Publicaciones 2025

ARTÍCULOS CIENTÍFICOS

1. Reassessing the occurrence and genetic diversity of lethal necrosis and other maize and johnsongrass viruses in Ecuador. Tropical Plant Pathology. Volume 50, Issue 1, December 2025, Article number 14. Robert Alvarez-Quinto, Juan F. Cornejo-Franco, Jose B. Navarrete, Ramon Solorzano, Alma Mendoza, Benham Lockhart, Paolo Margaria, Wulf Menzel, Ernesto Cañarte, Diego F. Quito-Avila.
2. Exploring the benefits of AMF colonization for improving wheat growth, physiology and metabolism, and antimicrobial activity under biotic stress from aphid infection. BMC Plant Biology. Open Access. Volume 25, Issue 1, December 2025, Article number 198. Hana Sonbol, Shereen Magdy Korany, Mousa nhs, Insaf Abdi, María Gabriela Maridueña-Zavala, Emad A. Alsherif, Danyah A. Aldailami, Salma Yousif Sidahmed Elsheikh.
3. Optimization of a CRISPR-Cas9 in vitro protocol for targeting the SIX9 gene of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 1 associated with banana Fusarium wilt. Frontiers in Plant Science. Sec. Plant Pathogen Interactions. Volume 16 - 2025. Liliana Villao, Jeffrey Vargas, Nardy Diez, Freddy Magdama, Efrén Santos-Ordóñez.
4. Inhibition of Fusarium oxysporum growth in banana by silver nanoparticles: In vitro and in vivo assays. PLoS ONE. Open Access. Volume 20, Issue 2, February 2025, Article number e0308200. Natalia Verónica Mendoza, Paola Yánez, Freddy Magdama, Ricardo Pacheco, Joel Vielma, María Eulalia Vanegas, Nina Bogdanchikova, Alexey Pestryakov, Pablo Chong.
5. Multilocus identification and pathogenetic characterization of Colletotrichum endophyte and pathogen species isolated from cocoa leaves and pods (Theobroma cacao) in Ecuador. Scientia Agropecuaria. Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages 167 - 177, January 2025. Fernando  Espinoza-Lozano, Mirian  Villavicencio-Vásquez,  Lizette Serrano, Daynet  Sosa, Jonathan Coronel-León, Marcos Vera-Morales.
6. Impact of combined sun and hybrid drying technologies on cocoa drying process and quality. Heliyon. Open Access. Volume 11, Issue 4, 28 February 2025, Article number e42884. Johanna Pita-Garcia, José Reinoso-Tigre, Sócrates Palacios-Ponce, Emerita Delgado-Plaza, Diana Coello-Montoya, Rómulo Salazar, Jonathan Coronel-León, Juan Peralta, Fabiola Cornejo.
7. Induction of systemic defense responses in tomato against Clavibacter michiganensis by application of aerated compost tea. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 2025. Víctor Adrián Hernández-Aranda, Martin Escoto-Rodríguez, Gisela Aguilar-Benítez, Ramón Jarquin-Gálvez, Juan Manuel Cevallos-Cevallos, Patricia Isabel Manzano-Santana, Iván Andrés Chóez-Guaranda, José Pablo Lara-Ávila.
8. DNA Barcode, chemical analysis, and antioxidant activity of Psidium guineense from Ecuador. PLoS ONE. 20(3): e0319524. Joel Eduardo Vielma-Puente, Efrén Santos-Ordóñez, Xavier Cornejo, Iván Chóez-Guaranda, Ricardo Pacheco-Coello, Liliana Villao-Uzho, Christian Moreno-Alvarado, Natalia Mendoza-Samaniego, Yuraima Fonseca.
9. Fungal community dynamics in Cyperus rotundus: Implications for Rhizophora mangle in a Mangrove Ecosystem. International Journal of Plant Biology. Open Access. Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2025, Article number 23. Diego Portalanza, Arianna Acosta-Mejillones, Johnny Alcívar, Teddy Colorado, Jeancarlo Guaita, Lesly Montero, Liliana Villao-Uzho, Efrén Santos-Ordóñez.
10. Improvement of the nutritional value of Lupinus mutabilis sweet foliage meal by solid-state fermentation with Aspergillus niger J1 and Trichoderma viride M5-2 strains. Granja. Open Access. Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 140 - 150, 2025. David Catagua, Julio Dustet Mendosa, Elaine Valiño Cabrera.
11. Morphological and molecular identification of Phytophthora and its virulence in vitro on cocoa shoots (Theobroma cacao L.). Revista Peruana de Biología. Open Access, Volume 32, Issue 1, 2025, Article number e28901. Darlyn Amaya-Márquez, Mirian Elizabeth Villavicencio-Vásquez, Danny Daniel Avilés Párraga, Yoansy García Ortega, Rodrigo Fernando Espinoza-Lozano.