• Active DNA demethylation in plants 

      Parrilla-Doblas, Jara; Roldán-Arjona, Teresa; Ariza, Rafael R.; Córdoba-Cañero, Dolores (MDPI, 2019)
      Methylation of cytosine (5-meC) is a critical epigenetic modification in many eukaryotes, and genomic DNA methylation landscapes are dynamically regulated by opposed methylation and demethylation processes. Plants are ...
    • Adaptive evolution of chestnut forests to the impact of ink disease in Spain 

      Alcaide, Francisco; Solla, Alejandro; Cherubini, Marcello; Mattioni, Claudia; Cuenca, Beatriz; Camisón, Álvaro; Martín, Mª Ángela (Wiley, 2020)
      Phytophthora cinnamomi (Pc) is an extremely destructive soil‐borne pathogen of Asiatic origin responsible for “ink disease” in chestnut. This work assesses the adaptive potential to the impact of Pc of four Spanish ...
    • Aproximaciones genéticas y moleculares para la mejora de la avena por resistencia a estreses bióticos y abióticos 

      Montilla Bascón, Gracia (Universidad de Córdoba, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2014)
      La avena es un cultivo de origen mediterráneo presente de forma tradicional como cultivo de grano y forraje, siendo el cuarto cereal en importancia en España, solo superado por trigo, cebada y maíz. Sin embargo, la sequía ...
    • Genome wide association study (GWAS) for herbicide tolerance in lentils (Lens culinaris) 

      Balech, Rind (Universidad de Córdoba, UCOPress, 2024)
      Cool Season grain legumes are vulnerable to the presence of weeds, resulting in significant yield and economic losses all over the world annually. Among these legumes, lentil crop (Lens culinaris ssp.) is one of the most ...
    • Identification and characterization of resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses in pea 

      Aznar Fernández, Thaïs (Universidad de Córdoba, UCOPress, 2018)
      Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is the most widely cultivated temperate grain legume in Europe and the second in the world, it is used for animal feed and human food. As a legume, it is a source of protein and it brings environmental ...
    • Improving oat for adaptation to Mediterranean environments 

      Canales Castilla, Francisco José (Universidad de Córdoba, UCOPress, 2019)
      Oat (Avena sativa L.) is a nutritionally important cereal crop cultivated in most parts of the world as both, food and fodder. This cereal is better adapted to temperate and humid climate than to the drier Mediterranean ...