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Viruses at the interface between wild plants and crops
Inoculum flows between wild reservoirs and crops is assumed to be central for plant virus emergence. This topic is addressed here focussing on the geminiviruses, a major group of emergent viruses. Knowledge of geminivirus infection at the interface between wild and cultivated plants is still far from complete, but allows establishing hypotheses on the conditions for emergence.
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FAIR - more than a happy feeling!
The FAIR Principles for publishing scientific data say that data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. Adherence to the FAIR Principles allows machines to correctly identify and reuse data without human intervention. But, how do you know if your data is FAIR? In this publication, we provide the first community-driven, automated evaluations of FAIRness, where a computer will explore your data and provide you a "FAIRness Profile" that helps you to learn what aspects of FAIR are successfully found in your data.
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Identified the factors that determine the seed transmission rate of plant viruses
Dr. Pagán´s group identifies the virus speed of within-host movement and its level of multiplication in the plant reproductive structures as key determinants of seed transmission rate, a central process in the emergence of crop diseases. Using this information the researchers have developed a tool to predict the risk of virus seed transmission.
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TV report on the Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics (CBGP, UPM-INIA) in the scientific and dissemination program Lab24 of TVE
The Spanish Television program Lab24 published a report about the research and innovation activities carried out at the CBGP (UPM-INIA), which is one of the Spanish centers with the seal of Excellence Severo Ochoa.
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The Centers and Units of Excellence grouped in SOMMa reiterate in a meeting with representatives of the Governments of the Regional Governments the impact of the Severo Ochoa - María de Maeztu program on the scientific and technological progresses of the spanish research institutions
On Monday, September 9th , there was a meeting between the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, senior officials of 15 Regional Governments, and 42 Spanish research institutions of excellence. Six centers and units of excellence “Severo Ochoa - María de Maeztu” show the impact that the program has had for them. “The support of the autonomous communities for research is essential for Spain,” says Luis Serrano, president of the Severo Ochoa - María de Maeztu alliance (SOMMa).
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Climate change could promote virus dispersal through seeds
CBGP researchers discover that the increase of environmental light intensity, the main consequence of climate change, facilitates virus invasion of the seeds by altering plant defenses. This finding has important implications to understand the long-distance dispersal of plant viruses, a major contributing factor for disease emergence in crops.
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