• Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV): genetic diversity and a new natural host 

      Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Castellanos Collazo, Onias; Vaghi Medina, Carlos Gaston; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (Springer, 2021-10-15)
      Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) is a plant virus belonging to the genus Alfamovirus in the family Bromoviridae. AMV occurs worldwide and is one of the most important viruses affecting a large number of plant species, mainly ...
    • Amesuviridae: a new family of plant-infecting viruses in the phylum Cressdnaviricota, realm Monodnaviria 

      Herrera da Silva, João Paulo; Pereira de Resende, Franciely Maria; Ferreira da Silva, José Cleydson; De Breuil, Soledad; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Murilo Zerbini, Francisco (Springer, 2023-08-10)
      The phylum Cressdnaviricota comprises viruses with single-stranded, circular DNA genomes that encode an HUH-type endonuclease (known as Rep). The phylum includes two classes, eight orders, and 11 families. Here, we report ...
    • An analysis of the genomic variability of the phytopathogenic mollicute Spiroplasma kunkelii 

      Carpane, Pablo; Melcher, Ulrich; Wayadande, Astri; Gimenez Pecci, Maria De La Paz; Laguna, Irma Graciela; Dolezal, William; Fletcher, Jacqueline (American Phytopathological Society, 2013-02)
      Corn stunt disease has become a factor limiting maize production in some areas of the Americas in recent years. Although resistant maize genotypes have been developed in the past, this resistance has been unstable over ...
    • An in silico analysis revealed a novel evolutionary lineage of putative mitoviruses 

      Jacquat, Andrés Gustavo; Ulla, Sofía Belén; Debat, Humberto Julio; Muñoz-Adalia, Emigdio Jordán; Theumer, Martín Gustavo; García Pedrajas, M. Dolores; Dambolena, José Sebastián (Wiley, 2022-09-09)
      Mitoviruses (family Mitoviridae) are small capsid-less RNA viruses that replicate in the mitochondria of fungi and plants. However, to date, the only authentic animal mitovirus infecting an insect was identified as Lutzomyia ...
    • An In Vitro Method for Studying the Three-Way Interaction between Soybean, Rhizophagus irregularis and the Soil-Borne Pathogen Fusarium virguliforme 

      Giachero, Marí­a Lorena; Marquez, Nathalie; Gallou, Adrien; Luna, Celina Mercedes; Declerck, Stéphane; Ducasse, Daniel Adrian (2017-06)
      In this work, we described an in vitro system adequate for investigating the pathosystem soybean/arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)/Fusarium virguliforme. Pre-mycorrhized plantlets with Rhizophagus irregularis were infected ...
    • An insight into the sialome, mialome and virome of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans 

      Ribeiro, J.M.; Debat, Humberto Julio; Boiani, M.; Ures, X.; Rocha, S.; Breijo, M. (BMC, 2019-07-29)
      Background: The horn fly (Haematobia irritans) is an obligate blood feeder that causes considerable economic losses in livestock industries worldwide. The control of this cattle pest is mainly based on insecticides; ...
    • An insight into the sialotranscriptome and virome of Amazonian anophelines 

      Scarpassa, Vera Margarete; Debat, Humberto Julio; Alencar, Ronildo Baiatone; Ferreira Saraiva, José; Calvo, Eric; Arcà, Bruno; Ribeiro, José M. C. (BioMed Central, 2019)
      Background: Saliva of mosquitoes contains anti-platelet, anti-clotting, vasodilatory, anti-complement and antiinflammatory substances that help the blood feeding process. The salivary polypeptides are at a fast pace ...
    • An Integrated Physical Map of the Cultivated Hot Chili Pepper, Capsicum baccatum var. Pendulum 

      Aguilera, Patricia Mabel; Debat, Humberto Julio; Grabiele, Mauro (2017)
      Capsicum baccatum var. Pendulum is the most frequently cultivated chili pepper in South America. This taxon is an outstanding source for breeding programs and genetic improvement in the genus, since its traits can be ...
    • An RNA Virome Associated to the Golden Orb-Weaver Spider Nephila clavipes 

      Debat, Humberto Julio (2017-10)
      The golden orb-weaver spider Nephila clavipes, known for its sexual size dimorphism, is abundant and widespread in the New World. The first annotated genome of orb-weaver spiders, exploring N. clavipes, has recently been ...
    • An Unwanted Association: The Threat to Papaya Crops by a Novel Potexvirus in Northwest Argentina 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Debat, Humberto Julio; Torres, Carolina; Portal, Orelvis; Jaramillo Zapata, Margarita; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Flores, Ceferino Rene; Ortiz, Claudio Manuel; Badaracco, Alejandra; Acuña, Luis Eduardo; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Quito-Avila, Diego; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Castellanos Collazo, Onias; Sánchez-Rodríguez, Aminael; Giolitti, Fabian (MDPI, 2022-10-19)
      An emerging virus isolated from papaya (Carica papaya) crops in northwestern (NW) Argentina was sequenced and characterized using next-generation sequencing. The resulting genome is 6667-nt long and encodes five open reading ...
    • Analysis of the coding-complete genomic sequence of groundnut ringspot virus suggests a common ancestor with tomato chlorotic spot virus 

      De Breuil, Soledad; Cañizares Sales, Joaquin; Blanca Postigo, Jose Miguel; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Giolitti, Fabian; Ziarsolo, Peio; Lenardon, Sergio Luis (2016)
      Groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV) and tomato chlorotic spot virus (TCSV) share biological and serological properties, so their identification is carried out by molecular methods. Their genomes consist of three segmented RNAs: ...
    • Annual (2023) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm Riboviria: kingdom Orthornavirae: phylum Negarnaviricota) 

      Kuhn, Jens H.; Abe, Junya; Adkins, Scott; Alkhovsky, Sergey V.; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana; Ayllón, María A.; Bahl, Justin; Balkema-Buschmann, Anne; Ballinger, Matthew J; Kumar Baranwal, Virendra; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Debat, Humberto Julio; Lodden Økland, Arnfinn (Microbiology Society, 2023-08-25)
      In April 2023, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and emended. The phylum was expanded by one new ...
    • Anthracnose on alfalfa caused by Colletotrichum americae-borealis in Córdoba province, Argentina 

      Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Serri, Dannae Lilia; Campilongo Mancilla, Ernesto Javier; Stenglein, Sebastian; Vargas Gil, Silvina (Elsevier, 2021-06-06)
      Alfalfa is an important forage crop in Argentina, with a large area dedicated to its cultivation. However, plant diseases are a common cause of loss because they limit productivity and reduce forage quality. Anthracnose, ...
    • Argentina: publicly funded science under threat 

      Debat, Humberto Julio (Nature Research, 2023-09-12)
      Last month, Javier Milei, Argentina’s leading presidential candidate, declared his intent to shut down the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and to privatize CONICET, the country’s National Scientific and ...
    • Bean leafroll virus (BLRV) in Argentina: molecular characterization and detection in alfalfa fields 

      Trucco, Veronica Milagros; De Breuil, Soledad; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (Springer, 2016-09)
      Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is the main forage crop in Argentina and plays an essential role in the animal production chain, but it can be negatively affected by many factors, such as viral diseases. Here, we report the ...
    • Bean yellow mosaic virus in soybean from Argentina 

      Campos, Ramon Eduardo; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Laguna, Irma Graciela; Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia (Wiley, 2014-05)
      An association of Bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV), (genus Potyvirus), with yellow mosaic leaf symptoms on soybean in Argentina was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, a result confirmed by transmission electron ...
    • Bean yellow mosaic virus infecting broad bean in the green belt of Córdoba, Argentina 

      Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Reyna, Pablo Gastón; Muñoz, Nacira Belen; Arguello Caro, Evangelina Beatriz; Luque, Andres Vicente; Debat, Humberto Julio (BioRxiv, 2019-04-11)
      Broad bean (Vicia faba L) is the fourth most important pulse crop in the world. In Argentina, broad bean production was of 1,841 hectares and 16,500 tons during the 2017 growing season. Broad bean is commonly used in ...
    • Biological and molecular characterization of bean bushy stunt virus, a novel bipartite begomovirus infecting common bean in northwestern Argentina 

      Reyna, Pablo Gastón; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Laguna, Irma Graciela; Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia (Springer, 2021-02-28)
      Common bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) showing different virus-like symptoms were collected in northwestern Argentina. Dot-blot hybridization tests showed that the begomoviruses bean golden mosaic virus and tomato ...
    • Biological, Molecular and Phiysiological Characterization of Four Soybean mosaic virus Isolates Present in Argentine Soybean Crops 

      Maugeri Suarez, M; Rodriguez, Marianela; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Laguna, Irma Graciela; Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia (BioRxiv, 2021-06-10)
      Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) causes systemic infections in soybean plants, leading to chlorotic mosaic and producing significant yield losses. The virus is widely distributed in all soybean production areas in the world. In ...
    • Blood-feeding adaptations and virome assessment of the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae guided by RNA-seq 

      Ribeiro, José M.; Hartmann, David; Bartošová-Sojková, Pavla; Debat, Humberto Julio; Moos, Martin; Šimek, Petr; Fara, Jiří; Palus, Martin; Kučera, Matěj; Hajdušek, Ondřej (Springer Nature, 2023-05-13)
      Dermanyssus gallinae is a blood-feeding mite that parasitises wild birds and farmed poultry. Its remarkably swift processing of blood, together with the capacity to blood-feed during most developmental stages, makes this ...