• Molecular detection of Thecaphora frezzi in peanut (Arachis Hypogaea L.) seeds 

      Cazon, Luis Ignacio; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Rago, Alejandro Mario (2016)
      Thecaphora frezii is the causal agent of peanut smut, important disease in the Argentine production area. The pathogen can be dispersed by kernels, through surface contamination or small lesions. The aim of this work was ...
    • Molecular sequence data of Thecaphora frezii affecting peanut crops in Argentina 

      Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Cazon, Luis Ignacio; Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Marinelli, Adriana; Oddino, Claudio; Rago, Alejandro Mario (Springer, 2013-12)
      In Argentina, Thecaphora frezii is the causal agent of peanut smut, causing severe yield losses in peanut growing areas. In this work sequence data of the large ribosomal subunit (28S rDNA) of four T. frezii specimens from ...
    • Phytoplasmas diversity and identification of new aster yellows subgroup (16SrI) associated with weed species in Argentina 

      Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Galdeano, Ernestina; Conci, Luis Rogelio (Microbiology Society, 2020-02-03)
      Symptoms of phytoplasma infection were observed in different weed species, Bidens subalternans, Conyza bonariensis, Heterosperma ovatifolium and Conium maculatum, collected from diverse geographical regions in Argentina. ...
    • Phytoplasmas infecting pome and stone fruits in South America and Iberian peninsula 

      Quiroga, Nicolás; Batlle, Assumpció; Laviña, Amparo; Maeso, Diego; Conci, Luis Rogelio; Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Sousa, Esmeraldina; Fiore, Nicola (Indian Journals, 2018-12-10)
      The present review focuses on the diseases associated with phytoplasmas that affect pome and stone fruits trees in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Spain and Portugal. The advances and challenges faced by these countries ...
    • Phytoplasmas of subgroup 16SrIII-J associated with Beta vulgaris in Argentina 

      Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Guzman, Fabiana; Baffoni, Patricia Andrea; Reinoso, Lucio; Kiehr, Mirta; Delhey, Rolf; Favere, Verónica Mariela; Galdeano, Ernestina; Conci, Luis Rogelio (Springer, 2020-02-19)
      Symptoms of general wilting and yellowing were found affecting Beta vulgaris L. (sugar beet, fodder beet and chard) in the Argentinean region of Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires province), Valle Medio, and Valle Inferior de Rio ...