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Jorge R. Díaz‐Valderrama

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2015Rising activity
Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesFood Chemistry and Fat AnalysisPhytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogensMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Publications

47

Citations

418

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2015

Research summary
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Jorge R. Díaz-Valderrama studies plant diseases and their management, with a strong focus on cacao (cocoa) crops in Peru, including fungal pathogens like Moniliophthora roreri (frosty pod rot), Colletotrichum, Fusarium, and Lasiodiplodia, as well as biocontrol agents such as Trichoderma and yeasts found on plant surfaces. His work also extends to related topics like plant propagation, postharvest crop diseases, insect pests, and bioactive compounds from agricultural by-products, mostly through descriptive and diagnostic studies (e.g., first disease reports, morphological/phylogenetic characterization) rather than large controlled experiments.

Cacao (cocoa) plant pathologyBiological control using fungi and yeastsPlant disease diagnosis and first reportsPostharvest and agricultural byproduct chemistryPlant propagation and conservation

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from occasional single papers in 2017-2019 to a sustained high output of 8-14+ papers per year from 2024 onward.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication1718192020: 3 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 8 publications242025: 14 publications14252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Plant Disease×8
  • Sustainability×2
  • Agronomy×2
  • Phytoparasitica×2
  • F1000Research×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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