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Last published 2024
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Andrea Sierra Mejía

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Graduate assistant

Also affiliated: University of Arkansas System (2022–2024); Universidad Nacional de Colombia (1997–2022)

Faculty Researcher

Entomology & Plant Pathology

6 h-index 19 pubs 73 cited

  • Plant Diseases
  • Blueberry Plants
  • Carlavirus
  • Genomics
  • Viruses
  • Luteovirus
  • Tombusviridae
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Nicotiana
  • Gene Silencing
  • Crinivirus
  • Rubus
  • Genome, Viral
  • Agriculture
  • United States

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Andrea Sierra Mejía's research focuses on the genomic analysis of plant viruses, particularly those affecting blueberries. Her work involves the development of infectious clones and gene silencing vectors to study and potentially control viral diseases. She has investigated widespread blueberry viruses in the United States and characterized novel Carlaviruses impacting this crop. Mejía has also contributed to understanding viral complexes in other plants, including potatoes and blackberries, by creating tools for dissecting individual virus attributes. Her scholarly output includes 19 publications, with an h-index of 6 and 71 citations. She collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Ioannis Tzanetakis and Ashish Srivastava.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 19
  • Citations: 73

Selected Publications

  • Creation and Utilization of an Infectious Clone and Gene Silencing Vector Based on Blackberry Chlorotic Ringspot Virus (2024)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Creation and Utilization of an Infectious Clone and Gene Silencing Vector Based on Blackberry Chlorotic Ringspot Virus (2024)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Phyllocoptes Parviflori is a Distinct Species and a Vector of the Pervasive Blackberry Leaf Mottle Associated Virus (2023)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Genomic Analyses of a Widespread Blueberry Virus in the United States (2023)
    SSRN Electronic Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

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