Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia

Phylogenomic Taxonomic Analysis of Ralstonia solanacearum Strains causing Bacterial Wilt Disease in Northeastern Argentina

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC) is a genetically diverse group of plant pathogens, yet genomic data from South America remain limited. Here, we characterize 13 RSSC strains isolated from tomato, pepper, and eggplant in northeastern Argentina. Phylogenetic analysis o...

An Explainable Machine Learning Framework for Hypothesis Generation in Biochemical Methane Potential Prediction

Abstract Biochemical methane potential (BMP) assays are widely used to evaluate feedstocks for anaerobic digestion, but they are slow and resource-intensive. This study evaluated whether explainable machine learning can support transparent screening and hypothesis generation from...

A pair of duplicated SOC1 genes, DcSOC1-1 and DcSOC1-2, control vernalization requirement in carrot

Abstract Background Carrot vernalization requirement (VR), the amount of cold exposure needed for plants to become vernalized, strongly influences geographical adaptation of the crop and many agricultural practices, and this trait defines annual vs. biennial cultivars. Despite it...