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December 5, 2022
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Fungal Pathogens and Seed Storage in the Dry State

Publicated to: Plants-Basel. 11 (22): 3167- - 2022-11-01 11(22), DOI: 10.3390/plants11223167

Authors:

Martin, Isaura; Galvez, Laura; Guasch, Luis; Palmero, Daniel
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Affiliations

CSIC, Plant Genet Resource Ctr CRF, Natl Inst Agr & Food Res & Technol INIA, Alcala De Henares 28805, Spain - Author
CSIC-INIA - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Sch Agr Food & Biosyst Engn, Dept Agr Prod, Avda Puerta de Hierro 4, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
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Abstract

Seeds can harbor a wide range of microorganisms, especially fungi, which can cause different sanitary problems. Seed quality and seed longevity may be drastically reduced by fungi that invade seeds before or after harvest. Seed movement can be a pathway for the spread of diseases into new areas. Some seed-associated fungi can also produce mycotoxins that may cause serious negative effects on humans, animals and the seeds themselves. Seed storage is the most efficient and widely used method for conserving plant genetic resources. The seed storage conditions used in gene banks, low temperature and low seed moisture content, increase seed longevity and are usually favorable for the survival of seed-borne mycoflora. Early detection and identification of seed fungi are essential activities to conserve high-quality seeds and to prevent pathogen dissemination. This article provides an overview of the characteristics and detection methods of seed-borne fungi, with a special focus on their potential effects on gene bank seed conservation. The review includes the following aspects: types of seed-borne fungi, paths of infection and transmission, seed health methods, fungi longevity, risk of pathogen dissemination, the effect of fungi on seed longevity and procedures to reduce the harmful effects of fungi in gene banks.
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Keywords

aflatoxin contaminationagricultural-researchalternaria-alternataaspergillus-flavusbipolaris-sorokinianablack point diseaseenvironmental-factorsgene bankinternational-centerseed health methodsseed storageseptoria-nodorumFusarium head blightGene bankLife on landSeed health methodsSeed storageSeed-borne fungi

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Plants-Basel 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 43/239, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Plant Sciences.

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: 7.62. 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: 10.81 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-24, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 66
  • Scopus: 80
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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 2026-04-24:

  • 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: 188.
  • 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: 179 (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: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (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.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/92934/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 29
  • Downloads: 9
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 15 - Life on land, with a probability of 64% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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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: Last Author (PALMERO LLAMAS, DANIEL).

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Project objectives

La aportación persigue varios objetivos fundamentales relacionados con los hongos patógenos en semillas y su almacenamiento en estado seco. Se pretende analizar los tipos de hongos asociados a semillas y sus vías de infección y transmisión; evaluar los métodos de detección y diagnóstico temprano de hongos en semillas; determinar el impacto de los hongos sobre la calidad y longevidad de las semillas durante el almacenamiento en bancos de germoplasma; caracterizar los riesgos de diseminación de patógenos a través del movimiento de semillas; y proponer procedimientos para reducir los efectos nocivos de los hongos en la conservación de semillas. Estos objetivos son esenciales para garantizar la conservación eficaz y segura de recursos genéticos vegetales.
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Most relevant results

El estudio aborda la presencia y el impacto de hongos patógenos en semillas almacenadas en estado seco. Los resultados más relevantes son: (1) las semillas pueden albergar una amplia variedad de hongos que afectan negativamente la calidad y longevidad de las semillas; (2) las condiciones de almacenamiento en bancos de germoplasma, caracterizadas por baja temperatura y humedad, favorecen la supervivencia de la micoflora asociada a las semillas; (3) algunos hongos pueden producir micotoxinas perjudiciales para humanos, animales y semillas; (4) la detección temprana y la identificación precisa de hongos son fundamentales para conservar semillas de alta calidad y evitar la diseminación de patógenos; y (5) se describen métodos y procedimientos para mitigar los efectos nocivos de los hongos en la conservación de semillas.
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