People

Rogelio Santiago

Senior Researcher (contract Ramón y Cajal)
Plant and Soil Science, University of Vigo
rsantiago@uvigo.es

Research interests:
  1. Biochemical composition of plant cell walls and their involvement in resistance to biotic stresses, animal feed, and bioenergy production.
  2. Maize breeding for resistance to corn borers, fungal infections and mycotoxin control.
    
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Carlos Souto

Professor (TU)
Plant and Soil Science, University of Vigo
csouto@uvigo.es

Research interests:
  1. Allelopathic effects of forest species, in particular those introduced in Galicia (NW Spain)  for commercial and / or ornamentals purposes, such as eucalyptus and blackwood acacia.
  2. Resistance mechanism in maize to corn borers and Fusarium infections.


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Rosa Ana Malvar

Research Professor
Maize Genetics and Breeding
Misión Biológica de Galicia (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC)
rmalvar@mbg.csic.es

Research interests:
  1. Maize genetics and breeding for resistance against herbivorous insect attack.
  2. Search for sources of resistance in maize to pests, study of the inheritance of resistance, and development of selection programs.


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Ana Butrón

Tenured Scientist
Maize Genetics and Breeding
Misión Biológica de Galicia (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC)
abutron@mbg.csic.es

Research interests:
  1. Maize genetics and breeding for resistance against pest, fungal diseases and mycotoxin contamination.
  2. Genotype x environment (GxE) interaction for resistance characters. Search for genes and metabolites related to resistance.


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Collaborators

Lana M. Reid
Research Scientist
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre (ECORC)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
lana.reid@agr.gc.ca
Jaime Barros
Post Doc Researcher
BioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA (BDI)
 Jaime.Barros-Rios@unt.edu
Antonio Encina García
Plant Physiology
University of Leon (Spain)
a.encina@unileon.es
David Caparrós
Tenured Researcher
Bioengineering lignocellulosic biomass in maize
Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)
Barcelona (Spain)
david.caparros@cragenomica.es
Pedro Revilla
Research Scientist
Maize Genetics and Breeding
Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC)
MBG (Spain)
previlla@mbg.csic.es
Bernardo Ordás
Senior Researcher
Maize Genetics and Breeding
Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC)
MBG (Spain)
bordas@mbg.csic.es
Antonio J. Ramos Girona
Professor
Applied Micology, Department of Food Technology
University of Lleida (Spain)
ajramos@tecal.udl.es
Sonia Marín Sillué
Professor
Applied Micology, Department of Food Technology
University of Lleida (Spain)
smarin@tecal.udl.es
Manuel J. Reigosa Roger
Professor
Plant and Soil Science, University of Vigo (Spain)
mreigosa@uvigo.es
Laura Campo Ramírez
Departamento de Pastos y Cultivos
INGACAL - Centro de Investigaciones Agrarias de Mabegondo.
Xunta de Galicia (Spain)
laura.campo.ramirez@xunta.es
Hans-Joachim G. Jung
Research Scientist
Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics
University of Minnesota (USA)
Hans.Jung@ars.usda.gov
James Holland
USDA-ARS Research Geneticists
Professor,
NCSU Department of Crop Science (USA)
james_holland@ncsu.edu
Plant defense against biotic stresses
Environmental Agriobiology, Plant and Soil Quality (University of Vigo), Associated Unit to Misión Biologica de Galicia (CSIC)