• First draft genome of Thecaphora frezii, causal agent of peanut smut disease 

      Arias, Renee S.; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Orner, Valerie A.; Carloni, Edgardo José; Soave, Juan H.; Massa, Alicia N.; Lamb, Marshall C.; Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Rago, Alejandro Mario (BMC, 2023-02-16)
      Objectives: The fungal pathogen Thecaphora frezii Carranza & Lindquist causes peanut smut, a severe disease currently endemic in Argentina. To study the ecology of T. frezii and to understand the mechanisms of smut resistance ...
    • 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 ...
    • Peanut Smut : from an emerging disease to an actual threat to Argentine Peanut production 

      Rago, Alejandro Mario; Cazon, Luis Ignacio; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Edwards Molina, Juan Pablo; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Bisonard, Eduardo Matias; Oddino, Claudio (2017-03)
      The center of origin of peanut is located in South America, specifically in southeastern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina, where its parental species are found in wild habits. Even though Argentina is only the seventh ...
    • Pérdidas producidas por carbón en vainas severamente afectadas 

      Paredes, Juan Andrés; Asinari, Florencia; Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto; Rago, Alejandro Mario; Oddino, Claudio; Torres, A. (Centro de Ingenieros Agrónomos General Cabrera, 2021-09-17)
      La producción de maní en Argentina es afectada por el carbón (Thecaphora frezii), enfermedad que se encuentra distribuida en todos los lotes de la provincia de Córdoba, principal productora del cultivo, e incrementa su ...