Fungal Genomics & Biology
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USDA-ARS National Peanut Research Laboratory (NPRL), Dawson, Georgia, USA

Biography

Dr. Alicia N. Massa is working in USDA-ARS National Peanut Research Laboratory (NPRL), Dawson, Georgia, USA. His study interests major on agricultural sciences. Dr. Alicia N. Massa is the author/editors/reviewer in several international journals. He published 10 articles in many journals and the articles are informative and got good citations.
 

Publications

• Research Article   
  Mitogenome and Nuclear-encoded Fungicide-target Genes of Thecaphora frezii - Causal Agent of Peanut Smut
  Author(s): Renee S. Arias*, Luis I. Cazon, Alicia N. Massa, Brian E. Scheffler, Victor S. Sobolev, Marshall C. Lamb, Mary V. Duke, Sheron A. Simpson, Cinthia Conforto, Juan A. Paredes, Juan H. Soave, Mario I. Buteler and Alejandro M. Rago
  
  Background: Thecaphora frezii Carranza and Lindquist causes smut disease in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) resulting in up to 35% yield losses. Fungicides have shown ineffective in controlling the disease; whereas research on the molecular basis of that fungicide resistance has been hindered because of the lack of genetic information about T. frezii. The goal of this work was to provide molecular information about fungicide-target loci in T. frezii, including its mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) and critical nuclear-encoded genes. Results: Here we report the complete annotated mitogenome of T. frezii, a 123,773 bp molecule containing the standard 14 genes that form part of mitochondrial complexes I, III, IV and V, 22 transfer RNAs, small and large subunits of ribosomal RNA, DNA polymerase, ribonucl.. View More»
  

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