• Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV): genetic diversity and a new natural host 

      Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Castellanos Collazo, Onias; Vaghi Medina, Carlos Gaston; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (Springer, 2021-10-15)
      Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) is a plant virus belonging to the genus Alfamovirus in the family Bromoviridae. AMV occurs worldwide and is one of the most important viruses affecting a large number of plant species, mainly ...
    • Genome characterization of three potyviruses affecting maize in Argentina 

      Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Castellanos Collazo, Onias; Vaghi Medina, Carlos Gaston; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (Wiley, 2023-03-29)
      Argentina is globally recognized as both producer and exporter of maize, the most important cereal crop in the country. Several potyviruses affect the production of various crops, including maize. In this work, the complete ...
    • Reconstruction and characterization of full-length begomovirus and alphasatellite genomes infecting pepper through metagenomics 

      Bornancini, Veronica Andrea; Irazoqui, Jose Matias; Flores, Ceferino Rene; Vaghi Medina, Carlos Gaston; Amadio, Ariel; Lopez Lambertini, Paola Maria (MDPI, 2020-02)
      In northwestern Argentina (NWA), pepper crops are threatened by the emergence of begomoviruses due to the spread of its vector, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). The genus Begomovirus includes pathogens that can have a monopartite ...
    • Tomato apical leaf curl virus: a novel, monopartite geminivirus detected in tomatoes in Argentina 

      Vaghi Medina, Carlos Gaston; Teppa, Elin; Bornancini, Veronica Andrea; Flores, Ceferino Rene; Marino Buslje, Cristina; Lopez Lambertini, Paola Maria (2018-01)
      Plant viruses that are members of the Geminiviridae family have circular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) genome and are responsible for major crop diseases worldwide. We have identified and characterized a novel monopartite ...
    • Tomato mottle wrinkle virus, a recombinant begomovirus infecting tomato in Argentina 

      Vaghi Medina, Carlos Gaston; Martin, Darren P.; Lopez Lambertini, Paola Maria (Springer, 2015-02)
      Begomoviruses seriously threaten tomato production in South America. Here, we present the molecular characterization of a novel tomato-infecting begomovirus isolated in Argentina and demonstrate its infectivity. After ...