• Genetic relationship among paspalum species of the subgenus anachyris : taxonomic and evolutionary implications 

      Zilli, Alex Leonel; Hojsgaard, Diego Hernán; Brugnoli, Elsa Andrea; Acuña, Carlos Alberto; Honfi, Ana Isabel; Urbani, Mario Hugo; Quarin, Camilo Luis; Martínez, Eric Javier (Elsevier, 2014-10)
      Paspalum is one of the most important genera of the Poaceae family due to its large number of species and diversity. The subgenus Anachyris comprises six species mainly from South America grouped together by sharing rare ...
    • Genetic response of Paspalum plicatulum to genome duplication 

      Weihmüller, Emilse; Beltrán, Celina; Sartor, María Esperanza; Espinoza, Francisco; Spampinato, Claudia; Pessino, Silvina Claudia (Springer International Publishing, 2014-05-25)
      Paspalum plicatulum is a perennial rhizomatous grass with natural diploid and polyploid cytotypes. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of sequence polymorphisms arising immediately after genome autoduplication ...
    • Genetic transfer from several apomictic tetraploid paspalum species to an elite group of sexual plants 

      Novo, Patricia Elda; Acuña, Carlos Alberto; Urbani, Mario Hugo; Galdeano, Florencia; Espinoza, Francisco; Quarin, Camilo Luis (Crop Science Society of America, 2020)
      Basic findings from classical genetic studies are available for exploiting apomixis in the breeding of several forage grass genera. Most Paspalum species are multi- ploid with a sexual diploid cytotype and conspecific ...
    • Harnessing apomictic reproduction in grasses : what we have learned from paspalum 

      Ortíz, Juan Pablo Amelio; Quarin, Camilo Luis; Pessino, Silvina Claudia; Acuña, Carlos Alberto; Martínez, Eric Javier; Espinoza, Francisco; Hojsgaard, Diego Hernán; Sartor, María Esperanza; Cáceres, María Emilia; Pupilli, Fulvio (Oxford University Press, 2013-09)
      Background: Apomixis is an alternative route of plant reproduction that produces individuals genetically identical to the mother plant through seeds. Apomixis is desirable in agriculture, because it guarantees the perpetuation ...
    • Identification of Genes Related to Endosperm Balance Number Insensitivity in Paspalum notatum 

      Depetris, Mara Belén; Acuña, Carlos Alberto; Pozzi, F. I.; Quarin, Camilo Luis; Felitti, Silvina Andrea (Crop Science Society of America, 2018-02)
      The endosperm balance number (EBN) theory states that genomic contribution ratio should be kept at maternal/paternal (m:p) ratio for normal endosperm development. However, the endosperm formation in apomictic Paspalum ...
    • Registration of ‘Boyero UNNE’ Bahiagrass 

      Urbani, Mario Hugo; Acuña, Carlos Alberto; Doval, D. W.; Sartor, María Esperanza; Galdeano, Florencia; Blount, A. R.; Quesenberry, K. H.; Mackowiak, Cheryl L.; Quarin, Camilo Luis (Crop Science Society of America, 2017-01)
      ‘Boyero UNNE’ (Reg. No. CV-5, PI 676021) bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flüggé) was registered with the National Register of Plant Cultivars and the National Register of Property for Plant Cultivars, Ministry of Agriculture, ...
    • Transference of eheat expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeats to paspalum species and cross-species amplification of paspalum notatum simple sequence repeats : potential use in phylogenetic analysis and mapping 

      Siena, Lorena Adelina; Sartor, María Esperanza; Quarin, Camilo Luis; Espinoza, Francisco; Ortíz, Juan Pablo Amelio (Crop Science Society of America, 2014-11-12)
      The genus Paspalum L. includes numerous species of agronomic importance. The objectives of this work were to evaluate the transferability and polymorphism of publicly available wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) expressed sequence ...