Nohemí Carreras-Villaseñor

Dr. Nohemí Carreras-Villaseñor


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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26 February 2022 in Journal of Fungi
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NCNohemí Carreras-Villaseñor
Nohemí Carreras-Villaseñor
José Benjamín Rodríguez HaasJosé Benjamín Rodríguez Haas
José Benjamín Rodríguez Haas
LMLuis A. Martínez-Rodríguez
Luis A. Martínez-Rodríguez
APAlan Josué Pérez-Lira
Alan Josué Pérez-Lira
EIEnrique Ibarra-Laclette
Enrique Ibarra-Laclette
DRDiana Sánchez Rangel
Diana Sánchez Rangel
Ambrosia beetles are insect vectors of important plant diseases and have been considered as a threat to forest ecosystems, agriculture, and the timber industry. Several factors have been suggested as promoters of the pathogenic behavior of ambrosia beetles; one of them is the nature of the fungal mutualist and its ability to establish an infectious process. In Mexico, Xylosandrus morigerus is an invasive ambrosia beetle that damages many agroecosystems. Herein, two different isolates from the X. morigerus ambrosia beetle belonging to the Fusarium genus are reported. Both isolates belong to the Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC) but not to the Ambrosia Fusarium clade (AFC). The two closely related Fusarium isolates are pathogenic to different forest and agronomic species, and the morphological differences between them and the extracellular protease profile suggest intraspecific variability. This study shows the importance of considering these beetles as vectors of different species of fungal plant pathogens, with some of them even being phylogenetically closely related and having different pathogenic abilities, highlighting the relevance of the fungal mutualist as a factor for the ambrosia complex becoming a pest.