Mario Franco

Publications

• Biotransformation of grape pomace from Vitis labrusca by Peniophora albobadia LPSC # 285 (Basidiomycota)
• Secondary metabolites synthesized by Stemphylium lycopersici and Fulvia fulva, necrotrophic and biotrophic fungi pathogen of tomato plants
• Fungal Mitogenomes: Relevant Features to Planning Plant Disease Management
• The endosphere bacteriome of diseased and healthy tomato plants
• The secondary metabolites profile of Stemphylium lycopersici, the causal agent of tomato grey leaf spot, is complex and includes host and non-host specific toxins
• Secondary metabolite gene clusters arrangement and conservation within the genome of Stemphylium lycopersici codes the pathways for the synthesis of specific and non-specific toxins
• Endomycobiome associated with females of the planthopper Delphacodes kuscheli (Hemiptera: Delphacidae): A metabarcoding approach
• Fulvia fulva [syn. Cladosporium fulvum, Passalora fulva] races in Argentina are evolving through genetic changes and carry polymorphic avr and ecp gene sequences
• Secondary metabolism drives ecological breadth in the Xylariaceae
• Mancha gris de la hoja del tomate: identificación, biología y genómica del agente etiológico
• Corynespora cassiicola and Stemphylium lycopersici infection and disease development on tomatoes in Argentina
• Fusarium equiseti LPSC 1166 and its in vitro role in the decay of Heterostachys ritteriana leaf litter
• Assessment of the genetic diversity of Argentinean isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) using ISSR markers
• Bacteriomes of the corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis (DeLong & Wolcott, 1923) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) harbor Sulcia symbiont: molecular characterization, ultrastructure, and transovarial transmission
• A survey on tomato leaf grey spot in the two main production areas of Argentina led to the isolation of Stemphylium lycopersici representatives which were genetically diverse and differed in their virulence
• Nodulation and Delayed Nodule Senescence: Strategies of Two Bradyrhizobium Japonicum Isolates with High Capacity to Fix Nitrogen
• Microbial Endophytes that Live within the Seeds of Two Tomato Hybrids Cultivated in Argentina
• Draft Genome Sequences of Sporulating (CIDEFI-213) and Nonsporulating (CIDEFI-212) Strains of Stemphylium lycopersici
• Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis Strain m401, Isolated from Honey in Argentina
• Identification of an intermediate for 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene-melanin synthesis in a race-2 isolate of Fulvia fulva (syn. Cladosporium fulvum)
• Antagonism and modes of action of Chaetomium globosum species group, potential biocontrol agent of barley foliar diseases
• Melanins in fungi: Types, localization and putative biological roles
• A survey on occurrence of Cladosporium fulvum identifies race 0 and race 2 in tomato-growing areas of Argentina
• Draft genome sequence and gene annotation of Stemphylium lycopersici strain CIDEFI-216
• First report of Alternaria alternata causing black spot on pink lapacho (Handroanthus impetiginosus)
• Colletotrichum siamense causing anthracnose in Bauhinia forficata subsp. pruinosa in Argentina
• The mitochondrial genome of the plant-pathogenic fungus Stemphylium lycopersici uncovers a dynamic structure due to repetitive and mobile elements
• Bacteriomes of the corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis (DeLong & Wolcott, 1923) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) harbor Sulcia symbiont: molecular characterization, ultrastructure, and transovarial transmission
• Bacteriomes of the corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis (DeLong & Wolcott, 1923) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) harbor Sulcia symbiont: molecular characterization, ultrastructure, and transovarial transmission
• Ecological generalism drives hyperdiversity of secondary metabolite gene clusters in xylarialean endophytes
• Humicolopsis cephalosporioides synthesizes DHN-melanin in its chlamydospores
• Genetic diversity and population structure of the corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the subtropical region of America
• Morphological, phylogenetic, and genomic evidence reveals the causal agent of thread blight disease of cacao in Peru is a new species of Marasmius in the section Neosessiles, Marasmius infestans sp. nov.
• Genome analysis of three isolates of Stemphylium lycopersici differ in their virulence and sporulation ability: Identification of effectors, pathogenesis and virulence factors