Publications

2018
Rodríguez, V.; G. Padilla; R. A. Malvar; M. Kallenbach; R. Santiago; A. Butrón. 2018. Maize stem response to long-term attack by Sesamia nonagrioides. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9: 522. Link.
Santiago, R.; A. López-Malvar; X.C. Souto; J. Barros-Ríos. 2018. Methods for determining cell wall-bound phenolics in maize stem tissues. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 66, 1279-1284. Link.

2017

López-Malvar, A.; B. Ordás; C. Souto; A. Encina; R. A. Malvar; R. Santiago. 2017. Chemical changes during maize tissue aging and its relationship with the Mediterranean corn borer resistance. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 65:9180-9185. Link.
Santiago, R; Cao, A; Butrón, A; López-Malvar, A; Rodríguez, VM; Sandoya, GV.; Malvar, RA. 2017. Defensive changes in maize leaves induced by feeding of Mediterranean corn borer larvae. BMC Plant Biology 17:44.

2016

Alvarez, A., Ruiz de Galarreta, J.I., Laborde, J., & Malvar, R.A. 2016. Association mapping for cold tolerance in two large maize inbred panels. BMC Plant Biology 16:127.
Samayoa LF, Malvar RA, Moreno-González J, Ordás A, Revilla P. 2016. Evaluation of white maize populations for quality and agronomic performance. Crop Science 56:1173–1178.
R. Santiago, J. Barros-Ríos, A. Alvarez, R.A. Malvar. 2016. Agronomic performance of maize populations divergently selected for diferulate cross-linkage.  Journal of Agricultural Science 154:1270-1279.
Rogelio Santiago, Rosa Ana Malvar, Jaime Barros-Rios, Fernando Samayoa, Ana Butrón. 2016. Hydroxycinnamate Synthesis and Association with Mediterranean Corn Borer Resistance. J. Agric. Food Chem., 2016, 64 (3), pp 539–551

2015

Samayoa LF, Malvar RA,  McMullen MD, Butrón A. 2015. Identification of QTL for resistance to Mediterranean corn borer in a maize tropical line to improve temperate germplasm. BMC Plant Biology 15:265.
Barros-Rios J, Santiago R, Jung HJG, Malvar RA. 2015. Covalent cross-linking of cell wall polysaccharides through esterified diferulates as a maize resistance mechanism against corn borers. J Agr Food Chem 63:2206-221.
Butrón A, Reid L, Santiago R, Cao A, Malvar RA. 2015. Inheritance of maize resistance to Gibberella and Fusarium ear rots and kernel contamination with deoxynivalenol and fumonisins. Plant Pathology 64: 1053–1060.
Samayoa, L.F., R. A. Malvar, B.A. Olukolu, J.B. Holland, A. Butrón. 2015. Genome-wide association study reveals a set of genes associated with resistance to the Mediterranean corn borer (Sesamia nonagrioides L.) in a maize diversity panel. BMC Plant Biology 15:35.
S. Fornalé, J. Rencoret, L. García-Calvo, M. Capellades, A. Encina, R. Santiago, J. Rigau, A. Gutiérrez, J. C.del Río, D. Caparros-Ruiz. 2015. Cell wall modifications triggered by the down-regulation of Coumarate 3-hydroxylase-1 in maize. Plant Sci. 236:272-82.

A. Largo-Gosens, H. Mélida, F. Pomar, R. Santiago, P. García, P. García-Angulo, J. Álvarez, J.L. Acebes., A. Encina. 2015. Ectopic lignification in primary cellulose-deficient cell walls of maize cell suspension cultures. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 57(4):357-72.
Santiago R, Cao A, Butrón A. 2015. Genetic factors involved in fumonisin accumulation in maize kernels and their implications in maize agronomic management and breeding. Toxins 7:3267 -3296
B. Ordás , R. A. Malvar, R. Díaz, A. Butrón. 2015. Molecular changes in two maize (Zea mays L.) synthetics after reciprocal selection with two alternative methods. Molecular Breeding 35:111.
Ruiz de Galarreta, J. I.; Butron, A.; Ortiz-Barredo, A.; Malvar, R. A.; Ordas, A.; Landa, A.; Revilla, P. 2015. Mycotoxins in maize grains grown in organic and conventional agriculture. Food control 52:98 -102

2014

Butron A, Samayoa F, Santiago R, Malvar RA. 2014. Selection efficiency of tunnel length and stalk breakage to obtain maize inbred lines resistant to stem borer attack. Euphytica 197:295-302.
Samayoa LF, Butrón A, Malvar RA. 2014. QTL mapping for maize resistance and yield under infestation with Sesamia nonagrioides. Molecular Breeding 34:1331-1344
Aguín O, Cao A, Pintos C, Santiago R, Mansilla P, Butrón A. 2014. Occurrence of Fusarium species in maize kernels grown in northwestern Spain. Plant Pathology 63:946-951
Cao A, Butrón A, Ramos AJ, Marín S, Souto C, Santiago R. 2014. Assessing white maize resistance to fumonisin contamination. European Journal of Plant Pathology 138: 283-292.
Cao A, Santiago R, Ramos AJ, Souto XC, Aguín O, Malvar RA, Butrón A. 2014. Critical environmental and genotypic factors for Fusarium verticillioides infection, fungal growth and fumonisin contamination in maize grown in northwestern Spain. International J.  Food Microbiol. 177:63-71

2013

Santiago R, Barros-Ríos J, Malvar RA. 2013. Impact of cell wall composition on maize resistance to pest and diseases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 14:6960-6980.
Ordás B, Álvarez A, Revilla P, Butrón A, Malvar RA. 2013. Relationship Between Time to Flowering and Stalk and Ear Damage by Second Generation Corn Borers. J Econ Entomol 106:1234-1239 .
Santiago R, Cao A, Malvar RA, Butrón A. 2013. Is it possible to control fumonisin contamination in maize kernels by using genotypes resistant to borers? Journal of Economic Entomology 106:2241-2246.
Santiago R, Cao A, Malvar RA, Reid L, Butrón A. 2013. Assessment of corn resistance to fumonisin accumulation in a broad collection of inbred lines. Field Crop Research 149:193-202 .
Cao A, Santiago R, Ramos AJ, Marín S, Reid LM, Butrón A. 2013. Enviromental factors related to fungal infection and fumonisin accumulation during the development and drying of white maize kernels. International Journal of Food Microbiology 164:15-22.
Zila CT, Samayoa LF, Santiago R, Butrón A, Holland JB. 2013. A genome-wide association study reveals genes associated with Fusarium Ear Rot resistance in a maize core diversity panel. G3- Genes Genomes Genetics 3:2095-2104.

2012

Rodríguez VM, Santiago R, Malvar RA, Butrón A. 2012. Inducible maize defense mechanisms against the corn borer Sesamia nonagrioides: a transcriptome and biochemical approach. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions  25: 61-68 
Ordás B, Butrón A, Álvarez A, Revilla P, Malvar RA. 2012. Comparison of two methods of reciprocal recurrent selection in maize (Zea mays L.). Theor Appl Genet 124: 1183-1191
Butrón A, Romay MC, Peña-Asín J, Álvarez A, Malvar RA. 2012. Genetic relationship between maize resistance to corn borer attack and Yield. Crop Sci 52:1176-1180
Barros-Rios J, Santiago R, Malvar RA, Jung HJG. 2012. Chemical composition and cell wall polysaccharide degradability of pith and rind tissues from mature maize internodes. Anim Feed Sci Tech. 172: 226– 236.
Samayoa LF, Butrón A, Revilla P, Álvarez A, Malvar. 2012. Five cycles of mass selection for earliness and ear appearance under corn borer infestation in the maize synthetic BS17. Crop Sci 52: 2432-2437
Barros-Rios J, Malvar RA, Jung HJG, Bunzel M, Santiago R. 2012. Divergent selection for ester-linked diferulates in maize pith stalk tissues. Effects on cell wall composition and degradability. Phytochemistry 83:43-50

2011

Barros-Rios J, Malvar RA, Butrón A, Santiago R. 2011. Combining abilities in maize for the length of the internode basal ring, the entry point of the Mediterranean corn borer larvae. Plant Breeding 130:268-270
Barros-Rios J, Malvar RA, Jung HJG, Santiago R. 2011. Cell wall composition as a maize defense mechanism against corn borers. Phytochemistry. 72: 365-371
Cao A, Reid LM, Butrón A, Malvar RA, Souto XC, Santiago R. 2011. Role of hydroxycinnamic acids in the infection of maize silks by Fusarium graminearum Schwabe. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 24:1020-1026
Santiago R, Butron A, Revilla P, Malvar RA. 2011.  Is the basal area of maize internodes involved in borer resistance. BMC Plant Biology, 11: 137

2010

Sandoya G, R Santiago, RA Malvar, A Butrón. 2010. Evaluation of structural and antibiosis resistance mechanisms during selection against Mediterranean corn borer (Sesamia nonagrioides Lef) in the maize synthetic EPS12. Crop Protection  29:7-10
Santiago R, RA Malvar. 2010. Role of dehydrodiferulates in maize resistance to pests and diseases. Int J Mol Sci  11: 691-703
Santiago R, Reid ML,  Zhu X,  Butrón A, Malvar RA. 2010. Gibberella stalk rot (Fusarium graminearum) resistance of maize inbreds and their F1 hybrids and their potential for use in resistance breeding programs. Plant Breeding 129:454-456
Ordas, B, RA Malvar,  R Santiago, A Butron. 2010. QTL mapping for Mediterranean corn borer resistance in European Flint germplasm using recombinant inbred lines and test-cross progenies. BMC Genetics 11:174
Sandoya G, Butrón A, Santiago R, Álvarez A, Malvar RA. 2010. Indirect response to selection for improving resistance to the Mediterranean corn borer (Sesamia nonagrioides Lef) in maize. Euphytica, 176: 231-237
Butrón A, Chen YC, Rottinghaus GE, McMullen MD. 2010. Genetic Variation at Bx1 Controls DIMBOA Content in Maize. Theor. Appl. Genet. 120: 721-734
Sandoya G, RA Malvar, R Santiago, A Alvarez, P Revilla, A. Butrón.2010. Effects of selection for resistance to Sesamia nonagrioides on maize yield, performance and stability under infestation with Sesamia nonagrioides and Ostrinia nubilalis in Spain. Annals of Applied Biology 156:377-386

2009

Ordás B, Malvar RA, Santiago R, Sandoya G, Romay MC, Butrón A. 2009. Mapping of QTL for resistance to the Mediterranean corn borer attack using the intermated B73 × Mo17 (IBM) population of maize. Theor Appl Genet 119:1451-1459
Butrón A, Revilla P, Romay MC, Ordás A, Malvar RA. 2009. Causes of agronomic differences between synthetics developed by the random and convergent cross methods. Field Crop Researcher. 110:229-234
Butrón, A, Revilla P, Sandoya G, Ordás A, Malvar RA. 2009. Resistance to reduce corn borer damage in maize for bread. Crop Prot 28:134-138
Butrón A, Sandoya G, Revilla P, Malvar RA. 2009. Genetics of resistance to the pink stem borer (Sesamia nonagrioidesLef.) in maize (Zea mays L.). Annals of Applied Biology 154:205-215
Sandoya G, Malvar RA, Revilla P, Butrón A. 2009. Effects of selection for maize resistance to Sesamia nonagrioides on the additive and dominant components of genetic variance Plant Breeding 128:244-248
Revilla P, Butrón A, Rodríguez VM, Malvar RA, Ordás A. 2009. Identification of genes related to germination in aged maize seed by screening natural variability. J Exp Bot 60:4151-4157

2008

Sandoya G, Butrón A, Álvarez A, Ordás A. Malvar RA. 2008. Direct response of a maize synthetic to recurrent selection for resistance to stem borers. Crop Science 48:113-118
Santiago R, Sandoya G, Butrón A, Barros J, Malvar RA. 2008. Changes in phenolic concentrations during recurrent selection for resistance to the Mediterranean corn borer (Sesamia nonagrioides Lef). J Agric Food Chem  56: 8017-8022
Butrón A, Romay MC, Ordás A, Malvar RA, Revilla P. 2008. Genetic and environmental factors for reducing the incidence of the maize storage pest Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier). Entomol Exp Appl 128:421-428
Malvar RA, Revilla P, Moreno-González J, Butrón A, Sotelo J, Ordás A. 2008. White maize: genetics of quality and agronomic performance. Crop Science 48: 1373-1381
Butrón A, Álvarez A, Revilla P, Malvar RA,  Rodríguez VM, Ruiz de Galarreta JI, Ordás A. 2008. Agronomic performance of sweetcorn populations derived from crosses between sweetcorn and field corn. Spanish J Agric Reserach 6: 378-384

2007

Rodríguez VM, RA Malvar, A Butrón, A Ordás, P Revilla. 2007. Maize populations as sources of favorable alleles to improve cold tolerant hybrids. Crop Science 47:1779-1786
Revilla P, Butrón A, Ordás B, Soengas P, Ordás A, Malvar RA. 2007. Corn borer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae and Crambidae) resistance of the main races of maize from North America. J Econ Entomol 100:209-214.
Velasco P, Revilla P, Monetti L, Butrón A, Ordás A, Malvar RA. 2007. Corn borers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; Crambidae) in northwestern Spain: Population dynamics and distribution. Maydica 52:195-203
Santiago R, Reid LM, Arnason JT, Zhu XY, Martínez N, Malvar RA. 2007. Phenolics in maize genotypes differing in susceptibility to Gibberella Stalk Rot (Fusarium graminearum Schwabe). J Agric Food Chem 55:5186-5193
Malvar RA, Butrón A, Alvarez A,  Padilla G, Cartea ME, Revilla P, Ordás A. 2007. Yield performance of the European Union Maize Landrace Core Collection under multiple corn borer infestations. Crop Protection 26: 775-781

2006

Revilla P, Rodríguez VM, Malvar RA, Butrón A, Ordás A. 2006. Comparison among sweet corn heterotic patterns. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 131: 388-392
Butrón A, Sandoya G, Santiago R, Ordás A, Rial A, Malvar RA. 2006. Searching for new sources of pink stem borer resistance in maize. Genet. Resour. Crop Ev. 53: 1455-1462.
Santiago R, Butrón A, Arnason JT, Reid LM, Souto XC, Malvar RA. 2006. Putative role of pith cell wall phenylpropanoids in Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) resistance. J Agr Food Chem  54: 2274-2279
Revilla P, Malvar RA, Rodríguez VM, Butrón A, Ordás B, Ordás A. 2006. Variation of sugary 1 and shrunken2 frequency in different maize genetic backgrounds. Plant Breeding 125:478-481
Revilla P,  Boyat A, Álvarez A, Gouesnard  B,  Soengas P,  Ordás  A,  Malvar R A. 2006. Heterotic patterns among French and Spanish maize populations. Maydica 51:525-535
Santiago R, Butrón A, Reid LM, Arnason JT, Sandoya G, Souto XC, Malvar RA. 2006. Diferulate content of maize sheath is associated with resistance to Mediterranean corn borer Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J Agric Food Chem 54:9140-9144.
Revilla P, Boyat A, Álvarez A, Gouesnard B, Ordás B,  Rodríguez VM, Ordás A, Malvar R A. 2006. Contribution of autochthonous maize populations for adaptation to European conditions. Euphytica 152:275-282
Butrón A, Santiago R, Mansilla P, Pintos-Varela C, Ordás A, Malvar RA. 2006. Maize (Zea mays L.) genetics factors for preventing fumonisin contamination. J Agr Food Chem 54: 6113-6117
Santiago R, Souto XC, Monetti L, Ordás B, Ordás A, Malvar RA. 2006. Effect of maize pith free phenols on larval growth and development of Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Entomology 3, 281-289.
Plant defense against biotic stresses
Environmental Agriobiology, Plant and Soil Quality (University of Vigo), Associated Unit to Misión Biologica de Galicia (CSIC)