ARTÍCULOS CIENTÍFICOS
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.