, Argentina). The complete genome sequences of two isolates of CVBV were obtained by ...
    • Identification and molecular characterization of a novel circular single-stranded DNA virus associated with yerba mate in Argentina 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; De Breuil, Soledad; Nome Docampo, Claudia (Springer, 2018-10)
      A single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) virus was detected in Yerba mate samples showing chlorotic linear patterns, chlorotic rings and vein yellowing. The full-genome sequences of six different isolates of this ssDNA circular virus ...
    • Identification of the first endogenous Ophiovirus sequence 

      Marsile-Medun, Soledad; Debat, Humberto Julio; Gifford, Robert James (BioRxiv, 2018-05-05)
      Endogenous viral elements (EVEs) are sequences in eukaryotic genomes that are derived from the ancestral integration of viral sequences into germline cells. Ophioviruses (family Ophioviridae) are a recently established ...
    • Identification, molecular characterization and relative incidence of begomoviruses infecting bean crops in northwestern Argentina: an update 

      Varela, Gonzalo Matías; Avalos, Vera; Reyna, Pablo Gastón; Laguna, Irma Graciela; Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia (Springer; Australasian Plant Pathology Society, 2018-07)
      Three begomoviruses were identified in bean crops in northwestern Argentina: Bean golden mosaic virus (BGMV), Tomato yellow spot virus (ToYSV) and Soybean blistering mosaic virus (SbBMV). Nucleic acid hybridization probes ...
    • Impact of yellow leaf virus on sugarcane commercial fields 

      Asinari, Florencia; Perez Gomez, Sergio Gregorio; Easdale, C.; Rago, Alejandro Mario; Balzarini, Monica; Cafrune, Eva Encarnacion (Springer, 2020-11-17)
      A survey of Sugarcane yellow leaf virus (SCYLV) was conducted in northern Argentina in 2015 and 2016 using tissue blot immunoassay (TBIA). Results showed plant infection rates of 2.2–86.7% in sugarcane commercial fields ...