• Aggressiveness of Cuban Papaya ringspot virus Isolates on Carica papaya L. cv. Maradol Roja under Greenhouse Conditions 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Cruz, Maylin; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Giolitti, Fabian; Portal, Orelvis (SciTechnol, 2017-04-16)
      Carica papaya is a major fruit crop in tropical and subtropical regions; however, its production has several constraints. Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) is the most important pathogen affecting papaya plantations. Symptoms ...
    • Caracterización del virus de la mancha anular de la papaya, epifitiología y manejo de la enfermedad en Carica papaya L. en Cuba 

      Portal Villafaña, Orelvis; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Rodríguez Martínez, Douglas (Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, 2019)
      La prospección de plantaciones de papaya reveló que el virus de la mancha anular de la papaya (PRSV) se encuentra ampliamente distribuido en Cuba, con valores de incidencia y severidad elevados. La diversidad de las ...
    • 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) ...
    • 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 ...
    • Relative incidence of cucurbit viruses and relationship with bio-meteorological variables 

      Pozzi, Elizabeth Alicia; Bruno, Cecilia Inés; Luciani, Cecilia; Celli, Marcos Giovani; Conci, Vilma Cecilia; Perotto, Maria Cecilia (Springer, 2020-02)
      Environmental heterogeneity can shape the plant-virus relationship, furthering the appearance of new diseases in crops, or altering disease incidence and severity. In this work, we studied the virus association with ...
    • Virosis en zapallito de tronco 

      Perotto, Maria Cecilia (EEA San Pedro, INTA, 2022)
      Las principales virosis que afectan al zapallito redondo son las producidas por virus del género Potyvirus. Hay 4 especies de este grupo presentes en Argentina, estos son: Watermelon mosaic virus (WMV), Zucchini yellow ...