• A brassinosteroid functional analogue increases soybean drought resilience 

      Perez Borroto, Lucia Sandra; Guzzo, María Carla; Posada, Gisella Anabel; Peña Malavera, Andrea Natalia; Castagnaro, Atilio Pedro; Gonzalez Olmedo, Justo Lorenzo; Coll, Yamilet; Pardo, Esteban Mariano (Nature Research, 2022-07-04)
      Drought severely affects soybean productivity, challenging breeding/management strategies to increase crop resilience. Hormone-based biostimulants like brassinosteroids (BRs) modulate growth/defence trade-off, mitigating ...
    • Mal de Río Cuarto virus infection causes hormone imbalance and sugar accumulation in wheat leaves 

      De Haro, Luis Alejandro; Arellano, Sofía Maité; Novak, Ondrej; Feil, Regina; Dumon, Analia Delfina; Mattio, Maria Fernanda; Tarkowska, Danuse; Llauger, Gabriela; Strnad, Miroslav; Lunn, John Edward; Pearce, Stephen; Figueroa, Carlos María; Del Vas, Mariana (BMC, 2019-03)
      Background; Mal de Río Cuarto virus (MRCV) infects several monocotyledonous species including maize and wheat. Infected plants show shortened internodes, partial sterility, increased tillering and reduced root length. To ...