Raúl Cifuentes

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PhD Graduate Research Assistant

University of Arkansas primary UA Div. of Agriculture

Also affiliated: Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (2025)

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Raúl Cifuentes is a graduate research assistant at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His research focuses on plant virology, specifically the development and application of virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) vectors. His recent work includes the creation of an infectious clone for papaya virus Q and its evaluation as a VIGS vector. Cifuentes has also investigated novel viruses, such as an alpha-like virus identified in the whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum, which offers insights into the evolutionary connections between plant and insect viruses. His publication record includes two recent articles in 2026.

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h-index: 1
Publications: 3
Citations: 3

Positions

PhD Graduate Research Assistant 2025–present

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Entomology and Plant Pathology ORCID
Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral publications 2025

Faculty of Live Sciences ORCID

Selected Publications

Development of an infectious clone of papaya virus Q and evaluation of its potential as a virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) vector (2026)

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A new alpha-like virus from the whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum provides insights into evolutionary relationships between plant- and insect-infecting viruses (2026)

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