
QUITO ÁVILA DIEGO F.

Acerca de
- 2007: Ingeniero Agropecuario en la ESPOL
- 2011: Ph. D. en Fitopatología con especialización en Virología en Oregon State University
- 2016: Profesor Invitado para la FCV
- 2017: Profesor Titular Agregado para la FCV
- 2018: Profesor Titular Agregado 3 (Tc) para la FCV
- Descubrimiento y caracterización genómica de nuevos virus a través de técnicas de secuenciación masiva
- Estudios de transmisión, patogenicidad, protección cruzada y la eliminación de virus patogénicos a través de técnicas de cultivo in vitro
- Las investigaciones de Diego Quito están orientadas en la caracterización molecular y biológica de virus patogénicos y no patogénicos en plantas.
- Es líder del Programa de Virología del área de Fitopatología del CIBE.
- 2014: Scroth faces of the future in Virology, por la Sociedad Americana de Fitopatología, primer ecuatoriano en recibir este galardón
- 2013: Investigador para CIBE-ESPOL
Quito-Avila, D.F., Reyes-Proaño, E. G., Mendoza, A., Margaria, P., Menzel, W., Bera, S., Simon, A. 2022. Two new umbravirus-like associated RNAs (ulaRNAs) discovered in maize and johnsongrass from Ecuador. Arch. Virol. In press.
Reyes-Proaño, E., Alvarez-Quinto, R., Cornejo-Franco, J.F., Mollov, D. Quito-Avila, D.F. 2022. Genome characterization and pathogenicity of two new Hyptis pectinata viruses transmitted by distinct insect vectors. Phytopathology. In press. 10.1094/PHYTO-04-22-0130-R
Mosquera-Yuqui, F.; Flores, F.J.; Moncayo, E.A.; Garzón-Proaño, B.A.; Méndez, M.A.; Guevara, F.E.; Quito-Avila, D.F.; Viera, W.; Cornejo-Franco, J.F.; Izquierdo, A.R.; Noceda, C. 2022. Phylodynamics and Coat Protein Analysis of Babaco Mosaic Virus in Ecuador. Plants. 11, 1646. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11131646
Cañada-Bautista, M. G., Reyes-Proaño, E. G., Cornejo-Franco, J.F. Alvarez-Quinto, R.A., Mollov, D. Quito-Avila D.F. 2022. Characterization of a New Potyvirus Infecting Thevetia ahouai in Ecuador. Arch. Virol. doi: 10.1007/s00705-022-05450-6
Cornejo-Franco, J.F., Reyes-Proaño, E., Mollov, D., Mowery, J. Quito-Avila, D.F. 2021. Transmission and pathogenicity of papaya virus E: insights from an experimental papaya orchard. Plant Dis. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-21-1785-RE
Cornejo-Franco, J.F., Flores, F., Mollov, D., Quito-Avila, D.F. 2021. An umbra-related virus found in babaco (Vasconcellea x heilbornii). Arch. Virol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-021-05117-8
Medina-Salguero, A.X., Cornejo-Franco, J.F., Grinstead, S., Mollov, D., Mowery, J. and Quito-Avila, D.F. 2021. Genetic characterization of a mild isolate of papaya ringspot virus type-P (PRSV-P) and assessment of its cross-protection potential under greenhouse and field conditions. PlosOne. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241652
Quito-Avila, Diego F., Freitas-Astúa, Juliana and Melzer, Michael J. 2021. Bluner-, Cile-, and Higreviruses (Kitaviridae). In: Bamford, D.H. and Zuckerman, M. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Virology, 4th Edition, vol. 3, pp. 247–251. Oxford: Academic Press.
Green, K., Funke, N. Chojnacky, J., Alvarez-Quinto,R., Ochoa, J. Quito-Avila, D.F. and Karasev, A. 2020. Potato Virus Y (PVY) Isolates from Solanum betaceum Represent Three Novel Recombinants Within the PVYN Strain Group and Are Unable to Systemically Spread in Potato. Phytopathology, 110:1588-1596, https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-20-0111-R
Cornejo-Franco, J.F., Medina-Salguero, A., Flores, F., Chica, E., Grinstead, S., Mollov, D. and Quito-Avila, D.F. 2020. Exploring the virome of Vasconcellea x heilbornii: the first step towards a sustainable production program for babaco in Ecuador. European Journal of Plant Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-020-02037-2
Medina-Salguero, A.X., Cornejo-Franco, J.F., Grinstead, S., Mollov, D., Mowery, J.D., Flores, F. and Quito-Avila, D.F. 2019. Sequencing, genome analysis and prevalence of a cytorhabdovirus discovered in Carica papaya. PLoS ONE 14(6): e0215798. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215798
Cornejo-Franco, J.F., Alvarez-Quinto, R.A., Grinstead, S., Mollov, D., Karasev, A.K. Ochoa, J.B. and Quito-Avila, D.F. 2019. A new tymovirus isolated from Solanum quitoense: characterization and prevalence in two solanaceous crops in Ecuador. Plant Dis. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-19-0113-RE
Cornejo-Franco, J.F., Alvarez-Quinto, R.A. and Quito-Avila, D.F. 2018. Transmission of the umbra-like papaya virus Q in Ecuador and its association with meleira-related viruses from Brazil. Crop Protection. Crop Protection. 110, 99-102.
Braidwood, L., Quito-Avila, D.F., Cabanas, D., Bressan, A., Wangai, A. and Baulcombe, D.C. 2018. Maize chlorotic mottle virus exhibits low divergence between differentiated regional sub-populations. Scientific Reports 8, 1173 doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19607-4
Green, K. J., Mollov, D., Tran, L.T., Alvarez-Quinto, R.A., Ochoa, J., Quito-Avila, D.F. and Karasev, A.V. 2018. Characterization of a new tymovirus causing stunting and chlorotic mosaic in naranjilla (Solanum quitoense). Plant Dis. 102: 911-918 doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-17-1534-RE
Alvarez-Quinto, R.A., Cornejo-Franco, J.F. and Quito-Avila, D.F. 2017. Characterization of a not so new potexvirus in babaco (Vasconcellea x heilbornii). PlosOne. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189519
Alvarez, R.A., Mora, C. and Quito-Avila, D.F. 2017. Complete genome sequence of a variant of Maize associated totivirus from Ecuador. Arch. of Virol. 162: 1083-1087
Quito-Avila, D.F., Alvarez, R.A. and Mendoza, A. 2016. Occurrence of maize lethal necrosis in Ecuador: a disease without boundaries? Eur. J. Plant Pathology. 146: 705-710.
Ho, T., Quito-Avila, D.F., Keller K.E., Postman, J.D., Martin, R.R. and Tzanetakis I.E. 2016. Evidence of sympatric speciation of elderberry carlaviruses. Virus Research. 215: 72-75.
Insuasti, M.L., Ochoa, J. Alvarez, R.A. Quito-Avila, D.F. 2016. First Report of Potato virus V and Peru tomato mosaic virus on Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum) orchards of Ecuador. Plant Disease. 100: 668.