Marina S Ascunce
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Recent Articles
1.
Ascunce M, Calcaterra L, Shoemaker D
J Invertebr Pathol
. 2025 Feb;
210:108288.
PMID: 39993467
We surveyed 559 colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta in 15 sites in its native range in Argentina for the microsporidian parasite Kneallhazia solenopsae, a natural enemy of this...
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Ketehouli T, Goss E, Ascunce M, Martins S
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
. 2024 Nov;
287:117325.
PMID: 39541699
Streptomycin (Str) and oxytetracycline (Otc) are widely used antibiotics to manage bacterial diseases in citrus and other crops. However, their impacts on the rhizosphere bacterial assembly and plant physiology are...
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Toloza A, Ascunce M, Reed D
J Med Entomol
. 2024 Apr;
61(4):984-994.
PMID: 38635291
The cosmopolitan ectoparasite human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis (De Geer)(Phthiraptera:Pediculidae), affects mostly school-aged children, with infestations reported every year mainly due to louse resistance to pyrethroids. One of the...
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Ascunce M, Kassu G, Bouwma A, Reed D, Briano J, Oi D, et al.
Insects
. 2023 Dec;
14(12).
PMID: 38132575
Microsporidia are natural pathogens of arthropods and have been used as biological control against insect pests. In the United States, efforts to control the invasive Red Imported Fire Ant, ,...
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Ascunce M, Toloza A, Gonzalez-Oliver A, Reed D
PLoS One
. 2023 Nov;
18(11):e0293409.
PMID: 37939041
The human louse, Pediculus humanus, is an obligate blood-sucking ectoparasite that has coevolved with humans for millennia. Given the intimate relationship between this parasite and the human host, the study...
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Zollota S, Perez P, Allen J, Argenti T, Read Q, Ascunce M
Insects
. 2023 Feb;
14(2).
PMID: 36835687
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of our outreach program "The ImportANTs of ANTs" in communicating scientific topics to elementary school children, using ants as example organisms. In this...
7.
Goulet T, Erill I, Ascunce M, Finley S, Javan G
Front Physiol
. 2020 Oct;
11:566968.
PMID: 33071821
Corals' obligate association with unicellular dinoflagellates, family Symbiodiniaceae form the foundation of coral reefs. For nearly a century, researchers have delved into understanding the coral-algal mutualism from multiple levels of...
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Barrantes E, Echavarria M, Bartlett C, Helmick E, Cummins P, Ascunce M, et al.
Zootaxa
. 2020 Oct;
4763(1):zootaxa.4763.1.4.
PMID: 33056878
An ongoing survey for planthoppers associated with palms in the Caribbean basin is being conducted with current efforts on the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. In an expedition in June...
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Lane B, Stricker K, Adhikari A, Ascunce M, Clay K, Flory S, et al.
Mycologia
. 2020 Jul;
112(5):921-931.
PMID: 32703099
Environmentally damaging invasive plants can also serve as reservoir hosts for agricultural pathogens. is an invasive C4 annual grass that is present throughout the midwestern and eastern United States. It...
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Bahder B, Bartlett C, Helmick E, Barrantes E, Echavarria M, Goss E, et al.
Zootaxa
. 2020 Apr;
4718(4):zootaxa.4718.4.6.
PMID: 32230007
An ongoing survey for novel phytoplasmas and viruses that affect palms (Arecaceae) and their potential vectors is being conducted in Costa Rica. During that survey, a new species of derbid...