• Water Deficit Modulates the Relationship between Temperature and Unsaturated Fatty Acid Profile in Soybean Seed Oil 

      Carrera, Constanza Soledad; Dardanelli, Julio Luis (Crop Science Society of America, 2017-08-23)
      Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], a major source of vegetable oil worldwide, contains unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) beneficial for human health, leading to the use of soybean oil in nutraceuticals. The objective of this ...
    • Wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella, and transmitted viruses: an expanding pest complex affecting cereal crops 

      Navia, Denise; Mendonça, Renata Santos de; Skoracka, Anna; Szydło, Wiktoria; Knihinicki, Danuta; Hein, Gary L.; Pereira, Paulo Roberto Valle da Silva; Truol, Graciela Ana Maria; Lau, Douglas (Springer, 2013-02)
      The wheat curl mite (WCM), Aceria tosichella, and the plant viruses it transmits represent an invasive mite-virus complex that has affected cereal crops worldwide. The main damage caused by WCM comes from its ability to ...
    • Why are Chloris gayana leaves shorter in salt-affected plants? Analyses in the elongation zone 

      Ortega, Leandro Ismael; Fry, Stephen C.; Taleisnik, Edith (Society for Experimental Biology, 2006-11)
      Reduced hydraulic conductance calculated from growth data was suggested to be the main reason for reduced leaf expansion in salt-stressed Chloris gayana (Rhodes grass). In this work, xylem vessel cross-sections and wall ...
    • Wild halophytic species as forage sources: key aspects for plant breeding 

      Marinoni, Lorena del Rosario; Zabala, Juan Marcelo; Taleisnik, Edith; Schrauf, Gustavo Enrique; Richard, Geraldina Alicia; Tomas, Pablo Andrés; Giavedoni, Julio Alberto; Pensiero, José Francisco (Wiley; British Grassland Society; European Grassland Federation, 2019-02-20)
      The use of wild halophytic species as forage resources in saline environments has gained increasing attention. Argentina ranks third in area of saline soils in the world, with a third of its territory showing various degrees ...
    • Xylella Fastidiosa 

      Tolocka, Patricia; Paccioretti, Mauro Andres; Haelterman, Raquel Mercedes (Consejo Federal de Inversiones, 2019-08-02)
      Xylella fastidiosa es una bacteria que habita solamente los vasos xilemáticos de las plantas. Ha sido asociada mundialmente con enfermedades que causan grandes pérdidas en cultivos económicamente importantes (fig. 1 y 2). ...
    • Yield losses of asymptomatic strawberry plants infected with Strawberry mild yellow edge virus 

      Torrico Ramallo, Ada Karina; Salazar, Sergio Miguel; Kirschbaum, Daniel Santiago; Conci, Vilma Cecilia (2018-04)
      After successive vegetative propagation cycles, strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) plants often accumulate multiple virus species that result in viral symptoms and losses in yield and quality. However, strawberry plants ...