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MEMBERS

Research Group Director

Profesor Dr. Luis Romero Monreal
Catedrático de Universidad
Departamento de Fisiología Vegetal
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Granada
Tlf: 958 243255
Fax: 958 248995
Email: lromero@ugr.es

 

Research Group Members


Dr. Juan Manuel Ruiz Sáez

Profesor Titular
Departamento de Fisiología Vegetal
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Granada
Tlf: 958 240066 (despacho) 958 243255 (laboratorio)
Fax: 958 248995
Email: jmrs@ugr.es

 



 

 

 

 

 

 


Dra. Rosa María Rivero Vargas

Becaria Postdoctoral
Department of Plant Sciences
Plant Reproductive Biology 1201
Extension Center Drive
Mail Stop 5
University of California-Davis
95616 Davis, California
Eduardo Blumwald's Lab
Phone: (530) 754-7322 Fax: (530) 752-8502
Email: rmrivero@ucdavis.edu

 



Left to right:

Dña. Ana Isabel López Carrión
Licenciada en Ciencias Ambientales
(Estudiante de Doctorado)
 Email: ana@correo.ugr.es
 
D. Juan José Rios Ruiz
Licenciado en Biología (Estudiante de Doctorado)
Email: jjrios@ugr.es
 
Dña. Begoña Blasco León
Licenciada en Biología (Estudiante de Doctorado)
Email: bego78@correo.ugr.es
 
D. Luis Miguel Cervilla Medina
Licenciado en Biología (Estudiante de Doctorado)
Email: biolm@correo.ugr.es
 
D. Miguel Angel Rosales Villegas
Licenciado en Biología (Estudiante de Doctorado)
Email: rosales@ugr.es
 
Dña. Rosa Perez Castellano
Licenciada en Biología (Estudiante de Doctorado)
Email: rpcastellano@correo.ugr.es

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


RESEARCH

Special Areas of Interest

  • Environmental Stress Physiology

  • Plant Nutrition

  • Phytoremediation

Selected Publications (last five years)

Juan M, Rivero RM, Romero L, Ruiz JM (2005) Evaluation of some nutritional and biochemical indicators in selecting salt-resistant tomato cultivars. Environmental and Experimental Botany (In press)

 Ruiz JM, Rivero RM, Romero L (2005) Regulation of nitrogen assimilation by sulphur in bean. Journal of Plant Nutrition (In press)

 Moreno DA, Ruiz JM, Ahammad L, Romero L (2005) Relationship between leaf micronutrient concentrations and fruti yield in new tomato cultivars. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology (In press)

Ruiz JM, Rivero RM, Romero L (2005) Boron increases synthesis of glutathione in sunflower plants subjected to aluminium stress. Plant and Soil (In press)

Ruiz JM, Blasco B, Rivero RM, Romero L (2005) Nicotina-free and salt-tolerant tobacco plants obtained by grafting to salinity-resistant rootstocks of tomato. Physiologia Plantarum 124: 465-475

 Ruiz JM, Rivero RM, Romero L (2005) Relationship between proline metabolism and NAD kinase in green bean plants subjected to short-term salt stress. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment 3: 195-198

 Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2004) Oxidative metabolism in tomato plants subjected to heat stress. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 79: 560-564

 Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2004) Importance of N source on heat stress tolerance due to the accumulation of praline and quaternary ammonium compounds in tomato plants. Plant Biology 6: 702-707

 Sáncez E, Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2004) Yield and biosíntesis of nitrogenous compounds in fruits of green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Strike) in response to increasing N fertilisation. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 84: 575-580

 Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2004) Iron metabolism in tomato and watermelon plants: influence of grafting. Journal of Plant Nutrition 27: 2221-2234

 Sánchez E, Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2004) Changes in biomass, enzymatic activity and protein concentration in roots and leaves of green bean plant (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Strike) under high NH4NO3 application rates. Scientia Horticulturae 99: 234-241

 Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, García PC, López-Lefebre LR, Sánchez E, Romero L (2003) Does grafting provide tomato plants an advantage against free-radical production under conditions of thermal shock? Physiologia Plantarum 117: 44-50

García PC, Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2003) The role of fungicides in the physiology of higher plants : implications for defense responses. Botanical Review 69: 162-172

Ruiz JM, López-Cantarero I, Rivero RM, Romero L (2003) Sulphur phytoaccumulation in plant species characteristic of gypsiferous soils. International Journal of Phytoremediation 5: 1-8            

Rivero RM, Sánchez E, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2003) Influence of temperature on biomass, iron metabolism and some related bioindicators in tomato and watermelon plants. Journal of Plant Physiology 160: 1065-1071

Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2003) Can grafting in tomato plants strengthen resistance to thermal stress?. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 83: 1315-1319

Ruiz JM, Rivero RM, Romero L (2003) Preliminary studies on the involvement of biosynthesis of cysteine and glutathione concentration in the resistance to B toxicity in sunflower plants. Plant Science 165: 811-817 

Moreno DA, Víllora G, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2003) Growth conditions, elemental accumulation and induced physiological changes in Chinese cabbage. Chemosphere 52: 1031-1040 

Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2003) Role of grafting in horticultural plants under stress conditions. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment 1: 70-74 

García PC, Rivero RM, López-Lefebre LR, Sánchez E, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2002) Is the application of carbedazim harmful to healthy plants?. Evidences of weak phytotoxicity in tobacco. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 50: 279-283

Baghour M, Moreno DA, Víllora G, López-Cantarero I, Hernández J, Castilla N, Romero L (2002) Root-zone temperature influences the distribution of Cu and Zn in potato-plant organs. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 50: 140-146

Víllora D, Moreno DA, Romero L (2002) Response of eggplant to nitrogen supply: molybdenum-nitrate relationships. Biologia Plantarum 45: 621-623

Moreno DA, Víllora G, Hernández J, Castilla N, Romero L (2002) Floating row covers affect molybdenum and nitrogen status in chinese cabbage grown under field conditions. Functional Plant Biology 29: 585-593

Ruiz JM, Sánchez E, García PC, López-Lefebre LR, Rivero RM, Romero L (2002) Proline metabolism and NAD kinase activity in greenbean plants subjected to cold-shock. Phytochemistry  59: 473     -478

Ruiz JM, Castilla N, Romero L (2002) Effect of soil temperature on K and Ca concentrations and on ATPase activity and Pyruvate kinase activity in potato roots. HortScience 37: 325-328

Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, García PC, López-Lefebre LR, Sánchez E, Romero L (2002) Response of oxidative metabolism in watermelon plants subjected to cold stress. Functional Plant Biology 29: 643-648                          

Ruiz JM, Blumwald E (2002) Salinity-induced glutathione synthesis in Brassica napus. Planta 214: 965-969

Brown PH, Bellaloui N, Wimmer MA, Bassil ES, Ruiz JM, Hu H, Pfeffer H, Dannel F, Romheld V (2002). Boron in plant biology. Plant Biology 4: 205-223

López-Lefebre LR, Ruiz JM, Rivero RM, Sánchez E, García PC, Romero L (2002) Supplemental boron stimulates ammonium assimilation in leaves of tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum L.). Plant Growth Regultaion 36: 231-236

Cara FA, Sánchez E, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2002) Is phenol oxidation responsible for the short-term effects of boron deficiency on plasma-membrane permeability and function in squash root?. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 40: 853-858

Garcia PC, Rivero RM, Sánchez E, López-Lefebre LR, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2001) Direct action of the biocide carbendazim on phenolic metabolism in tobacco plants. Journal of the Agricultural and Food Chemistry          49: 131-137

Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, Sánchez E, García PC, López-Lefebre LR, Romero L (2001) Resistance to cold and heat stress: accumulation of phenolic compounds in tomato and watermelon plants. Plant Science 160: 315-321

Sánchez E, López-Lefebre LR, Garcia PC, Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2001) Proline metabolism in response to highest nitrogen dosages in green bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Strike). Journal of Plant Physiology 158: 593-598

Baghour M, Moreno DA, Hernández J, Castilla N, Romero L (2001) Influence of root temperature on phytoaccumulation of As, Ag, Cr, and Sb in potato plants (Solanum tuberosum L. var. Spunta). Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A 36: 1389-1401

Ruiz JM, López-Lefebre LR, Sánchez E, Rivero RM, García PC, Romero L (2001) Preliminary studies on the influence of boron on the foliar biomass and quality of tobacco leaves subjected to NO3- fertilisation. Journal of Science and Food Agriculture 81: 739-744

Ruiz JM, Romero L (2001) Influence of CaCl2 on the foliar biomass and quality of tobacco leaves. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 49: 3600-3605

García PC, Rivero RM, López-Lefebre LR, Sánchez E, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2001) Response of oxidative metabolism to the application of carbendazim plus boron in tobacco. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 28: 801-806

Baghour M, Moreno DA, Víllora G, Hernández J, Castilla N, Romero L (2001) Phytoextraction of Cd and Pb and physiological effects in potato plants (Solanum tuberosum var. Spunta): Importance of root temperature. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 49: 5356-5363

Ruiz JM, López-Cantarero I, Romero L (2000) Relationship between calcium and piruvate kinase. Biologia Plantarum 43: 359-362

Villora G, Moreno DA, Pulgar G, Romero L  (2000) Yield improvement under salt stress in the Zucchini: Determining micronutrient balance. Science Horticulturae 86: 175-183

López-Lefebre LR, Ruiz JM, Rivero RM, García PC, Sánchez E, Romero L (2000) Role of Cl2Ca in ammonium assimilation in roots of tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum L.). Journal of Plant Physiology 156: 672-677

Sánchez E, Soto JM, García PC, López-Lefebre LR, Rivero RM, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2000) Phenolic and oxidative metabolism as bioindicators of nitrogen deficiency in french bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L. Cv. Strike). Plant Biology 2: 272-277

Alvarado JJ, Ruiz JM, López-Cantarero I, Molero J, Romero L (2000) Nitrogen metabolism in five plant species characteristic of gypsiferous soils. Journal of Plant Physiology 156: 612-616

Ruiz JM, Castilla N, Romero L (2000) Nitrogen metabolim in pepper plants applied with different bioregulators. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 48: 2925-2929

Sánchez E, García PC, Rivero RM, López-Lefebre LR, Ruiz JM, Romero L (2000) Response to the bioactivity of phenolic compouds and oxidative metabolism in green bean plants undergoing nitrogen toxicity. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 27: 973-978

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