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August 8, 2022
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Fusarium Dry Rot of Garlic Bulbs Caused by Fusarium proliferatum: A Review

Publicated to: Horticulturae. 8 (7): 628- - 2022-07-01 8(7), DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae8070628

Authors: Galvez, Laura; Palmero, Daniel

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Univ Politecn Madrid, Sch Agr Food & Biosyst Engn, Dept Prod Agr, Ave Puerta Hierro 4, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author

Abstract

Fusarium dry rot (FDR) is a postharvest disease of garlic crops causing yield losses worldwide. Fusarium proliferatum has been identified as the main species causing the disease. Symptoms begin as small brown lesions with a dehydrated appearance that can progress to cover the entire clove during the storage period. Symptoms on growing plants cause brown lesions on the basal plates and roots, and sometimes damping-off is observed. F. proliferatum is a polyphagous pathogen with a wide range of hosts. This pathogen colonizes garlic roots, remaining as a latent pathogen, and develops rot during storage. The pathogen can overwinter in the soil, infested crop residues, and weeds. The fungus can also persist on garlic cloves, acting as primary inoculum in the field and contributing to the long-distance spread. Using healthy plant material, rotating crops, burying crop residues, avoiding bulb injury during harvest and subsequent handling, and providing appropriate postharvest environmental conditions are crucial factors that greatly influence the disease severity. Choosing a suitable non-host crop to achieve truly effective rotation is sometimes difficult. Chemical control in the form of seed treatments or field spraying of the crop has a limited effect on controlling FDR. Field applications of biological control agents have shown some efficacy, but conditions to optimize their activity must be determined. Moreover, different soil management strategies to reduce soil inoculum must be also studied.

Keywords

1st reportAetiologyAlliumAllium-sativumBasal rotClove rotDisease managementF-proliferatumFumonisin b-1FungiGibberella-fujikuroiMolecular characterizationRoot-rotSeed clovesSymptomsYield loss

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Horticulturae 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, 2022, it was in position 6/36, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Horticulture.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 2.49. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 2.32 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-12-05, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 18
  • Scopus: 19
  • Google Scholar: 15

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 2025-12-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 55.
  • 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: 55 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 6.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 6 (Altmetric).

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.

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 (GALVEZ PATON, LAURA) and Last Author (PALMERO LLAMAS, DANIEL).

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