• 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 ...
    • Diversity and epidemiology of plant rhabdoviruses 

      Dietzgen, Ralf G.; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Goodin, Michael M.; Higgins, Colleen M.; Huot, Ordom B.; Kondo, Hideki; Martin, Kathleen M.; Whitfield, Anna E. (Elsevier, 2020-03-19)
      Plant rhabdoviruses are recognized by their large bacilliform particles and for being able to replicate in both their plant hosts and arthropod vectors. This review highlights selected, better studied examples of plant ...
    • Effect of rhizomania on red table-beet biomass production and molecular characterization of an isolate of Beet necrotic yellow vein virus from Brazil 

      Camelo García, Viviana Marcela; Edwards Molina, Juan Pablo; Nagata, Tatsuya; Rezende, Jorge A. M.; Silva, João M. F. (Springer, 2019-03-20)
      In Brazil, Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV), which causes rhizomania in red table-beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris), was first reported in 2015. This study evaluated the pathogenic effects of the disease on biomass ...
    • Estado actual de la sanidad del cultivo de maíz en Argentina 

      Barontini, Javier Miguel; Raspanti, Jorge Gabriel; Maurino, Maria Fernanda; Ferrer Lanfranchi, Mariana; Laguna, Irma Graciela; Gimenez, Maria De La Paz (Asociación Argentina de Productores en Siembra Directa, 2015-02-06)
      En el país, un factor relevante para la difusión de las enfermedades en el maíz lo constituye el desarrollo y adopción de nuevos escenarios tecnológicos productivos con la incorporación masiva de sistemas de labranza que ...
    • Evaluation of the behavior of common bean cultivars and promising lines under natural virus infection = Evaluación del comportamiento de cultivares y líneas experimentales de poroto común frente a infecciones naturales de virus 

      Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia; Reyna, Pablo Gastón; Campos, Ramon Eduardo; Varela, Gonzalo Matías; Peña Malavera, Andrea Natalia; Geronimo, Luis Marcelo (Asociación Argentina de Horticultura, 2018)
      Las enfermedades virales pueden afectar la estabilidad de la producción de poroto común (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), por lo que es de interés evaluar el comportamiento de diferentes cultivares y líneas avanzadas del programa ...
    • Evidence for contemporary plant mitoviruses 

      Nibert, Max L.; Vong, Minh; Fugate, Karen K.; Debat, Humberto Julio (2018-05)
      Mitoviruses have small RNA(+) genomes, replicate in mitochondria, and have been shown to infect only fungi to date. For this report, sequences that appear to represent nearly complete plant mitovirus genomes were recovered ...
    • Expanding the Repertoire of the Plant-Infecting Ophioviruses through Metatranscriptomics Data 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Garcia, Maria Laura; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban (MDPI, 2023-03-25)
      Ophioviruses (genus Ophiovirus, family Aspiviridae) are plant-infecting viruses with non-enveloped, filamentous, naked nucleocapsid virions. Members of the genus Ophiovirus have a segmented single-stranded negative-sense ...
    • First report of cowpea mild mottle virus in chia (Salvia hispanica) 

      Celli, Marcos Giovani; Perotto, Maria Cecilia; Merino, Maria Alicia; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Flores, Ceferino Rene; Conci, Vilma Cecilia (2016)
      Chia (Salvia hispanica), a herbaceous plant of Lamiaceae family, has gained popularity due to its high concentrations of health-beneficial Omega-3 fatty acids. Plants showing different virus-like symptoms were observed ...
    • First report of grapevine Pinot gris virus infecting grapevine in Argentina 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Luna,Facundo; Moyano, Sabrina Noé; Zavallo, Diego; Asurmendi, Sebastian; Gomez Talquenca, Gonzalo (Springer, 2020-07)
      Fourteen viruses have been associated to grapevine in Argentina (Debat et al. 2020; Luna et al. 2019). Grapevine Pinot gris virus (family Betaflexiviridae; genus Trichovirus, GPGV) was originally described in Italy and ...
    • First report of grapevine virus E infecting grapevine in Argentina 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Zavallo, Diego; Luna, Facundo; Moyano, Sabrina Noé; Asurmendi, Sebastian; Gomez Talquenca, Sebastian (Springer, 2019-03-12)
      To investigate the occurrence of GVE in Argentina, a survey was conducted in grapevines from three regions (Mendoza’s North Oasis, East Zone and Uco Valley) of Mendoza province, Argentina, during the 2017/2018 season. ...
    • First report of johnsongrass mosaic virus in Argentina 

      Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (2019-11-21)
      Potyviruses are responsible for important economic losses in maize crop. This work reports the detection of johnsongrass mosaic virus, a potyvirus affecting maize in Argentina. Electron microscopy studies, mechanical ...
    • First report of Maize striatemosaic virus, a mastrevirus infecting Zea mays in Argentina 

      Ruiz Posse, Agustina María; Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Reyna, Pablo Gastón; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Torrico Ramallo, Ada Karina; Gimenez Pecci, María De La Paz; Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia (Wiley, 2023-06-23)
      During 2021, sweet corn plants cultivated for human consumption in a 400-ha area in Santa Fe province, Argentina, showed severe virus-like symptoms, including marked dwarfism, plant deformation, nerval or internerval vein ...
    • First report of papaya ringspot virus w infecting momordica charantia in Cuba 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Giolitti, Fabian; Portal, O. (Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università di Bari, 2015-01-16)
      During a survey conducted in July 2010, severe mosaic and deformations were observed on the leaves of cerasee (Momordica charantia) in Villa Clara, Cuba. The symptoms resembled those induced by Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) ...
    • First report of rice stripe necrosis virus in Argentina 

      Maurino, María Fernanda; Gimenez Pecci, Maria de la Paz; Kruger, Raúl; Cúndom, María Águeda; Gutierrez, Susana Alejandra; Celli, Marcos Giovani (Elsevier, 2018-12)
      Since 2008/2009, we have seen symptoms of viral infection in rice plants from crop regions in Argentina. The main objective of this work was to identify the causal agent of the rice plants' crinkling. We therefore analyzed ...
    • First Report of Tobacco Streak Virus Infecting Sunflower in Argentina 

      Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (American Phytopathological Society, 2019-11-21)
      Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is one of the main oleaginous crops in the world, and Argentina is positioned among the top sunflower seed producers worldwide (FAO 2019). During the 2018 to 2019 crop season, sunflower plants ...
    • Genetic variability and recombination analysis of the coat protein gene of Strawberry mild yellow edge virus 

      Torrico Ramallo, Ada Karina; Celli, Marcos Giovani; Cafrune, Eva Encarnacion; Kirschbaum, Daniel Santiago; Conci, Vilma Cecilia (2016)
      Strawberry mild yellow edge virus (SMYEV) has been detected in most of the strawberry production regions worldwide. However, little is known about differences between distinct isolates. The aim of this study was to enhance ...
    • Geographical distribution and first molecular detection of an Emaravirus, High Plains wheat mosaic virus, in Argentina 

      Alemandri, Vanina Maria; Mattio, Maria Fernanda; Rodriguez, Sandra Monica; Truol, Graciela Ana Maria (Springer, 2017-11)
      High Plains wheat mosaic virus (HPWMoV) has recently been assigned to genus Emaravirus and is the causal agent of High Plains disease. In this work the geographical distribution and first molecular detection of HPWMoV in ...
    • Geographical distribution, genetic studies and vector transmission of alfalfa enamovirus-1 infecting alfalfa crop in Argentina 

      Trucco, Veronica Milagros; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (Springer, 2020-07)
      Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) growing areas of Argentina were surveyed between 2010 and 2018 to determine the geographical distribution and analyse the genetic diversity among alfalfa enamovirus-1 (AEV-1) isolates. The virus ...
    • Grapevine virus L: a novel vitivirus in grapevine 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Zavallo, Diego; Brisbane, Reid Soltero; Vončina, Darko; Almeida, Rodrigo P. P.; Blouin, Arnaud G.; Al Rwahnih, Maher; Gomez Talquenca, Gonzalo; Asurmendi, Sebastian (2019-04-06)
      Vitiviruses are ssRNA(+) viruses in the family Betaflexiviridae (subfamily Trivirinae). There are currently 10 ICTV recognized virus species in the genus; nevertheless, the extended use of NGS technologies is rapidly ...
    • High-Throughput Sequencing for Deciphering the Virome of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Roumagnac, Philippe; Nemchinov, Lev G. (Frontiers Media, 2020-09-11)
      Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), also known as lucerne, is a major forage crop worldwide. In the United States, it has recently become the third most valuable field crop, with an estimated value of over $9.3 billion. Alfalfa ...