Angel Villegas Fernández
professor
plant genetics
Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible
Spain
Biography
working as a assistant professor
Research Interest
Improvement of legumes for disease resistance. The beans are the crop in which I have focused mainly, with attention to different pathogens, but especially to Botrytis fabae. My work includes the identification of genotypes of interest, through the characterization of plant / pathogen interaction, and the production of varieties with different degrees of resistance. This entails the integration of different experimental techniques, such as field trials, experiments under controlled conditions or the use of molecular tools
Publications
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Villegas-Fernandez, AM , Sillero, JC, Rubiales, D., 2012. Screening for chocolate spot resistance: evaluation methods and effects of host tissue and temperature. European Journal of Plant Pathology 132, 443-453
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Anna, A., Cimmino, A., Villegas-Fernandez, A. , Tuzi, A., Santini, A., Melck, D., Rubiales, D., Evident, A, 2013. Lentisone, New Phytotoxic Anthraquinone Produced by Ascochyta lentis , the Causal Agent of Ascochyta Blight in Lens culinaris . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 61, 7301-7308.
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Villegas-Fernandez, AM , Krajinski, F., Schlereth, A., Madrid, E., Rubiales, D., 2014 Characterization of transcription factors following expression of Medicago truncatula - Botrytis spp. interactions. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 32, 1030-1040
