Publications by authors named "Mauricio C Meyer"

Foliar nematodes ( spp.) are known to be parasites of tobacco in restricted areas, but symptoms caused by in tobacco are not well characterized, despite the great importance of this nematode worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the host reaction of four cultivars (Comum, Xanthi, Samsun, and TNN) and cultivar Comum to and to characterize the symptoms and the parasitism of this nematode.

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  • The order of rust fungi includes over 7,000 species that significantly affect agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and ecosystems.
  • Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the fungus responsible for Asian soybean rust disease, is a prime example of this impact and has a complex genome that has been challenging to assemble accurately.
  • Researchers sequenced three genomes of P. pachyrhizi, revealing a size of up to 1.25 Gb and a high transposable element content (~93%), demonstrating the role of these elements in host adaptation, stress responses, and genetic variability.
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Several species of nematodes are known to cause losses to cowpea () throughout the world. In Brazil, was described as causing damage on soybean, cotton, and common bean, but no report was found about the parasitism of this nematode in cowpea. This study aimed to verify the host reaction of cowpea cultivars to .

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Metabolomics is an omics technology that is extremely valuable to analyze all small-molecule metabolites in organisms. Recent advances in analytical instrumentation, such as mass spectrometry combined with data processing tools, chemometrics, and spectral data libraries, allow plant metabolomics studies to play a fundamental role in the agriculture field and food security. Few studies are found in the literature using the metabolomics approach in soybean plants on biotic stress.

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is the causal agent of soybean green stem and foliar retention syndrome known as "Soja Louca II." This nematode has recently been reported parasitizing cotton in Brazil. In Costa Rica, it causes the symptoms known as "amachamiento" and false angular spots in common bean ().

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Asian Soybean Rust (ASR), caused by the biotrophic fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is a devastating disease with an estimated crop yield loss of up to 90%. Yet, there is a nerf of information on the metabolic response of soybean plants to the pathogen Untargeted metabolomics and Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking platform approach was used to explore soybean metabolome modulation to P. pachyrhizi infection.

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Rationale: The nematode Aphelenchoides besseyi is the causal agent of green stem and foliar retention, a soybean disease recently described in Brazil. This condition can reduce soybean yield by up to 100%. However, little is known about chemical interactions between the plant and pathogen.

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White mold, caused by , is a yield-limiting disease of soybean in Brazil. Uniform fungicide trials have been conducted annually since 2009. Data from 74 cooperative field trials conducted over a 10-year period were assembled.

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An apparent decline of fungicide performance for the control of soybean rust in Brazil has been reported but the rate at which it has occurred has not been formally quantified. Control efficacy and yield response to three fungicides applied as single active ingredients (a.i.

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