Scientific contributions

Peer-Reviewed Publications and Preprints

2026

  • Martinez-Solsona, M., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Olmos, A., Moran, F., Ruiz-Garcia, A. B. 2026. High throughput-based surveillance reveals new components of Spanish citrus virome related to tristeza, impietratura and yellow vein clearing diseases. bioRxiv 2026.02.12.705513. 10.64898/2026.02.12.705513 [Preprint]

2025

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Cobos, M. E., Peterson, A. T., Landa, B. B., and Navas-Cortés, J. A. 2025. Modeling the ecological niche of Verticillium dahliae in southern Spain: Current patterns and projected shifts under climate change. Plant Dis. In Press.

  • Liu, R., Velasco-Amo, M. P., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Potnis, N., Hardy, N. B., Almeida, R. P. P., Landa, B. B., and De La Fuente, L. 2025. Natural competence in the bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa varies across genotypes and is associated with adhesins. PLoS Pathog. 21:p. e1013757. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013757

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Cobos, M. E., Peterson, A. T., Landa, B. B., and Navas-Cortés, J. A. 2025. Unraveling the ecological niche signals of Verticillium dahliae: Insights from Mediterranean landscapes. Plant Dis. 109:123-131. 10.1094/PDIS-02-24-0443-RE

2024

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., and Cobos, M. E. 2024. enmpa: An R package for ecological niche modeling using presence-absence data and generalized linear models. Biodiv. Inform. 18. 10.17161/bi.v18i.21742

  • Fernández, F. D., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Tolocka, P. A., Guzmán, F. A., Olivares, C., Roca, M. E., Otero, M. L., Conci, L. R., Landa, B. B., and Haelterman, R. M. 2024. Phylogenomic analysis of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca strains from olive and almond trees in Argentina. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 171:593-602. 10.1007/s10658-024-02969-z

  • Velasco-Amo, M. P., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., and Landa, B. B. 2024. Complete genome assemblies of several Xylella fastidiosa subspecies multiplex strains reveals high phage content and novel plasmids. Phytopathol. Mediterr. 63:15-23. 10.1094/PHYTOFR-10-24-0111-R

  • Velasco-Amo, M. P., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Román-Écija, M., Giampetruzzi, A., Saponari, M., and Landa, B. B. 2024. Complete circularized genome resources for Xylella fastidiosa subsp. sandyi strains CO33 and CFBP8478. PhytoFrontiers 4:792-796. 10.1094/PHYTOFR-01-24-0004-A

  • Vahter, T., Taylor, A. R., Landa, B. B., Linsler, D., Rodriguez, E. M. M., Moreno, F. G., Pérès, G., Engell, I., Hiiesalu, I., Bengtsson, J., Oja, J., Torppa, K. A., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Guzmán, G., Potthoff, M., Vasar, M., Sandor, M., Sepp, S.-K., Stoian, V., and Öpik, M. 2024. Reduced tillage intensity does not increase arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in European long‐term experiments. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 75:e13546. 10.1111/ejss.13546

2023

  • Fondevilla, S., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., García-León, F. J., and Landa, B. B. 2023. Molecular characterization of Peronospora variabilis isolates infecting Chenopodium quinoa and Chenopodium album in Spain. Plant Dis. 107:999-1004. 10.1094/PDIS-05-22-1198-SC

  • Velasco-Amo, M. P., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Román-Écija, M., De La Fuente, L., Marco-Noales, E., Moralejo, E., Navas-Cortés, J. A., and Landa, B. B. 2023. Complete circularized genome resources of seven strains of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa using hybrid assembly reveals unknown plasmids. Phytopathology 113:1128-1132. 10.1094/PHYTO-10-22-0396-A

  • Román-Écija, M., Navas-Cortés, J. A., Velasco-Amo, M. P., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Gómez, L. M., De La Fuente, L., and Landa, B. B. 2023. Two Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex strains isolated from almond in Spain differ in plasmid content and virulence traits. Phytopathology 113:960-974. 10.1094/PHYTO-06-22-0234-R

2022

  • O’Leary, M. L., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Burbank, L. P., De La Fuente, L., and Landa, B. B. 2022. Complete genome resources for Xylella fastidiosa strains AlmaEM3 and BB08-1 reveal prophage-associated structural variation among blueberry-infecting strains. Phytopathology 112:732-736.10.1094/PHYTO-08-21-0317-A

  • Velasco-Amo, M. P., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Olivares-García, C., Denancé, N., Jacques, M.A., and Landa, B. B. 2022. Use of traC gene to type the incidence and distribution of pXFAS_5235 plasmid-bearing strains of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa ST1 in Spain. Plants (Basel) 11:1562.10.3390/plants11121562

2021

  • Landa, B. B., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Henricot, B., Montes-Borrego, M., Shuttleworth, L. A., and Pérez-Sierra, A. 2021. Diversity of Phytophthora species detected in disturbed and undisturbed British soils using high-throughput sequencing targeting ITS rRNA and COI mtDNA regions. Forests 12:229. 10.3390/f12020229

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Díaz, G. G., Montes-Borrego, M., Gramaje, D., Gómez, J. A., and Landa, B. B. 2021. Going beyond soil conservation with the use of cover crops in Mediterranean sloping olive orchards. Agronomy 11:1387. 10.3390/agronomy11071387

  • Hoeffner K., Beylich A., Chabbi A., Cluzeau D., Dascalu D., Graefe U., Guzmán G., Hallaire V., Hanisch J., Landa B. B., Linsler D., Menasseri S., Öpik M., Potthoff M., Sandor M., Scheu S., Schmelz R. M., Engell I., Schrader S., Vahter T., Banse M., Nicolaï A., Plaas E., Runge T., Roslin T., Decau M.L., Sepp S. K., Arias-Giraldo L. F., Busnot S., Roucaute M., and Pérès G. 2021. Legacy effects of temporary grassland in annual crop rotation on soil ecosystem services. Sci. Total Environ. 780:146140. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146140

2020

  • Martí, J. M., Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Díaz-Villanueva, W., Arnau, V., Rodríguez-Franco, A., and Garay, C. P. 2020. Metatranscriptomic dynamics after Verticillium dahliae infection and root damage in Olea europaea. BMC Plant Biol. 20:1-15. 10.1186/s12870-019-2185-0

Conferences

Selected Oral Presentations

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Landa, B. B., and Navas-Cortés, J. A. “Epidemiological and microbial ecology approaches for Verticillium wilt control in olive crop.” II AGRO-HUB CSIC Andalucía. Oral presentation. 11-12 March 2025. Granada, Spain.

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Antonielli, L., Compant, S., Navas-Cortés, J. A., and Landa, B. B. “Analysis of the rhizosphere-associated microbiome as an indicator of the phytosanitary status of olive groves affected by Verticillium wilt in Andalusia.” XX Spanish Conference of Phytopathology (SEF). Oral presentation. 16-19 September 2024. Córdoba, Spain.

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Landa, B. B., and Navas-Cortés, J. A. “Epidemiological and microbial ecology approaches for Verticillium wilt control in olive crop.” I AGRO-HUB CSIC Andalucía. Oral presentation. 11-12 March 2024. Málaga, Spain.

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Landa, B. B., and Navas-Cortés, J. A. “Modeling of the environmental factors that determine the incidence and potential distribution of olive vascular pathogens of olive trees in Andalusia.” XX Spanish Conference of Phytopathology (SEF). Oral presentation. 24-26 October 2022. Valencia, Spain.

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Landa, B. B., and Navas-Cortés, J. A. “Modelling potential climatic suitability for olive vascular diseases in Southern Spain.” 16th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU). Oral presentation. 4-8 April 2022. Limassol, Cyprus.

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Potnis, N., De La Fuente, L., Moralejo, E., Marco-Noales, E., Velasco-Amo, M. P., Román-Ecija, M., Imperial, J., and Landa, B. B. “Detection of recombination events in Xylella fastidiosa genomes of different Spanish strains.” 3rd European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa (Building knowledge, protecting plant health). Oral presentation. 29-30 April 2021. Online.

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., Guzmán, G., Gómez, J. A., Anguita-Maeso, M., Dascalu, D., Linsler, D., Morvan, T., Öpik, M., Pérès, G., Potthoff, M., Sander, M., Taylor, A., Torppa, K., Vahter, T., and Landa, B. B. “Effects of agricultural soil management practices on soil microbiota across Europe - investigations in seven long term.” European Geosciences Union (EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online). Oral presentation. 4-8 May 2020. Vienna, Austria. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11299.

  • Arias-Giraldo, L. F., and Landa, B. B. “Use of Next-Generation Sequencing approaches to determine the complete genome of two Spanish strains of Xylella fastidiosa.” II Congress of Young Researchers in Agroalimentary Sciences. Oral presentation. 17 October 2019. Almería, Spain.