• Anthracnose on alfalfa caused by Colletotrichum americae-borealis in Córdoba province, Argentina 

      Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Serri, Dannae Lilia; Campilongo Mancilla, Ernesto Javier; Stenglein, Sebastian; Vargas Gil, Silvina (Elsevier, 2021-06-06)
      Alfalfa is an important forage crop in Argentina, with a large area dedicated to its cultivation. However, plant diseases are a common cause of loss because they limit productivity and reduce forage quality. Anthracnose, ...
    • Decoding peanut smut: A bibliometric analysis of two decades of research progress 

      Cazon, Luis Ignacio; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Miretti, Esteban; Gonzalez, Noelia; Suarez, Lautaro; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Rago, Alejandro Mario (Springer, 2024-01-22)
      Since its first detection in commercial peanut fields in 1995, both the prevalence and impact on yield of peanut smut disease, caused by the fungus Thecaphora frezzii, have increased significantly. Concurrently, diverse ...
    • Development and validation of a standard area diagram set for assessment of anthracnose severity on cucumber leaves 

      Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Brainer Martins, Ricardo; Nicoli, Alessandro; Capucho, Alexandre Sandri; Duarte, Henrique da Silva Silveira; Michereff, Sami Jorge (Wiley, 2024-07-19)
      Anthracnose, caused by species in the Colletotrichum orbiculare complex, is a major foliar disease in open-field cucumber farming worldwide. This study aimed to develop and validate a standard area diagram (SAD) set to ...
    • Draft genome sequence data of Nothopassalora personata, peanut foliar pathogen from Argentina 

      Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto; Arias, Renee S.; Orner, Valerie A.; Massa, Alicia N.; Sobolev, Victor S.; Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Oddino, Claudio; Carmona, Marcelo; Conforto, Erica Cinthia (Elsevier, 2024-04)
      Late leaf spot (LLS) caused by the Ascomycete Nothopassalora personata (N.p.) (Syn. Cercosporidium personatum) is the main foliar disease of peanuts in Argentina and in peanut producing areas of the world, causing up to ...
    • Efectos del herbicida glifosato sobre la estructura y el funcionamiento de comunidades microbianas de dos suelos de plantaciones de olivo 

      Bórtoli, Paula V.; Verdenelli, Romina Aylén; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Vargas Gil, Silvina; Meriles, José M. (Asociación Argentina de Ecología, 2012-04-01)
      Los herbicidas pueden alterar la estructura y el funcionamiento del suelo mediante efectos directos sobre varios componentes de su microbiota. Muchos autores han encontrado un efecto perjudicial del glifosato sobre la ...
    • Factors influencing aggressiveness of Botryosphaeriaceae species in Nopalea cochenillifera 

      Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Araújo Silva, Fábio Júnior; Michereff, Sami Jorge (Springer, 2023-07-05)
      Nopalea cochenillifera is an important source of animal feed in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil, but it is affected by cladode brown spot (CBS) caused by Botryosphaeriaceae species. This study investigated the ...
    • Field assessment of soil biological and chemical quality in response to crop management practices 

      Vargas Gil, Silvina; Meriles, José Manuel; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Figoni, Gervasio Jose; Basanta, Maria; Lovera, Edgar Francisco; March, Guillermo Juan (Springer, 2008-11-19)
      Soil microbiological and chemical aspects were evaluated to determine the effects of conservation tillage and crop rotation on soil fertility over a 16-year period. A field trial was established to compare two cropping ...
    • 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 ...
    • First Report of Anthracnose of Olive Fruit Caused by Colletotrichum theobromicola in Argentina 

      Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Pastor, Silvina Estela; Maza, Claudia Elizabeth; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Vargas Gil, Silvina; Roca, Monica (American Phytopathological Society, 2020-01-31)
      The olive (Olea europaea L.), family Oleaceae, is an important crop in Argentina, mainly in the production of olive oils and table olives. In the country, that economic loss to the olive industry caused by anthracnose is ...
    • First Report of Cladode Brown Spot in Cactus Prickly Pear Caused by Neofusicoccum batangarum in Brazil 

      Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Garcete-Gómez, J. M.; Câmara, M. P. S.; Michereff, S. J. (American Phytopathological Society, 2016-03-18)
      Cactus prickly pear (Nopalea cochenilifera) cladodes showing brown spot symptoms were collected of 18 fields of the State of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, from March to June 2014. The symptoms were prevalent in 100% of ...
    • First Report of White Thread Blight Caused by Ceratobasidium niltonsouzanum on Yerba Mate in Argentina 

      Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Kryvenki, Mario Angel; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Serri, Dannae Lilia; Kramer, Rodrigo Gabriel; Roca, Mónica; Vargas Gil, Silvina (2019-12-18)
      Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A.St.-Hil.) is a native species of the subtropical and temperate regions of South America. In the Misiones province, in northeastern Argentina, yerba mate is an important agricultural crop ...
    • Incorporación de trigo en la rotación agrícola : una herramienta para potenciar el funcionamiento del agroecosistema 

      Serri, Dannae Lilia; Meriles, Jose Manuel; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Perez Brandan, Carolina; Pastor, Silvina Estela; Grumberg, Betiana Clarisa; Luna, Celina Mercedes; Lorenzon, Claudio Antonio; Arce, Juan Mateo; Marelli, Hugo Juan; Vargas Gil, Silvina (Asociación Argentina Ciencia del Suelo, 2018-07)
      Argentina es uno de los principales productores y exportadores de granos a nivel mundial. En particular, la región Pampeana es el área de mayor actividad agrícola centrando su producción en el cultivo de soja, seguido del ...
    • Integrated multivariate analysis of selected soil microbial properties and their relationships with mineral fertilization management in a conservation agriculture system 

      Verdenelli, Romina Aylen; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Perez Brandan, Carolina; Chavarria, Diego; Rovea, Adrián; Vargas Gil, Silvina; Meriles, Jose Manuel (Taylor & Francis, 2013)
      The effect of mineral fertilizer application on soil microbial community was investigated in a conservation agriculture system. The aim of this work was to evaluate how mineral fertilization with nitrogen (N), phosphorus ...
    • Mitogenome and Nuclear-encoded Fungicide-target Genes of Thecaphora frezii - Causal Agent of Peanut Smut 

      Arias, Renee S.; Cazon, Luis Ignacio; Massa, Alicia N.; Scheffler, Brian E.; Sobolev, Victor S.; Lamb, Marshall C.; Duke, Mary V.; Simpson, Sheron A.; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Soave, Juan H.; Buteler, Mario I.; Rago, Alejandro Mario (Longdom Publishing, 2019-08-28)
      Background: Thecaphora frezii Carranza and Lindquist causes smut disease in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) resulting in up to 35% yield losses. Fungicides have shown ineffective in controlling the disease; whereas research ...
    • 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 ...
    • Morphological and molecular characterization of Nothopassalora personata from Argentina 

      Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto; Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson; Paredes, Juan Andrés; Giordano, Damián Francisco; Oddino, Claudio; Rago, Alejandro Mario; Carmona, Marcelo; Conforto, Erica Cinthia (Springer, 2023-01-10)
      Late leaf spot (LLS) is the most important foliar disease of peanuts in Argentina and in other peanut production areas, causing defoliation and yield losses. In this study, six isolates obtained from symptomatic leaflets ...
    • 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 ...
    • Peanut Smut in Argentina: An Analysis of the Disease, Advances, and Challenges 

      Paredes, Juan Andrés; Cazon, Luis Ignacio; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Rago, Alejandro Mario (American Phytopathological Society, 2024-09-05)
      Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a globally high-value food crop, with Argentina ranking third in global peanut exports. However, Argentine peanut production faces a severe threat from a fungal disease, peanut smut, caused ...
    • Response of soil microbial communities to different management practices in surface soils of a soybean agroecosystem in Argentina 

      Vargas Gil, Silvina; Meriles, José Manuel; Conforto, Erica Cinthia; Basanta, Maria; Radl, V.; Hagn, A.; Schloter, M.; March, Guillermo Juan (Elsevier, 2010-12-03)
      Argentina is the world’s third most important soybean producer; hence, there is an urgent need to preserve soil health by applying appropriate agricultural practices to maintain sustainable production in the upcoming years. ...