• Aerial spread of smut spores during peanut harvest 

      Paredes, Juan Andrés; Sparks, Adam H.; Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto; Rago, Alejandro Mario; Edwards Molina, Juan Pablo (Springer, 2024-03-18)
      Peanut smut (Thecaphora frezzii) is one of the most important peanut diseases in Argentinian peanut production. This monocyclic soil-borne pathogen transforms kernels into spore masses. Spore liberation from broken infected ...
    • Effect of rhizomania on red table-beet biomass production and molecular characterization of an isolate of Beet necrotic yellow vein virus from Brazil 

      Camelo García, Viviana Marcela; Edwards Molina, Juan Pablo; Nagata, Tatsuya; Rezende, Jorge A. M.; Silva, João M. F. (Springer, 2019-03-20)
      In Brazil, Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV), which causes rhizomania in red table-beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris), was first reported in 2015. This study evaluated the pathogenic effects of the disease on biomass ...
    • Efficacy of fungicides against peanut smut in Argentina 

      Paredes, Juan Andrés; Cazon, Luis Ignacio; Oddino, Claudio; Monguillot, Joaquin Humberto; Rago, Alejandro Mario; Edwards Molina, Juan Pablo (Elsevier, 2020-09-28)
      Peanut smut, caused by Thecaphora frezii, increased its incidence and prevalence in the main growing region of Argentina in the last decade becoming the main peanut disease. Despite this fact, growers continue producing ...
    • Meta‐analysis of fungicide efficacy on soybean target spot and cost–benefit assessment 

      Edwards Molina, Juan Pablo; Paul, Pierce A.; Amorim, Lilian; da Silva, Luis Henrique Carregal Pereira; Siqueri, Fabiano Victor; Borges, Edson Pereira; Campos, H.D.; Nunes Júnior, José; Meyer, Maurício Conrado; Martins, Mônica Cagnin; Balardin, Ricardo Silveiro; Carlin, Valtemir José; Grigolli, José Fernando; Belufi, Luana Maria de Rossi; Godoy, Claudia Vieira (Wiley, 2018)
      Target spot of soybean has spread in Brazil, the southeastern United States and Argentina in the last decade. A collaborative network of field Uniform Fungicide Trials (UFT) in Brazil was created in 2011 to study the target ...
    • Peanut Smut : from an emerging disease to an actual threat to Argentine Peanut production 

      Rago, Alejandro Mario; Cazon, Luis Ignacio; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Edwards Molina, Juan Pablo; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Bisonard, Eduardo Matias; Oddino, Claudio (2017-03)
      The center of origin of peanut is located in South America, specifically in southeastern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina, where its parental species are found in wild habits. Even though Argentina is only the seventh ...
    • Qualitative and quantitative factors affecting the relationship between Canola leaf spot epidemic and stem base canker (Leptosphaeria maculans) in Argentina 

      Edwards Molina, Juan Pablo; Escande, Alberto; Cendoya, María Gabriela; Quiroz, Facundo Jose (Springer, 2017-09)
      Stem base canker caused by Leptosphaeria maculans (SBC) has been reported to affect canola production worldwide. Ascospores infections produce leaf spots (LS) in early vegetative stages. From these initial spots, the fungus ...
    • Relationship between incidence and severity of peanut smut and its regional distribution in the main growing region of Argentina 

      Paredes, Juan Andrés; Edwards Molina, Juan Pablo; Cazon, Luis Ignacio; Asinari, Florencia; Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto; Morichetti, Sergio A.; Rago, Alejandro Mario; Torres, Adriana M. (Springer, 2021-10-20)
      Peanut smut, caused by the soil-borne pathogen Thecaphora frezii, has increased in incidence in the main Argentinian peanut-growing regions. Smut-affected pod transform the kernel into a mass of teliospores, which survive ...