• El financiamiento del INTA: el caso de las Unidades Ejecutoras de Doble Dependencia INTA-CONICET 

      Parellada, Gabriel; Rivarola, Ezequiel Martín (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), 2018-10)
      El trabajo analiza el retiro parcial del Estado como fuente de financiamiento de la ciencia y la tecnología como parte de un proceso global del cual la Argentina y el INTA en particular no son ajenos. Ante un escenario de ...
    • Fine mapping of LrSV2, a race-specific adult plant leaf rust resistance gene on wheat chromosome 3BS 

      Dieguez, Maria Jose; Pergolesi, María Fernanda; Velásquez, Silvia Melina; Ingala, Lorena Romina; López, M.; Darino, Martin Alejandro; Paux, Etienne; Feuillet, Catherine; Sacco, Francisco (Springer, 2014-05)
      Three leaf rust resistance genes were identified in the durable leaf rust resistant Argentinean wheat variety Sinvalocho MA: the seedling resistance gene Lr3 on distal 6BL and two adult plant resistance genes, LrSV1 and ...
    • Fire and flooding resilience in Mimosa L. of the Brazilian Pantanal 

      Nogueira Hernandes P., Luan; Morales, Matias; Sartori, Angela Lucia B. (Embrapa, 2023-08-06)
      The Pantanal ecoregion, in south-central Brazil, is one of the largest foodplains in the world. Cycles of fooding and periodic fre have been determinant to the diversity of species in the ecoregion. In the fora of Pantanal, ...
    • Fire Regime, Climate, and Vegetation in the Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina 

      Argañaraz, Juan Pablo; Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio Ignacio; Zak, Marcelo Román; Bellis, Laura Marisa (2015)
      Wildfires are a primary disturbance in the Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina, with approximately 2 152 000 ha burned between 1993 and 2012. However, little is known about the spatial and temporal patterns of fires and their ...
    • Firefly genomes illuminate parallel origins of bioluminescence in beetles 

      Fallon, Timothy R; Lower, Sarah E.; Chang, Ching-Ho; Bessho-Uehara, Manabu; Martin, Gavin J.; Bewick, Adam J.; Behringer, Megan; Debat, Humberto Julio; Wong, Isaac; Day, John C.; Suvorov, Anton; Silva, Christian J.; Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Hall, David W.; Schmitz, Robert J.; Nelson, David R.; Lewis, Sara M.; Shigenobu, Shuji; Bybee, Seth M; Larracuente, Amanda M.; Oba, Yuichi; Weng, Jing-Ke (eLife Sciences Publications, 2018-10-16)
      Fireflies and their luminous courtships have inspired centuries of scientific study. Today firefly luciferase is widely used in biotechnology, but the evolutionary origin of bioluminescence within beetles remains unclear. ...
    • First biological data of Ceresa nigripectus [Hemiptera:Membracidae], a common treehopper on alfalfa crops in Argentina 

      Perez Grosso, Tomas; Conci, Luis Rogelio; Saavedra Pons, Amalia Beatriz; Marino, Ana María; Virla, Eduardo G. (2014-12)
      Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.; Fabaceae) is essential for argentinean agricultural development, but diseases like “witches´ broom», caused by the ArAWB phytoplasma, are limiting factors for the production of this crop. ...
    • First Case Reports of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Lung Disease in Ecuador: Important Lessons to Learn 

      Echeverria, Gustavo; Rueda, Veronica; Espinoza, Wilson; Rosero, Carlos; Zumarraga, Martin Jose; Waard, Jacobus H. de (MDPI, 2023-04)
      Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung infections are often misdiagnosed as tuberculosis, which can lead to ineffective antibiotic treatments. In this report, we present three cases of NTM lung infections in Ecuador that ...
    • First characterization of a canine parvovirus causing fatal disease in coatis (Nasua nasua) 

      Bucafusco, Danilo; Argibay, Hernán Darío; Diaz, Leandro; Vega, Celina Guadalupe; Minatel, Leonardo; Postma, Gabriela C.; Rinas, Miguel; Bratanich, Ana Cristi (Springer, 2019-12)
      A canine parvovirus (CPV)-like virus was detected by PCR and isolated from dead coatis in Argentina. Analysis of the full-length genome sequence revealed that it resembled CPV-but also contained a mutation in the VP2 protein ...
    • First complete genome sequence of potato leafroll virus from Argentina 

      Barrios Baron, Maria Pilar; Agrofoglio, Yamila Carla; Delfosse, Veronica Cecilia; Nahirñak, Vanesa; Gonzalez De Urreta, Martin Salvador; Almasia, Natalia Ines; Vazquez Rovere, Cecilia; Sabio Y Garcia, Julia Veronica (2017-07)
      In this study, we determined for the first time the complete genomic sequence of an Argentinian isolate of Potato leafroll virus (PLRV), the type species of the genus Polerovirus. The isolate sequenced came from a Solanum ...
    • First confirmed report of Colletotrichum coccodes causing black dot on potato in Mexico 

      Pérez-Mora, Juan Luis; Cota-Rodríguez, David Alonso; Rodríguez-Palafox, Edgar Edel; García-León, Elizabeth; Beltrán-Peña, Hugo; Bernardi Lima, Nelson; Tovar Pedraza, Juan Manuel (Springer, 2020-04)
      During February and March 2019, black dot symptoms were observed on potato stems in a commercial field located in Ahome, Sinaloa, Mexico. Morphological and molecular approaches confirmed the identity of Colletotrichum ...
    • First draft genome of Thecaphora frezii, causal agent of peanut smut disease 

      Arias, Renee S.; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Orner, Valerie A.; Carloni, Edgardo José; Soave, Juan H.; Massa, Alicia N.; Lamb, Marshall C.; Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Rago, Alejandro Mario (BMC, 2023-02-16)
      Objectives: The fungal pathogen Thecaphora frezii Carranza & Lindquist causes peanut smut, a severe disease currently endemic in Argentina. To study the ecology of T. frezii and to understand the mechanisms of smut resistance ...
    • First Genome Sequence of Leptospira interrogans Serovar Pomona, Isolated from a Bovine Abortion 

      Varni, Vanina Delia; Koval, Ariel; Nagel, Ariel Gaston; Ruybal, Paula; Caimi, Karina Cynthia; Amadio, Ariel F. (2016)
      Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonosis and a re-emergent disease of global distribution with major relevance in veterinary pro- duction. Here, we report the whole-genome sequence of Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona ...
    • First identification of bacterial endosymbionts in three South-American spittlebug pests: Notozulia entreriana, Deois mourei and Deois knoblauchii 

      Foieri, Alvaro; Decker Franco, Cecilia; Marino de Remes Lenicov, Ana María; Arneodo Larochette, Joel Demian (Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, 2022-06)
      Spittlebugs cause major pasture damage in the Neotropics. As most xylem-feeders, they depend on microbial symbionts to supply essential amino acids to their diet. Here, the obligate nutritional endosymbiont ‘Candidatus ...
    • First isolation of Leptospira borgpetersenii from Fetuses of Wild boars (Sus scrofa) 

      Brihuega, Bibiana Felicitas; Grune Loffler, Sylvia; Samartino, Luis Ernesto; Romero, Graciela Noemi; Auteri, Carmelo Domingo; Martinez, Mara Leila (2017-02-07)
      Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonose and is endemic in many countries. This zoonosis is maintained in nature by chronic renal infection of carrier animals, being rodents and other small mammals the most important reservoirs. ...
    • First isolation of Leptospira interrogans from the arboreal squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus introduced in Argentina 

      Gozzi, Ana Cecilia; Guichon, Maria Laura; Benitez, Verónica Victoria; Romero, Graciela Noemi; Auteri, Carmelo Domingo; Brihuega, Bibiana Felicitas (Bioone, 2013-12-01)
      We isolated Leptospira strains from renal tissue samples of Asiatic red-bellied squirrels Callosciurus erythraeus, captured in Argentina. In December 2008, we captured 34 squirrels in the province of Santa Fe during a short ...
    • First isolation of Salmonella enterica serovar Soerenga from pregnant sows in Argentina = Primer aislamiento de Salmonella enterica serovar Soerenga a partir de cerdas gestantes en Argentina 

      Joaquim, Patricia Estefania; Herrera, Mariana; Moroni, Mirian; Chacana, Pablo (Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, 2024-05)
      The first isolation of Salmonella enterica serovar Soerenga in Argentina was obtained from stool samples of pregnant sows from intensive production in the province of La Pampa, Argentina, in February 2019. Biochemical ...
    • First Large Extent and High Resolution Cropland and Crop Type Map of Argentina 

      De Abelleyra, Diego; Veron, Santiago Ramón; Banchero, Santiago; Mosciaro, Maria Jesus; Propato, Tamara Sofia; Ferraina, Antonella; Gómez Taffarel, Maria Cielo; Dacunto, Luciana; Franzoni, Agustin; Volante, Jose Norberto (International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2020-03-22)
      The availability of spatially explicit information about agricultural crops for large regions in Argentina is scarce. In particular, due to temporal dynamics of agricultural production (i.e. changes in planted crops from ...
    • First mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences of Lamanema chavezi (Nematoda: Molineidae) : novel findings to improve its identification in feces from South American camelids 

      Petrigh, Romina Sandra; Cafrune Wierna, María Mercedes; Fugassa, Martín Horacio (Elsevier, 2018-10-16)
      Lamanema chavezi (Family Molineidae) is a parasitic nematode of South American camelids (SACs). A few studies have reported this parasite in SACs, mainly in domestic camelid species (llama and alpaca). Parasite identification ...
    • First molecular detection of Sarcocystis suihominis in a domestic pig of Nigeria 

      Obadiah, Happiness Igwe; Wieser, Sara Nathaly; Nzelu, Ifeoma Nancy; Olaolu, Olushola Samuel; Jagab, Hafsat Shaiabu; Obishakin, Emmanuel Tumininu; Omudu, Edward Agbo; Atu, Bernard Ortwer; Byanet, Obadiah; Schnittger, Leonhard; Florin-Christensen, Monica (Springer, 2024-02)
      Sarcocystis are Apicomplexan protozoa with a dixenous life cycle that includes a predator and a prey as definitive and intermediate hosts, respectively. Domestic and wild pigs are intermediate hosts of S. suihominis, with ...
    • First record of clinical coccidiosis (Eimeria ovinoidalis) in adult sheep from northwestern Argentina 

      Olmos, Leandro Hipolito; Colque Caro, Luis Adrián; Avellaneda-Cáceres, Agustín; Medina, Diego M.; Sandoval, Gabriela V.; Aguirre, Daniel Hector; Micheloud, Juan Francisco (Elsevier, 2020-07)
      Coccidiosis of sheep is an intestinal infection caused by protozoa of the genus Eimeria. An outbreak of the disease in adult sheep from Salta province, northwestern Argentina, was studied to establish its clinical, ...