[EN] The development of double haploids (DHs) is a straightforward path for obtaining pure lines but has multiple bottlenecks. Among them is the determination of the optimal stage of pollen induction for androgenesis. In ...
García-Fortea, Edgar; Lluch-Ruiz, Agustín; Pineda Chaza, Benito José; García-Pérez, Ana; Bracho-Gil, Juan Pablo; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Gramazio, Pietro; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago; Moreno Ferrero, Vicente; Prohens Tomás, Jaime(Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.), 2020-01-06)
[EN] Background Efficient organogenesis induction in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is required for multiple in vitro culture applications. In this work, we aimed at developing a universal protocol for efficient in vitro ...
[EN] The development of genetically transformed plants is an elusive landmark in Cannabis sativa L. breeding. Despite
its economic interest, at present, protocols for producing transgenic C. sativa plants are scarce. We ...
Arrones-Olmo, Andrea; Antar, Oussama; Pereira-Dias, Leandro; Solana-Garcia, Andrea; Ferrante, Paola; Aprea, Giuseppe; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Díez-Niclós, María José Teresa de Jesús; Giuliano, Giovanni; Gramazio, Pietro; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago(Springer Nature, 2024-06-03)
[EN] We developed a novel eight-way tomato multi-parental advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population to improve the accessibility of tomato relatives genetic resources to geneticists and breeders. The inter-specific ...
Gisbert Domenech, María Carmen; Dumm, Judith M.; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago; Stommel, John R.(American Society for Horticultural Science, 2016)
[EN] We identified a single plant in a grow out of the eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) variety 'Black Beauty' bearing green fruit. 'Black Beauty' normally produces violet/black pigmented fruit attributed to anthocyanin ...
[EN] Eggplant (Solanum melongena) is an important Solanaceous crop, widely cultivated and consumed in Asia,
the Mediterranean basin, and Southeast Europe. Its domestication centers and migration and diversification
routes ...
Raggi, Lorenzo; Pacicco, Luca C.; Caproni, Leonardo; Álvarez-Muñiz, Clara; Annamaa, Külli; Barata, Ana M.; Batir-Rusu, Diana; Díez Niclós, Mª José Teresa De Jesús; Heinonen, Maarit; Holubec, Vojtech; Kell, Shelagh; Kutnjak, Hrvoje; Maierhofer, Helene; Poulsen, Gert; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Soler Aleixandre, Salvador(Elsevier, 2022-03)
[EN] During the last century, the progressive substitution of landraces with modern, high yielding varieties, led to a dramatic reduction of in situ conserved crop diversity in Europe. Nowadays there is limited and scattered ...
Aguado Donaire, Encarnación(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-04-20)
[EN] In this research we have determined the possible of CitACS4 gene which regulate the monoecy in watermelon. We have phenotyped the monoecious lines (P84, P85 and P86) and an andromonoecious line (P87). In addiction, ...
García Martínez, Eva María; Andújar Pérez, Isabel; Yuste Del Carmen, Alberto; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Martínez Navarrete, Nuria(John Wiley & Sons, 2018)
[EN] BACKGROUND: Recent epidemiological studies have suggested that phenolic compounds present in grapefruit play an important role in the bioactive properties of this fruit. However, the consumption of fresh grapefruit ...
Kaushik, Prashant(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-11-03)
[ES] En el primer capítulo, se caracterizó una colección de seis accesiones de berenjenas, 21 accesiones de 12 especies silvestres y 45 híbridos interespecíficos de berenjena con especies silvestres utilizando 27 descriptores ...
Pérez de Castro, Ana María; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago; Cañizares Sales, Joaquín; Pascual Bañuls, Laura; Blanca Postigo, José Miguel; Díez Niclós, Mª José Teresa de Jesús; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Picó Sirvent, María Belén(Bentham Science Publishers, 2012-05)
[EN] Plant breeding has been very successful in developing improved varieties using conventional tools and methodologies. Nowadays, the availability of genomic tools and resources is leading to a new revolution of plant ...
Boyaci, Hatice Filiz; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Unlu, Abdullah; Gumrukcu, Emine; Oten, Mehmet; Plazas Ávila, María de la O(MDPI AG, 2020-06)
[EN] The identification of heterotic groups may provide an important advantage for hybrid eggplant (Solanum melongena) breeding. In this study, we evaluated the combining ability and heterotic patterns of eggplant lines ...
Pons Puig, Clara; Casals, Joan; Palombieri, Samuela; Fontanet, Lilian; Riccini, Alessandro; Rambla Nebot, Jose Luis; Ruggiero, Alessandra; Figás-Moreno, María Del Rosario; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Koukounaras, Athanasios; Picarella ,Maurizio E.; Suli, Maria; Fisher, Josef; Ziarsolo, Pello; Blanca Postigo, José Miguel; Cañizares Sales, Joaquín; Soler Aleixandre, Salvador; Díez Niclós, Mª José Teresa De Jesús; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Monforte Gilabert, Antonio José; GRANELL RICHART, ANTONIO(Springer Nature, 2022-01-05)
[EN] The Mediterranean basin countries are considered secondary centres of tomato diversification. However, information on phenotypic and allelic variation of local tomato materials is still limited. Here we report on the ...
Cicevan, Raluca; Sestras, Adriana F.; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Boscaiu, Monica; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago; Gramazio, Pietro; Vicente, Oscar; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Sestras, Radu E.(MDPI, 2022-03)
[EN] Marigolds (Tagetes spp.) are multifunctional flowering plants belonging to the Asteraceae family, well-known and widespread for their ornamental value and many other uses. In this study, morphological differences and ...
Gil Muñoz, Francisco(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-10-26)
[ES] El cultivo del caqui ha crecido enormemente en la región Valenciana
en los últimos 20 años al presentarse como una alternativa
interesante al cultivo de cítricos. Sin embargo, su cultivo se enfrenta
a tres problemas ...
[EN] World population is expected to reach 9.2 × 109 people by 2050. Feeding them will
require a boost in crop productivity using innovative approaches. Current agricultural
production is very dependent on large amounts ...
Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Andújar, Isabel; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago; Hurtado Ricart, María; Gramazio, Pietro; Herraiz García, Francisco Javier; Prohens Tomás, Jaime(University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, 2013-01)
[EN] Chlorogenic acid (5-O-caffeoyl-quinic acid; CGA) is an ester of caffeic acid and (-)-quinic acid with many beneficial properties for human health, such as anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective, anti-carcinogenic, ...
Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Fita, Ana; Rodríguez Burruezo, Adrián; Raigón Jiménez, Mª Dolores; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago(Universidad de Estudios Agrícolas y Medicina Veterinaria Cluj-Napoca, 2011)
[EN] During the last century, conventional plant breeding, mostly based in the evaluation
at the phenotypic level, has been very successful in increasing the crop yields and in consequence the
global production of food. ...