{"id":5516,"date":"2026-03-11T14:12:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/es\/?p=5516"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:07:37","slug":"clinica-del-tomate-un-webinar-proteger-nuestros-cultivos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/2026\/03\/11\/clinica-del-tomate-un-webinar-proteger-nuestros-cultivos\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato Clinic: A webinar to protect our crops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Bioleft, we understand that plant health is a fundamental pillar for seed sovereignty. Therefore, within the framework of the participatory tomato breeding program and in response to requests from growers to identify the main diseases of this season, we organized a virtual meeting to share agroecological diagnosis and management tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This webinar was a collective endeavor coordinated by Bioleft\u2013UNSAM, with the support of the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA), the Ministry of Agrarian Development of the Province of Buenos Aires (MDA), and Global Shapers C\u00f3rdoba. We had the generous participation of three leading experts in the field who provided an integral agronomic perspective:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ra\u00fal Zapata (FAUBA): Specialist in fungal diseases and biological control of soil-borne pathogens.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ana Mar\u00eda Romero (FAUBA): Specialist in bacterial diseases of tomato.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paola L\u00f3pez Lambertini (INTA-IPAVE): Specialist in virology, from molecular biology to field expression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Cl\u00ednica del tomate: manejo enfermedades, bacterias, hongos y virus.\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HL4lf6af6Mk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key points of the meeting and where to find them<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help you consult the most relevant technical topics, we organized the highlights of the video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Environmental management and prevention<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ra\u00fal Zapata explained how greenhouse conditions and cultural practices influence plant health:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Microclimate and plant density:<\/strong> How humidity and lack of ventilation favor pathogens. <strong>(Min. 04:50)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pruning stress:<\/strong> Suckering wounds are points of entry that take up to 3 days to heal. <strong>(Min. 05:40)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Soil fungi and biological control<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strategies were addressed to prevent pathogen buildup without resorting to prohibited chemical inputs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Solarization:<\/strong> Use of solar heat to physically sanitize the soil. <strong>(Min. 23:35)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trichoderma:<\/strong> Application of microorganisms to compete with and parasitize pathogenic fungi. <strong>(Min. 28:40)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Bacteria: Home diagnostics<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ana Mar\u00eda Romero taught a simple technique to identify <strong>bacterial canker:<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Water glass test:<\/strong> When submerging a cut stem, a milky stream confirms the presence of bacteria. <strong>(Min. 43:20)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Desinfecci\u00f3n de herramientas:<\/strong> Key to preventing disease spread during agricultural tasks. <strong>(Min. 57:45)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Viruses and prevention<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paola Lambertini detall\u00f3 los desaf\u00edos de las virosis, que no tienen cura una vez instaladas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV):<\/strong> Its high stability makes it persistent on hands, clothing, and tools. <strong>(Min. 01:10:00)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV \/ \"Peste Negra\"):<\/strong> The role of thrips as vectors and the importance of monitoring surrounding weeds. <strong>(Min. 01:16:20)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Seed health (The core of Bioleft)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowing which seeds to save is vital for the health of upcoming campaigns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fruit selection:<\/strong> Save seeds exclusively from plants that remained healthy. <strong>(Min. 53:00)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heat treatment:<\/strong> Use of hot water (52\u201356\u00b0C) to disinfect seeds without damaging them. <strong>(Min. 53:40)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">This webinar reinforces our goal of fostering dialogue across diverse disciplines and forms of knowledge to create knowledge exchange networks.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Este webinar fue una construcci\u00f3n colectiva coordinada por Bioleft- UNSAM, con el apoyo de la Facultad de Agronom\u00eda de la UBA (FAUBA), el Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (MDA) y Global Shapers C\u00f3rdoba. Contamos con la generosa participaci\u00f3n de tres referentes en la materia que aportaron una mirada agron\u00f3mica integral<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novedades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5519,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5516\/revisions\/5519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bioleft.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}