• Distribution and phylodynamics of papaya ringspot virus on Carica papaya in Cuba 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Giolitti, Fabian; Torres, Carolina; Portal, Orelvis (Wiley; British Society for Plant Pathology, 2018-09)
      Orchard and garden papaya crops grown in 47 Cuban municipalities were surveyed from 2008 to 2013, revealing the widespread distribution of papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) in Cuba. Phylodynamic analyses performed with the ...
    • Ecology and evolution of papaya ringspot virus 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Brugo Carivali, María Florencia; Perotto, Maria Cecilia; Luciani, Cecilia Elizabeth; Giolitti, Fabian; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Portal, Orelvis (Elsevier, 2023-04-06)
      Carica papaya L., native to south of Mexico and Central America, is the third most cultivated tropical crop worldwide. Although more than 35 viruses have been reported infecting papaya, only papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) ...
    • Effects of infection with the viral complex alfalfa dwarf disease on productivity traits and coumestrol production in alfalfa plants 

      Silva, Mercedes Pilar; Basigalup, Daniel Horacio; Chiacchiera, Stella Maris; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Giolitti, Fabian; Mamani, Eva Maria Celia; Díaz, Carolina del Pilar; Manzur, Milena E. (CSIRO, 2023-10-09)
      Context. Viral infections generate yield losses in alfalfa due to the impact on growth, seed production, impaired nitrogen fixation and fungal disease susceptibility, but also stimulate production of coumestrol, which can ...
    • Estudios epidemiológicos del alfalfa enamovirus-1 en el cultivo de alfalfa de Argentina 

      Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Castellanos Collazo, Onias; Vaghi Medina, Carlos Gaston; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (Asociación Argentina de Fitopatólogos, 2021-09-22)
      El Alfalfa enamovirus 1 (AEV 1 Género Enamovirus Familia Luteoviridae identificado en 2016 como miembro de una nueva especie viral, es uno de los virus detectados en alfalfas con síntomas de achaparramiento, la que impacta ...
    • Exploring species composition and population dynamics of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in peanut crops in Argentina 

      De Breuil, Soledad; Giudici, Albano Cesar; La Rossa, Francisco Ruben; Baldessari, Jorge Javier; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Giolitti, Fabian; Lenardon, Sergio Luis (Springer, 2021-04-26)
      Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) are major pests of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). They cause feeding damage and indirect injuries transmitting plant viruses. In Argentina, peanut is commonly affected by thrips. The crop ...
    • 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 Papaya ringspot virus infecting Carica papaya in Argentina 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Dal Zotto, Angelica; Galdeano, E.; Portal, O.; Giolitti, Fabian (Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università di Bari, 2016-06-20)
      Papaya plants (Carica papaya L.) with severe leaf mosaic and deformation symptoms were observed and collected in the Formosa, Corrientes and Misiones provinces of northern Argentina. These symptoms were similar to those ...
    • 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 raspberry bushy dwarf virus infecting raspberry in Argentina 

      Dal Zotto, Angelica; Cardozo, Andrea; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Giolitti, Fabian; Cobelo, Claudia Monica (Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università di Bari, 2017-11)
      In 2014-2015, raspberry (Rubus idaeus) cv. Autum bliss plants with dwarfism and foliar chlorosis were observed in commercial fields in parallel 42° in the Patagonia region of Argentina. Symptoms were similar to those ...
    • 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 ...
    • Genome characterization of an Argentinean isolate of alfalfa leaf curl virus 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; De Breuil, Soledad; Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (2018-03)
      We investigated the molecular characteristics of an Argentinean isolate of alfalfa leaf curl virus (ALCV-Arg), a virus of the genus Capulavirus in the family Geminiviridae that was isolated from alfalfa plants showing ...
    • Genome characterization of three potyviruses affecting maize in Argentina 

      Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Castellanos Collazo, Onias; Vaghi Medina, Carlos Gaston; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (Wiley, 2023-03-29)
      Argentina is globally recognized as both producer and exporter of maize, the most important cereal crop in the country. Several potyviruses affect the production of various crops, including maize. In this work, the complete ...
    • 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 ...
    • Identification and molecular characterization of a phytoplasma associated with sunflower in Argentina 

      Guzmán, Fabiana; Giolitti, Fabian; Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Conci, Luis Rogelio (Springer, 2014-04)
      Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) plants showing capitulum with virescence, phyllody and flower malformation, shortened internodes and abnormal branches were found in a field in Pedro Luro (Buenos Aires province, Argentina). ...
    • Orthotospovirus disease epidemic: molecular characterization and incidence in peanut crops 

      De Breuil, Soledad; Dottori, Carolina Andrea; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Giolitti, Fabian; Lenardon, Sergio Luis (Springer, 2020-10-13)
      Argentina is one of the main peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) exporting countries with the major peanut-growing area located in the province of Córdoba. During the 2015–2016 growing season, severe outbreaks of an orthotospovirus-like ...
    • Papaya ringspot virus W infecting Luffa aegyptiaca in Cuba 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Giolitti, Fabian; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Portal, Orelvis (Springer, 2017-12)
      Luffa aegyptiaca (sponge gourd) plants showing severe leaf mosaic and deformation symptoms were observed in Villa Clara, Cuba. Electron microscopy observations of leaf dip preparations revealed flexuous filamentous particles, ...
    • Papaya ringspot virus–Carica papaya pathosystem 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Giolitti, Fabian; Leiva Mora, Michel; Portal, Orelvis (Academic Press, 2020-05-14)
      This chapter explains why papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) is a global threat to Carica papaya L. and discuses some aspects papaya origin, taxonomy, distribution, global production, and genetic and genomic resources. PRSV ...
    • Papaya—I 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Giolitti, Fabian; Cruz, Maylín; Leiva Mora, Michel; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Portal, Orelvis (Elsevier, 2023-09-22)
      This chapter reviews the viruses that have been reported infecting papaya (Carica papaya L.) worldwide, focusing on papaya mosaic, papaya leaf distortion mosaic, papaya apical necrosis, and papaya leaf curl diseases. These ...
    • Phylodynamics of sunflower chlorotic mottle virus, an emerging pathosystem 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Torres, Carolina; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Leiva Mora, Michel; Giolitti, Fabian (Elsevier, 2020-03-12)
      Distribution and epidemiological patterns of sunflower chlorotic mottle virus (SCMoV) in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) growing areas in Argentina were studied from 2006 to 2017. The virus was detected exclusively in ...
    • Preliminares sobre virus infectando banano en el noroeste de Argentina 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Jaramillo, M.; Ortiz, Claudio Manuel; Flores, Ceferino Rene; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Castellanos Collazo, Onias; Portal, O.; Giolitti, Fabian (Asociación Argentina de Fitopatólogos, 2021-09-22)
      En Argentina, el banano se presenta como una alternativa para diversificar los cultivos y promover el crecimiento de economías regionales Aunque los escenarios epidemiológicos de los virus asociados a este cultivo en el ...