• Diversity of Colletotrichum Species Associated with Olive Anthracnose Worldwide 

      Moral, Juan; Agustí-Brisach, Carlos; Raya, María Carmen; Jurado Bello, José; López-Moral, Ana; Roca, L.F.; Chattaoui, Mayssa; Rhouma, Ali; Nigro, Franco; Sergeeva, Vera; Trapero Casas, Antonio (MDPI, 2021)
      Olive anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum species causes dramatic losses of fruit yield and oil quality worldwide. A total of 185 Colletotrichum isolates obtained from olives and other hosts showing anthracnose symptoms ...
    • Effect of Cultivar Resistance and Soil Management on Spatial–Temporal Development of Verticillium Wilt of Olive: A Long-Term Study 

      Ostos, Eduardo; García-López, María Teresa; Porras, Rafael; López Escudero, Francisco Javier; Trapero Casas, Antonio; Michailides, Themis J.; Moral, Juan (Frontiers, 2020)
      Verticillium wilt, caused by Verticillium dahliae, challenges olive cultivation and an Integrated Disease Management (IDM) approach is the best-suited tool to combat it. Since 1998, an IDM strategy in an orchard (called ...
    • Effect of latent and symptomatic infections by Colletotrichum godetiae on oil quality 

      Romero, Joaquín; Santa-Bárbara, Ana Esperanza; Moral, Juan; Agustí-Brisach, Carlos; Roca, L.F.; Trapero Casas, Antonio (Springer, 2022)
      Anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum spp., is the main olive fruit disease. Colletotrichum can severely infect olive fruit with a negative impact on the oil quality. However, the relationship between visible infections ...
    • Enzymatic and Molecular Identification of Meloidogyne Species in Tomato Orchards in Paraguay 

      Resquín Romero, Gloria Arminda; Mattos, Vanessa S.; Monteiro, Jessica M. S; Lopez-Nicora, Horacio D.; Amarilla, Shyrley P.; Chamorro-Diaz, Sergio; Moral, Juan; Carneiro, Regina M. D. G. (MDPI, 2023)
      Tomato is a major crop in Paraguay, where it provides a source of employment and income for households. Tomato production can be affected by root-knot nematodes, especially Meloidogyne spp. The unequivocal identification ...
    • Olive Escudete (Dalmatian Disease) Caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea as a Result of Fly–Midge–Fungus Interaction 

      Aldebis, Hani K.; Santos-Rufo, Antonio; Eldesouki Arafat, Ibrahim; Vargas Osuna, E.; Moral, Juan; Trapero, Antonio; López Escudero, Francisco Javier (MDPI, 2024)
      Escudete, which is caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea, is a disease that is widely distributed in the Mediterranean basin, but is of little general importance. Nevertheless, serious attacks have been observed on occasion, ...