• 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 ...
    • Amenazas asociadas a virus emergentes que infectan papaya en Argentina 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Portal, Orelvis; Sáez, S.; Silva, Milagros Itatí; Brugo Carivali, María Florencia; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Ortiz, Claudio Manuel; Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Luciani, Cecilia Elizabeth; Celli, Marcos Giovani; Perotto, Maria Cecilia; Castellanos Collazo, Onias; Giolitti, Fabian (Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), Cuba, 2023-05-08)
      La papaya (Carica papaya) se establece como una alternativa sustentable en el norte de Argentina, donde su producción se ha incrementado significativamente en los últimos años. Considerando el elevado número de virus que ...
    • An Unwanted Association: The Threat to Papaya Crops by a Novel Potexvirus in Northwest Argentina 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Debat, Humberto Julio; Torres, Carolina; Portal, Orelvis; Jaramillo Zapata, Margarita; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Flores, Ceferino Rene; Ortiz, Claudio Manuel; Badaracco, Alejandra; Acuña, Luis Eduardo; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Quito-Avila, Diego; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Castellanos Collazo, Onias; Sánchez-Rodríguez, Aminael; Giolitti, Fabian (MDPI, 2022-10-19)
      An emerging virus isolated from papaya (Carica papaya) crops in northwestern (NW) Argentina was sequenced and characterized using next-generation sequencing. The resulting genome is 6667-nt long and encodes five open reading ...
    • Cucumber mosaic virus infecting ‘Cavendish’ banana in Argentina 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Jaramillo Zapata, Margarita; Villarreal Filipovich, José; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Torres, Carolina; Portal, Orelvis; Giolitti, Fabian (Springer, 2018-12)
      Banana plants (Musa sp.) showing severe mosaic symptoms in leaves were observed in Laguna Naineck, Formosa, Argentina. Electron microscopy observations of leaf dip preparations revealed isometric particles ca. 30 nm in ...
    • Distribución y caracterización molecular de los virus SCYLV, SCMV en Saccharum sp. y PRSV-P en Carica papaya en Cuba 

      Aday-Díaz, Osmany; Puchades Izaguirre, Yaquelin; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; González Ramírez, José Efraín; Portal, Orelvis (Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Cuba, 2020-12-09)
      Entre las enfermedades más importantes en Saccharum sp., se destacan sugarcane yellow leaf virus (SCYLV) y sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV). En Carica papaya L., papaya ringspot virus (PRSV-P) causa una de las enfermedades ...
    • 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 ...
    • Papaya—I 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Giolitti, Fabian; Cruz, Maylín; Leiva Mora, Michel; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Portal, Orelvis (Elsevier, 2023-09-22)
      This chapter reviews the viruses that have been reported infecting papaya (Carica papaya L.) worldwide, focusing on papaya mosaic, papaya leaf distortion mosaic, papaya apical necrosis, and papaya leaf curl diseases. These ...