1. Discovery of globally rare CYP51 mutations associated with azole resistance in Iranian Zymoseptoria tritici isolates. BMC Plant Biology. Volume 26, article number 112, (2026). Azar Esfehani, Debabrata Dutta, Guido Puccetti, Pablo Antonio Chong Aguirre, Ehssan Torabi, Naser Mohammadi, Daniel Croll, Angela Feechan, Amir Mirzadi Gohari.
2. Fermentation Technologies to Produce and Improve Alternative Protein Sources. Foods. 2026, 15, 117. Jonathan Coronel-León, Daniela Maza, Ignacio García-Álvarez de Toledo, Anna Jofré, Belén Martín, Xavier Serra, Sara Bover-Cid.
3. Nanopore sequencing as a proof of concept for antifungal resistance in Cladosporium cladosporioides from banana. CyTA - Journal of Food. 2026, Vol. 24, N° 1, 2615431. J. Riczury Olmos-Tovar, Efrén Santos-Ordóñez, Jenny Ruales, Fausto Bedoya-Paez, Edwin Vera.
4. Fengycin–essential oil emulsions as sustainable biocontrol formulations against Moniliophthora roreri, the cacao frosty pod rot pathogen. Frontiers in Plant Science. Sec. Sustainable and Intelligent Phytoprotection. Volume 16 - 2025. Mirian Villavicencio-Vásquez, Fernando Espinoza-Lozano, Iván Chóez-Guaranda, Valeria Cos-Farias, Jonathan Coronel-León.
5. Selenium nanoparticles enhance innate immunity in aphid-stressed oat plants by modulating photosynthetic pigments, sugar, nitrogen and fatty acid metabolism, and antioxidant defense. BMC Plant Biology. 26(1), 233. Abdulaziz Alamri, Mostafa A. Abdel-Maksoud, Saeedah Almutairi, Norah Khaled Algarzae, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, María Gabriela Maridueña-Zavala.
6. Screening commercial disinfectants to strengthen on-farm biosecurity for the prevention of Fusarium wilt of banana Tropical Race 4 in Ecuador. Scientia Agropecuaria. Vol. 17 Núm. 2 (2026): Abril - Junio. Lorena Monserrate-Maggi, Adela Quevedo, Lizette Serrano, Marcos Vera-Morales, Mirian Villavicencio, Martín Marcial, Jennifer Yánez, Freddy Magdama.
7. Priming of plant innate immunity by β-aminobutyric acid improved barley resistance to grain aphid (Sitobion avenae). BMC Plant Biology. Volume 26, article number 268, (2026). Abdulaziz Alamri, Mostafa A. Abdel-Maksoud, Saeedah Almutairi, Norah Khaled Algarzae, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, María Gabriela Maridueña-Zavala.
8. Molecular characterization and bioremediation effectiveness of Limnospira platensis cultivated in swine wastewater: biochemical analysis and assessment of the resulting biomass as a cucumber biostimulant. Frontiers in Environmental Science. Sec. Water and Wastewater Management. Volume 13 - 2025. Xavier Álvarez-Montero, Ingrid Mercado-Reyes, Lady Jaramillo-Salazar, Leonardo Jácome-Gómez, Wilian Castillo-Chamba, Gabriela Ulloa-Mercado, Ana Renteria-Mexía, Efrén Santos-Ordóñez.
9. Metabarcoding insights into the fungal diversity and biotechnological potential of mangrove sediments in Ecuador’s Reserva Ecológica Manglares Churute. Frontiers in Fungal Biology. Sec. Marine and Freshwater Fungi. Volume 7 - 2026. Xavier Álvarez-Montero, Wilian Castillo-Chamba, Efrén Santos-Ordóñez, Ingrid Mercado-Reyes, Geovanny Gordillo, Diego Portalanza, Angélica Saeteros-Hernández.
10. Morphophysiological consequences of bacterial canker infection in tomato and a wild relative: from hydraulic conductivity to leaf wilting. Journal of Plant Pathology. 2026. Víctor Adrián Hernández-Aranda, Ramón Jarquin-Gálvez, José Pablo Lara-Ávila, Juan Manuel Cevallos-Cevallos, Martín Escoto-Rodríguez.
11. Native microorganisms as natural enhancers in craft beer and wine production. Frontiers in Microbiology. Sec. Food Microbiology. Volume 17 - 2026. Carlos Caiza-Valencia, Andrés Izquierdo Romero, Eliana Veloz-Villavicencio, Jonathan Coronel-León.
12. Bioprospecting of Aerobic Bacteria with Proteolytic Potential Isolated from Animal and Water Sources in the Three Regions of Mainland Ecuador. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Special Issue: Microbial Enzymes for Biotechnological Applications: 2nd Edition, 2026. Karla Garcés, Juan Manuel Cevallos, Alisson Sisa, Mauricio Mosquera.
13. Cyanobacterial priming enhances lignin biosynthesis for cell wall macromolecular reinforcement: A mechanism for mitigating In2O3 nanoparticle Stress in the legume alfalfa and the grass rye. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. Volume 233, April 2026, 111218. Seham M. Hamed, Uğur Tan, Marwa Yousry A. Mohamed, María Gabriela Maridueña-Zavala, Ashraf Khalifa, Hamada AbdElgawad.
14. Intracellular Polyamines and Released Endochitinase EP3-like Proteins as Indicators of Embryogenic Potential of Musa spp. cvs. ‘Grande Naine’ (AAA) and ‘FHIA-18’ (AAAB) Cell Suspensions. Agronomy. Volume 16, Issue 7. Carlos Noceda, Mayra Rodríguez, Rafael Gómez Kosky, Maritza Reyes Vega, Ricardo Hernández, Elio Jiménez González, Roberto Rodríguez, María Jesús Cañal.