Flores-León, Alejandro; García-Martínez, Santiago; González, Vicente; Garcés-Claver, Ana; Martí-Renau, Raul; Julián, Carmen; Sifres Cuerda, Alicia Gemma; Pérez De Castro, Ana María; Díez, María José; López Del Rincón, Carmelo; Ferriol Molina, María; Gisbert Domenech, Maria Carmen; Ruiz, Juan José; Cebolla Cornejo, Jaime; Picó Sirvent, María Belén(Frontiers Media SA, 2021-02-19)
[EN] The performance of snake melon [Cucumis melo var. flexuosus (L.)] in organic farming was studied under high biotic and salt stress conditions. Soilborne diseases (mainly caused by Macrophomina phaseolina and Neocosmospora ...
Pérez De Castro, Ana María; Martínez De Alba, A. E.; Sáez-Sánchez, Cristina; Flores-León, Alejandro; Sifres Cuerda, Alicia Gemma; Gómez-Guillamón, M. L.; López Del Rincón, Carmelo; Picó Sirvent, María Belén(International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), 2020)
[EN] Several viral diseases affect cucurbits, with different economic effects depending on the region and the year. However, there are not recent studies on the incidence of specific viruses. During the 2018 summer season, ...
González, V.; García-Martínez, S.; Flores-León, Alejandro; Ruiz, J. J.; Picó Sirvent, María Belén; Garcés-Claver, A.(Springer-Verlag, 2020-04)
[EN] Some taxa of the Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC) have been associated with clinical infections in humans and plant diseases. Among the several fusaria that cause relevant mycoses in cucurbits in Spain, Neocosmospora ...
Igual Ramo, Marta; Flores-León, Alejandro; Picó Sirvent, María Belén; Martínez-Monzó, Javier; García-Segovia, Purificación(MDPI AG, 2023-07)
[EN] The purpose of this study was to obtain a functional, stable powder product from Cucumis melo subsp. melo Var. flexuosus (L.) to promote its consumption and reduce waste and production losses. The melons were ground ...
Sáez-Sánchez, Cristina; Flores-León, Alejandro; Montero-Pau, J.; Sifres, A.; Dhillon N.P.S:; López, C.; Picó, B.(Frontiers Media SA, 2022-01-18)
[EN] Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) emerged in the Mediterranean Basin in 2012 as the first DNA bipartite begomovirus (Geminiviridae family), causing severe yield and economic losses in cucurbit crops. A major ...
Flores León, Alejandro(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-05-03)
[ES] El melón (Cucumis melo L.) es uno de los principales cultivos pertenecientes a la familia de las cucurbitáceas, del cual España representa uno de los centros secundarios de diversificación, donde todavía se cultivan ...
[EN] Spain is a secondary centre of the diversification of the melon (Cucumis melo L.), with high diversity represented in highly appreciated landraces belonging to the Flexuosus and Ibericus groups. A collection of 47 ...
[EN] Melon landraces are highly appreciated by consumers who pay price premiums to compensate for lower yields,
enabling on-farm conservation. However, they are highly susceptible to soilborne diseases. This study analyses
the ...