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Palmero Llamas, D.Corresponding AuthorGalvez Paton, L.AuthorBenito Saez, S.Author

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Short communication. Rhizoctonia solani as causal agent of damping off of Swiss chard in Spain

Publicated to:Spanish Journal Of Agricultural Research. 10 (4): 1117-1120 - 2012-12-07 10(4), DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2012104-2754

Authors: Palmero Llamas, D; Galvez Paton, L; Gil Serna, J; Benito Saez, S

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Tech Univ Madrid UPM, Escuela Univ Ingn Tecn Agr, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Complutense Madrid, Fac Ciencias Biol, Dept Microbiol 3, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

During September 2011, post-emergence damping off of Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla L.) was observed in a greenhouse in Villa del Prado (Spain). About 20% of the seedlings showed damping off symptoms. Lesions were initially water soaked, dark brown necrosis of crown tissue, irregular in shape and sunken in appearance on large plants, causing the infected seedlings to collapse and eventually die. Rhizoctonia solani was isolated consistently from symptomatic plants. After morphological and molecular identification of the isolates, pathogenicity was fested by placing agar plugs of four isolates adjacent to the stem at the three or four true leaf stage. In inoculated plants, brown crown and stem necrosis occurred while control plants did not show disease symptoms. Pathogenicity using non-germinated seeds was also tested. All four isolates produced extensive damping off when inoculated on non-germinated seeds. To our knowledge, this is the first report of damping off of Swiss chard caused by R. solani in Europe.

Keywords

Beta vulgaris subsp ciclaBeta vulgaris subsp. ciclaDamping-offMolecular identifcationMolecular identificationMorphological identifcationMorphological identificationSilver beet

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Spanish Journal Of Agricultural Research due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2012, it was in position 28/57, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q3 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Agronomy and Crop Science.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-25:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-25:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 7 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (PALMERO LLAMAS, DANIEL) and Last Author (BENITO SAEZ, SANTIAGO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been PALMERO LLAMAS, DANIEL.