• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Exploring the tymovirales landscape through metatranscriptomics data 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Debat, Humberto Julio (Springer, 2022-06-16)
      Tymovirales is an order of viruses with positive-sense RNA genomes that mostly infect plants, but also fungi and insects. The number of genome sequences of viruses that could fit this taxon has been growing in the last few ...
    • 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-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests 

      Rotenberg, Dorith; Baumann, Aaron A.; Ben-Mahmoud, Sulley; Christiaens, Olivier; Dermauw, Wannes; Ioannidis, Panagiotis; Jacobs, Chris G. C.; Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M.; Oliver, Jonathan E.; Poelchau, Monica F.; Priya Rajarapu, Swapna; Schneweis, Derek J.; Snoeck, Simon; Taning, Clauvis N. T.; Wei, Dong; Widana Gamage, Shirani M. K.; Hughes, Daniel S. T.; Murali, Shwetha C.; Bailey, Samuel T.; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Holmes, Christopher J.; Jennings, Emily C.; Rosendale, Andrew J.; Rosselot, Andrew; Hervey, Kaylee; Schneweis, Brandi A.; Cheng, Sammy; Childers, Christopher; Simão, Felipe A.; Dietzgen, Ralf G.; Chao, Hsu; Dinh, Huyen; Vardhan Doddapaneni, Harsha; Dugan, Shannon; Han, Yi; Lee, Sandra L.; Muzny, Donna M.; Qu, Jiaxin; Worley, Kim C.; Benoit, Joshua B.; Friedrich, Markus; Jones, Jeffery W.; Panfilio, Kristen A.; Park, Yoonseong; Robertson, Hugh M.; Smagghe, Guy; Ullman, Diane E.; Van der Zee, Maurijn; Van Leeuwen, Thomas; Veenstra, Jan A.; Waterhouse, Robert M.; Weirauch, Matthew T.; Werren, John H.; Whitfield, Anna E.; Zdobnov, Evgeny M.; Gibbs, Richard A.; Richards, Stephen (BMC, 2020-10-19)
      Background The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), is a globally invasive pest and plant virus vector on a wide array of food, fiber and ornamental crops. While there are numerous studies centered ...
    • 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 ...
    • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Rhabdoviridae 2022 

      Walker, Peter J.; Freitas-Astúa, Juliana; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Blasdell, Kim R.; Breyta, Rachel; Dietzgen, Ralf G.; Fooks, Anthony R; Kondo, Hideki; Kurath, Gael; Kuzmin, Ivan V.; Whitfield, Anna E. (Microbiology Society, 2022-06-20)
      The family Rhabdoviridae comprises viruses with negative-sense (−) RNA genomes of 10–16 kb. Virions are typically enveloped with bullet-shaped or bacilliform morphology but can also be non-enveloped filaments. Rhabdoviruses ...
    • 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 ...
    • Illuminating the Plant Rhabdovirus Landscape through Metatranscriptomics Data 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Dietzgen, Ralf G.; Debat, Humberto Julio (MDPI, 2021-07-05)
      Rhabdoviruses infect a large number of plant species and cause significant crop diseases. They have a negative-sense, single-stranded unsegmented or bisegmented RNA genome. The number of plant-associated rhabdovirid sequences ...
    • Molecular characterization of a novel cytorhabdovirus with a unique genomic organization infecting yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) in Argentina 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Acevedo, Raúl Maximiliano; De Breuil, Soledad; Ruiz, Oscar Adolfo; Sansberro, Pedro Alfonso; Dietzgen, Ralf Georg; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Debat, Humberto Julio (Springer, 2020-04)
      The genome of a novel rhabdovirus was detected in yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.). The newly identified virus, tentatively named "yerba mate virus A" (YmVA), has a genome of 14,961 nucleotides. Notably, eight ...
    • Molecular characterization of yerba mate chlorosis-associated virus, a putative cytorhabdvirus infecting yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; De Breuil, Soledad; Debat, Humberto Julio; Miretti, Marcos; Badaracco, Alejandra; Nome Docampo, Claudia (2017-08)
      We present the molecular characterization of a new virus infecting yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) in Argentina. Deep sequencing of diseased yerba mate plants showing chlorotic linear patterns, chlorotic rings, ...
    • Novel bird’s-foot trefoil RNA viruses provide insights into a clade of legume-associated enamoviruses and rhabdoviruses 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban (Springer, 2019-03-09)
      Here, we report the identification and characterization of two novel viruses associated with bird’s-foot trefoil. Virus sequences related to those of enamoviruses (ssRNA (+); Luteoviridae; Enamovirus) and nucleorhabdoviruses ...
    • 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, ...
    • 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 ...
    • Redefining the medicago sativa alphapartitiviruses genome sequences 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Debat, Humberto Julio; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; De Breuil, Soledad; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (Elsevier, 2019-03-29)
      In Argentina, alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a primary forage crop and a major feed component in dairy and beef cattle production systems. In 2010, we observed alfalfa plants showing symptoms of shortened internodes (bushy ...
    • Sequencing of two Sunflower chlorotic mottle virus isolates obtained from different natural hosts shed light on its evolutionary history 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Giolitti, Fabian; De Breuil, Soledad; Lenardon, Sergio Luis (Springer, 2013-02)
      Sunflower chlorotic mottle virus (SuCMoV), the most prevalent virus of sunflower in Argentina, was reported naturally infecting not only sunflower but also weeds. To understand SuCMoV evolution and improve the knowledge ...
    • The Plant Negative-Sense RNA Virosphere: Virus Discovery Through New Eyes 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Debat, Humberto Julio; Dietzgen, Ralf G (Frontiers Media, 2020-09-16)
      The use of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) for virus diagnostics, as well as the importance of this technology as a valuable tool for discovery of novel viruses has been extensively investigated. In this review, we consider ...
    • Two novel flavi-like viruses shed light on the plant-infecting koshoviruses 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban (Springer, 2023-06-20)
      The family Flaviviridae is composed of viruses with a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome and includes viruses that are important veterinary and human pathogens. Most members of the family are arthropod- and ...