Horacio Lopez-Nicora

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Assistant Professor and Provost's Early Career Scholar, Soybean Pathology and Nematology

lopez-nicora.1@osu.edu

Office:

Kottman Hall, Columbus

Professional Information

Degrees & Credentials:

PhD Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University

Master of Applied Statistics, The Ohio State University

MS Crop Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

BS Agronomy, National University of Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay

Biography:

Publications are under the Works tab

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University (2021-present)
Director de Laboratorios (Laboratory Director), Universidad San Carlos, Paraguay. 2020-2021
Fundador y Director de La Clínica Vegetal (Founder and Director of The Plant Clinic), Universidad San Carlos, Paraguay. 2019-2021
Docente Investigador y Vicedirector de Investigación, Innovación y Extensión (Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of Research, Innovation and Extension), Universidad San Carlos, Paraguay. 2018-2021
Adjunct Professor, Universidad de Caldas, Colombia. 2018-2021
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, USA

Teaching

2019-present Instructor, Phytopathology (undergraduate) and Applied Biostatistics (graduate)/ Universidad San Carlos, Paraguay
2012-2017 Instructor and Teaching Assistant, General Plant Pathology. The Ohio State University, USA
2008-2011 Teaching Assistant and Lab Section Instructor, Diseases of Field Crops (graduate), Introductory Plant Pathology (undergraduate). University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
2007 Instructor, Basic Microbiology (undergraduate). Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay
2005-2006 Teaching Assistant, Seed Pathology, Nematology (undergraduate). Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay

Adjunct Lecturer

Universidad Católica, Paraguay Advanced phytopathology (graduate), 2019-present
Universidad de Caldas, Colombia Graduate student seminar (graduate), 2019-present

Extension and Outreach - Selected Resources

Fact Sheets

> Soybean Cyst Nematode, OSU Extension Ohioline. A Dorrance, D Martin, K Harrison, H Lopez Nicora, TL NIblack.
> Nematode Diseases of Plants, OSU Extension Ohioline. SD Williams, MJ Boehm, HD Lopez-Nicora

Awards and Honors

Society of Nematologists, Executive Board, 2012-2015
Presidential Fellow, The Ohio State University 2015-2016
John M. Webster Outstanding Student Award, Society of Nematology, 2015
Student Poster Competition, second place, Society of Nematologists 52nd Annual Meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee, July 14-17,
2013 Graduate Student Teaching Award, North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture
2013 Best Student Poster, Society of Nematologists 51st Annual Meeting in Savannah, Georgia, USA. August 11-15, 2012
Fulbright Scholarship, University of Illinois, 2007-2009
Graduated with high honors, National University of Asuncion, Paraguay
2005 Graduate Fellow in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES)
University of Illinois 2009-2010 Larry Schrader Fellowship (Provost match)
2010 Richard L. Bernard Soybean Improvement Award
2010-2011 Outstanding Teaching Assistant (University of Illinois, General Plant Pathology) 2011

Languages

Fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, French and Guarani

Professional Service and Activities

Society of Nematologists, member
Executive Board (2012-2015)
President, Graduate Students, Society of Nematologists (2012-2013)
American Phytopathological Society, member

Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Plant Pathology, 2014–present
Council of Graduate Student (CGS), Ohio State University - Plant Pathology Delegate; 2012–2013
Editor, Plant Disease Management Reports, PDMR (2019-present)
Editor, Journal of Nematology, JON (2017-present)
Researcher and Statistical Consultant, NUESTROSUELO (2018-present)
Graduate Studies Committee, graduate student representative, Department of Plant Pathology of Ohio State University (2014-2016)
Diagnostician, University of Illinois, Plant Clinic (2010-2011);
Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Protección Vegetal (2006-2007)
Co-organized Academic Meetings, Congreso Internacional de Agronegocios [International Agribusiness Congress] (2019); Congreso de Horticultura [Horticulture Congress] (2018)

Works

Publications

Guzmán-Piedrahita, Ó. A., Zamorano-Montañez, C., Aguilar-Marín, S. B. and Lopez-Nicora, H. D. 2023 First report of foliar nematode (Aphelenchoides pseudobesseyi) on soybean in Colombia. Plant disease – First Look. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-23-1117-PDN

Guzmán-Piedrahita, O. A., Zamorano-Montañez, C., Leguizamon-Caycedo, J., Castro-Caicedo, B. L. and Lopez-Nicora, H. D. 2023. Effect of Radopholus similis, Pratylenchus araucensis, Meloidogyne spp. and their interaction on Musa ‘Dominico Hartón’ seedlings. J of Nematology, 55(1), 20230054. 10.2478/jofnem-2023-0054

Fernández‐Ozuna, Y. A., Gini Álvarez, A. R., Lopez‐Nicora, H. D., Arrúa Alvarenga, A. A. and Colmán, A. A. 2023. First report of Neopestalotiopsis rosae causing leaf spot and crown rot on strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) in Paraguay. New Disease Reports, 48(2), e12239. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12239

Maidana-Ojeda, M., Fernández Gamarra, M. A., Enciso, G., Chavez, P., Talavera Stefani, L., Caballero-Mairesse, G. G., Mongelós-Franco, Y., Sanabria-Velazquez, A., Vargas, M. J., Burgos-Cantoni, C., Quintana de Viedma, L., and Lopez-Nicora, H. D. 2023. First report of Zymoseptoria tritici causing Septoria tritici blotch in wheat in Paraguay. Plant Disease - First Look. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-23-1150-PDN

Mohan, K., Kontz, B., Okello, P. N., Allen, T., Bergstrom, G. C., Bissonnette, K., Bonkowski, J., Bradley, C. A., Buck, J., Chilvers, M. I. and Dorrance, A. E., Giesler, L., Kelly, H. M., Koehler, A., Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Mangel, D., Markell, S., Mueller, D. S., Price III, P. P., Rojas, A., Shires, M. K., Smith, D. L., Spurlock, T., Webster, R. Wise, K., Yabwalo, D., and Mathew, F.1 2023. Variation in isolate virulence and accession resistance associated with Diaporthe aspalathi, D. caulivora, and D. longicolla in soybean. Plant Health Progress – First Look. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-04-23-0041-RS

Gini, A., Lugo, F., Caballero-Mairesse, G., Enciso-Maldonado, G. A., Bonussi, D., Lombardo, F. C., Lezcano, V., Barreto, F., Espinoza, L. and Lopez-Nicora, H. D., 2023. Nematodos fitoparásitos en la mira: explorando el potencial patogénico de los géneros Helicotylenchus, Scutellonema y Tylenchorhynchus en soja en Paraguay. Investigaciones y Estudios-UNA 14:1, 34-43. https://doi.org/10.57201/IEUNA2313335

Resquín-Romero, G., Mattos, V. S., Monteiro, J. M. S., Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Amarilla, S. P., Chamorro-Diaz, S., Moral, J, Carneiro, R. M. D. G.* 2023. Enzymatic and Molecular Identification of Meloidogyne Species in Tomato Orchards in Paraguay. Agronomy 13, 670. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13030670

Armadans-Rojas, A., Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Enciso-Maldonado, G., González-Andino, N. and Gotz López-Moreira, H. 2023. Effect of the inoculation of Bradyrhizobium japonicum on the yield of pods of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Horticultura Argentina 42 (108): 38-45. http://id.caicyt.gov.ar/ark:/s18519342/iremfh7ktAlvarenga, AAA; Ouchi, Julio César Masaru Iehisac; Martínez, CCC; Mendes J.M.;Colmán A.A.; Ríos D.F.; Arrua P.D.; Guerreño C.A.B.; Kohli M.M.; Ramírez M.L.; Ruíz A.A.; Sarmiento, M.M.; Ortíz M.C.; Nuñez A.; Lopez-Nicora, Horacio D. 2022. Trichothecene Genotype Profiling of Wheat Fusarium graminearum Species Complex in Paraguay. 2022. Toxins Volume 14, Issue 4 April 2022 Article number 257

Gluck-Thaler, Emile; Ralston, Timothy; Konkel, Zachary; Ocampos, Cristhian Grabowski; Ganeshan, Veena Devi; Dorrance, Anne E.; Niblack, Terry L.; Wood, Corlett W.; Slot, Jason C.; Lopez-Nicora, Horacio D.,Vogan, Aaron A. 2022. Giant Starship Elements Mobilize Accessory Genes in Fungal Genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution Volume 39, Issue 51 May 2022 Article number msac109

Arrua Andrea Alejandra; Arrua, Pablo David; Moura-Mendes, Juliana; Cazal, Cinthia; Ferreira, Francisco Paulo; Grabowski, Cristhian Javierc;Lopez-Nicora, Horacio Daniel; Rios, Danilo Fernandez. 2021. Presence of Aflatoxin M1 in Commercial Milk in Paraguay. Journal of Food Protection Volume 84, Issue 12, Pages 2128 - 2132.

Cazal-Martınez C.C.; Reyes-Caballero Y.M.; Chavez A.; erez-Estigarribia P.E.; Rojas A.; Arrua A.; Moura-Mendes J.; Lopez-Nicora H.D.; Kohli M.M. 2021. First Report of a Leaf Blight Caused by Pyricularia pennisetigena on Cenchrus echinatus in Paraguay. Plant Disease Volume 105, Issue 11, Pages 3758.

Simon, A. C. M., Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Ralston, T. I., Richer, E. A., Niblack, T. L., and Paul, P. A. 2020. First report of stunt nematode (Tylenchorhynchus annulatus) on corn in Ohio. Plant Disease, First Look. (https://doi-org/10.1094/PDIS-02-20-0429-PDN)

Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Carr, J. K., Ralston, T. I., Paul, P. A., Dorrance, A. E., and Niblack, T. L. 2019. Evaluation of the combined effect of Heterodera glycines and Macrophomina phaseolina on soybean yield in naturally infested fields with spatial regression analysis and in greenhouse studies. Phytopathology 110:2, 406-417. (https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-03-19-0087-R)

Conrad, A. O., McPherson, B. A., Lopez-Nicora, H. D., D'Amico, K. M., Wood, D. L., and Bonello, P. 2019. Disease incidence and spatial distribution of host resistance in a coast live oak/sudden oak death pathosystem. Forest Ecology and Management 433, 618-624. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.11.035)

Book Chapter. Lopez-Nicora, H. D. and Niblack, T. L. 2018. Interactions with other pathogens. In: Perry, R. N., Moens, M., and Jones, J. T. (eds.) Cyst Nematodes. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

Book Chapter. Niblack, T. L. and Lopez-Nicora, H. D. 2018. Nematode pathogens of soybean. In: Nguyen, H. T. (ed.) Achieving sustainable cultivation of soybeans. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK.

Simon, A. C. M., Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Lindsey, L., Niblack, T. L., and Paul, P. A. 2018. Incidence, population density, and spatial heterogeneity of plant-parasitic nematodes in corn fields in Ohio. Plant Disease 102:12, 2453-2464. (https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-18-0311-RE)

Simon, A. C. M., Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Niblack, T. L., Dayton, E., Tomashefski, D., and Paul, P. A. 2018. Cropping practices and soil properties associated with plant-parasitic nematodes in corn fields in Ohio. Plant Disease 102:12, 2519-2530. (https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-18-0471-RE)

Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Pedrozo, L. M., Grabowski Ocampos, C., Orrego Fuente, A. L., Hahn Villalba, E., Ralston, T. I., and Niblack, T. L. 2018. First report of the reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis) from soybean in Paraguay. Plant Disease 102:10, 2043-2043. (https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-18-0240-PDN)

Ankrom, K. E., Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Niblack, T. L., and Lindsey, L. E. 2017. First report of a pin nematode (Paratylenchus neoamblycephalus) from soybean in Ohio. Plant Disease 101:7, 1330 (https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-16-1728-PDN)

Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Simon, A. C. M., Dossman, B. C., Paul, P. A., Dorrance, A. E., Lindsey, L. E., and Niblack, T. L. 2016. Distribution and abundance of Heterodera glycines and Macrophomina phaseolina in Ohio. Plant Health Progress 17:35-41.

Sunkel, B., Wu, D., Chen, Z., Wang, C., Liu, X., Ye, Z., Horning, A. M., Liu, J., Mahalingam, D., Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Lin, C., Goodfellow, P. J., Clinton, S. K., Jin, V. X., Chen, C., Huang, T. H. -M., and Wang, Q. 2016. Integrative analysis identifies targetable CREB1/FoxA1 transcriptional co-regulation as a predictor of prostate cancer recurrence. Nucleic Acids Research 44:9, 4105-4122. (https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkv1528)

Testen, A. L., Walsh, E. K., Taylor, C. G, Miller, S. A., and Lopez-Nicora, H. D. 2014. First report of bloat nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) infecting garlic in Ohio. Plant Disease (http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-13-1121-PDN)

Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Mekete, T., Sekora, N., and Niblack, T. L. 2014. First Report of the Stubby-Root Nematode (Paratrichodorus allius) From a Corn Field in Ohio. Plant Disease 98:859 http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PDIS-11-13-1121-PDN

Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Mekete, T., Taylor, N. J., and Niblack, T. L. 2012. First report of lesion nematode (Pratylenchus vulnus) on Boxwood in Ohio. Plant Disease 96:9, 1385-1385. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-12-0272-PDN)

Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Craig, J. P., Gao, X., Lambert, K., and Niblack, T. L. 2012. Evaluation of cultivar resistance to soybean cyst nematode with a quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay. Plant Disease 96:10, 1556-1563. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-11-1083-RE)

Nelson, B.D; Bolton, M.D; Lopez-Nicora, HD; Niblack, TL; Mendoza, L. del Rio. 2012. First Confirmed Report of Sugar Beet Cyst Nematode, Heterodera schachtii, in North Dakota. Plant Disease 96(5): 772-772

Nasir, A., Naeem, A., Muhammad, J., Lopez-Nicora, H.D.; Caetano-Anollés, G. 2011. Annotation of Protein Domains Reveals Remarkable Conservation in the Functional Make up of Proteomes Across Superkingdoms. Genes 2, no. 4: 869-911.

Tesfamariam Mekete, Kimberly Reynolds, Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora, Michael E. Gray, Terry L. Niblack. 2011. Distribution and diversity of root-lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus spp.) associated with Miscanthus x giganteus and Panicum virgatum used for biofuels and species identification in a multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Nematology. Publication date: 2011-05-01.(doi: 10.1163/138855410X538153)

Tesfamariam Mekete, Kimberly Reynolds, Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora, Michael E. Gray, Terry L. Niblack. 2011. Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Are Potential Pathogens of Miscanthus × giganteus and Panicum virgatum used for Biofuels. Plant Disease 95(4): 413-418. (doi: 10.1094/PDIS-05-10-0335)

H. Lopez-Nicora, T. Mekete, K. Reynolds, M. E. Gray, T. L. Niblack. 2010. Distribution and diversity of Pratylenchus spp. associated with biofuel crops and species identification in a multiplex PCR assay. Phytopathology 100:S74

Niblack, T., Tylka, G. L., Arelli, P., Bond, J., Diers, B., Donald, P., Faghihi, J., Ferris, V. R., Gallo, K., Heinz, R. D., Lopez-Nicora, H., Von Qualen, R., Welacky, T., and Wilcox, J. 2009. A standard greenhouse method for assessing soybean cyst nematode resistance in soybean: SCE08 (standardized cyst evaluation 2008). Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2009-0513-01-RV.

H. D. Lopez-Nicora, J. P. Craig, T. L. Niblack. 2009. A method to assess infection of soybean roots by soybean cyst nematode with quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Phytopathology 99:S76

Oral presentations

Have You Seen This? Common Diseases in Your Garden, show-and-tell presentation, Ohio State Fair, Columbus, Ohio, July 25, 2014.
Macrophomina phaseolina and Heterodera glycines reducing soybean performance through early infection. HORACIO D. LOPEZ-NICORA, B. W. Diers, A. E. Dorrance, T. L. Niblack. Oral presentation, American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, Aug. 9-14, 2014, Minneapolis, Minn.
Proposal for a standard greenhouse method of assessing soybean cyst nematode resistance in soybean: SCE08 (Standardized Cyst Evaluation 2008). Society of Nematologists 48th Annual Meeting. July 12-15, 2009. Burlingon, VT, USA
A method to assess infection of soybean roots by soybean cyst nematode with quantitative polymerase chain reaction. APS 2009 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, August 1–5, 2009

Poster Presentations

Distribution and abundance of Heterodera glycines and Macrophomina phaseolina in Ohio. HD LOPEZ-NICORA, ACM Simon, BC Dossman, PA Paul, AE Dorrance, LE Lindsey, T. Niblack. Poster, American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, Aug. 1-6, 2015, Pasadena, California.

Evaluation of soybean fields infested with Heterodera glycines and Macrophomina phaseolina in southern Ohio. Society of Nematologists 52nd Annual Meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. July 14-17, 2013

A preliminary study of the composition of the gelatinous matrix of Heterodera glycines. Society of Nematologists 51st Annual Meeting in Savannah, Georgia, USA. August 11-15, 2012

Distribution and diversity of Pratylenchus spp. associated with biofuel crops and species identification in a multiplex PCR assay. APS 2010 Annual Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, August 7–11, 2010

Determination of soybean cultivar resistance to Heterodera glycines with Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (QPCR). Society of Nematologists 49th Annual Meeting, Boise, Idaho, July 11-14, 2010

Distribution and Densities of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes on Zea mays in Northern Illinois. Society of Nematologists 48th Annual Meeting, Burlington, Vermont, July 12-15, 2009

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