Publications by authors named "C J Funes"
Article Synopsis
- - Postharvest losses of avocados are primarily due to anthracnose disease from the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, leading to a search for healthier alternatives to chemical fungicides.
- - Chitin nanocrystals were modified to enhance their effectiveness and combined with silk fibroins, essential oils, melatonin, and phenylalanine to create active coatings that showed promising antifungal properties.
- - The best-performing coating, O-NCChit/SF/MT, reduced anthracnose severity by 45%, matching the effectiveness of a commercial fungicide, while maintaining avocado quality during storage.
Natural Parasitism Influences Biological Control Strategies Against Both Global Invasive Pests Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), and the Neotropical-Native Pest Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae).
Environ Entomol
December 2022
Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) and Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) are two severe invasive pests widespread in all Argentinean fruit-producing regions. Both coexist with the Neotropical pest Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) in northern Argentina. The northwestern region shelters major soft fruit and Citrus producing and exporting industries, which are heavily affected by these dipterans.
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- Spotted-wing drosophila, or Drosophila suzukii, first appeared in Mexico in 2011 and has since spread to 296 municipalities in five Latin American countries.
- This pest affects a wide range of plants (64 host species from 25 families), primarily composed of exotic plants, and is targeted by 14 native parasitoid wasp species, offering potential biological control options.
- The article reviews various management strategies for D. suzukii—including monitoring and control methods—to establish effective, sustainable pest management programs in Latin America that could also inform global strategies.
The eucoiline species Ganaspis brasiliensis (von Ihering) (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) is recorded for the first time in Argentina, with confirmation of parasitism of Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) infesting healthy raspberry fruit (Rubus idaeus L. cv. "Heritage") still on the plant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To review and recommend patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures assessing multidimensional domains of quality of life (QoL) to use as clinical endpoints in medical and psychosocial trials for children and adults with neurofibromatosis (NF) type 1, NF2, and schwannomatosis.
Methods: The PRO working group of the Response Evaluation in Neurofibromatosis and Schwannomatosis (REiNS) International Collaboration used systematic methods to review, rate, and recommend existing self-report and parent-report PRO measures of generic and disease-specific QoL for NF clinical trials. Recommendations were based on 4 main criteria: patient characteristics, item content, psychometric properties, and feasibility.