Biography

Dr. Santiago Alvarez Prado is Post Doctorate Student in Maize Eco-Physiology and Genetics from French National Institute for Agricultural Research, France. He has completed his Ph.D. in Crop Physiology and Genetics from School of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Agronomy, National University of Rosario, Argentina. Dr. Santiago received honors includes Graduate research fellowship from FONCyT, Ph.D. research fellowship type II from CONICET, and Food and Nutrition Security scholarship from the government of Germany with the financial support by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). He has 5 publications in journals and 9 papers in scientific meeting. He also guided 1 student thesis. He also serving as reviewer for African Journal of Agricultural Research, Archives in Agronomy and Soil Science, BMC Genomics, Crop Science, Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal of Pollination Ecology, and PLOS ONE.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences

100%

Crop Science

62%

Ecophysiology

90%

Quantitative Genetics

75%

Drought Stress

55%

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Selected Publications

Alvarez-Prado, S., V.O. Sadras and L. Borras, 2014. Independent genetic control of maize (Zea mays L.) kernel weight determination and its phenotypic plasticity. J. Exp. Bot., 65: 4479-4487.
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Alvarez-Prado, S., C.G. Lopez, M.L. Senior and L. Borras, 2014. The genetic architecture of maize (Zea mays L.) kernel weight determination. G3: Genes Genet. Genomes, 4: 1611-1621.
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Alvarez-Prado, S., J.M. Gallardo, R.A. Serrago, B.C. Kruk and D.J. Miralles, 2013. Comparative behavior of wheat and barley associated with field release and grain weight determination. Field Crops Res., 144: 28-33.
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Alvarez-Prado, S., C.G. Lopez, B.L. Gambin, V.J. Abertondo and L. Borras, 2013. Dissecting the genetic basis of physiological processes determining maize kernel weight using the IBM (B73χMo17) Syn4 population. Field Crops Res., 145: 33-43.
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Alvarez-Prado, S., B.L. Gambin, A.D. Novoa, D. Foster and M.L. Senior et al., 2013. Correlations between parental inbred lines and derived hybrid performance for grain filling traits in maize. Crop Sci., 53: 1636-1645.
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