Publications

the genomes of four novel begomoviruses and a new sida micrantha mosaic virus strain from bolivian weeds.	begomovirus is the largest genus within the family geminiviridae and includes economically important plant dna viruses infecting a broad range of plant species and causing devastating crop diseases, mainly in subtropical and tropical countries. besides cultivated plants, many weeds act as virus reservoirs. eight begomovirus isolates from bolivian weeds were examined using rolling-circle amplification (rca) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp). an efficient, novel cloning strategy ...	2011	21170729
detection and identification of the first viruses in chia (salvia hispanica).	chia (salvia hispanica), an herbaceous plant native to latin america, has become important in the last 20 years due to its beneficial effects on health. here, we present the first record and identification of two viruses in chia plants. the comparison of the complete nucleotide sequences showed the presence of two viral species with the typical genome organization of bipartite new world begomovirus, identified as sida mosaic bolivia virus 2 and tomato yellow spot virus, according to the ictv tax ...	2014	25243369