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Blanca San Segundo is affiliated with the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular expertise in Plant Science.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including Plant Science, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Food Science. This broad disciplinary background supports their research on plant interactions and immunity.

The main topics of Blanca San Segundo's research include:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Blanca San Segundo include Mireia Bundó, Héctor Martín-Cardoso, Sonia Campo, Tzyy-Jen Chiou, and Beatriz Val-Torregrosa.

The primary publication venues for their work show a concentration in journals relevant to plant biology and agricultural sciences. These include:

  • Rice
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plants
  • Horticulturae

Recent papers by Blanca San Segundo demonstrate a focus on plant pathology and symbiotic relationships, with particular interest in rice and Arabidopsis species. Notable recent publications include:

  • Effect of Root Colonization by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth, Productivity and Blast Resistance in Rice (2020, Rice)
  • Phosphate excess increases susceptibility to pathogen infection in rice (2020, Molecular Plant Pathology)
  • A novel Transposable element-derived microRNA participates in plant immunity to rice blast disease (2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal)
  • Phosphate-induced resistance to pathogen infection in Arabidopsis (2022, The Plant Journal)
  • Integrative Approach for Precise Genotyping and Transcriptomics of Salt Tolerant Introgression Rice Lines (2022, Frontiers in Plant Science)

Blanca San Segundo has also contributed to book publications, with a notable work titled Temas jurídicos atuais, published by Safira eBooks in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Salt-responsive ERF1 regulates reactive oxygen species-dependent signaling during the initial response to salt stress in rice

    Romy Schmidt;Romy Schmidt;Delphine Mieulet;Hans-Michael Hubberten;Toshihiro Obata

  • Overexpression of a Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase Confers Salt and Drought Tolerance in Rice by Preventing Membrane Lipid Peroxidation

    Sonia Campo;Patricia Baldrich;Joaquima Messeguer;Eric Lalanne

  • Identification of a novel microRNA (miRNA) from rice that targets an alternatively spliced transcript of the Nramp6 (Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 6) gene involved in pathogen resistance

    Sonia Campo;Cristina Peris-Peris;Christelle Siré;Ana Beatriz Moreno

  • AtCPK1 calcium-dependent protein kinase mediates pathogen resistance in Arabidopsis.

    María Coca;Blanca San Segundo

  • The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis promotes the systemic induction of regulatory defence-related genes in rice leaves and confers resistance to pathogen infection

    Lidia Campos-Soriano;José-Luis García-Martínez;Blanca San Segundo

  • Sucrose-mediated priming of plant defense responses and broad-spectrum disease resistance by overexpression of the maize pathogenesis-related PRms protein in rice plants.

    Jorge Gómez-Ariza;Sonia Campo;Mar Rufat;Montserrat Estopà

  • Expression of a maize proteinase inhibitor gene is induced in response to wounding and fungal infection: systemic wound-response of a monocot gene

    Maria Jose Cordero;Dora Raventos;Blanca San Segundo

  • The defense response of germinating maize embryos against fungal infection: a proteomics approach.

    Sonia Campo;Montserrat Carrascal;Maria Coca;Joaquin Abián

  • The Arabidopsis AtNPR1 Inversely Modulates Defense Responses Against Fungal, Bacterial, or Viral Pathogens While Conferring Hypersensitivity to Abiotic Stresses in Transgenic Rice

    Jordi Quilis;Gisela Peñas;Joaquima Messeguer;Christophe Brugidou

  • Transgenic rice plants expressing the antifungal AFP protein from Aspergillus giganteus show enhanced resistance to the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea.

    María Coca;Cristina Bortolotti;Mar Rufat;Gisela Peñas

  • Enhanced resistance to the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea conferred by expression of a cecropin A gene in transgenic rice.

    María Coca;Gisela Peñas;Jorge Gómez;Sonia Campo

  • Expression of a Solanum tuberosum cyclophilin gene is regulated by fungal infection and abiotic stress conditions

    Andrea V Godoy;Alejandra S Lazzaro;Claudia A Casalongué;Blanca San Segundo

  • Fungus- and wound-induced accumulation of mRNA containing a class II chitinase of the pathogenesis-related protein 4 (PR-4) family of maize

    Juan Manuel Bravo;Sonia Campo;Isabel Murillo;María Coca

  • A 20 bp cis-acting element is both necessary and sufficient to mediate elicitor response of a maize PRms gene.

    Dora Raventós;Anders B. Jensen;Maj‐Britt Rask;Josep M. Casacuberta

  • MicroRNA-mediated regulation of gene expression in the response of rice plants to fungal elicitors

    Patricia Baldrich;Sonia Campo;Ming Tsung Wu;Tze Tze Liu

  • Two NRAMP6 Isoforms Function as Iron and Manganese Transporters and Contribute to Disease Resistance in Rice.

    Cristina Peris-Peris;Albert Serra-Cardona;Ferrán Sánchez-Sanuy;Sonia Campo

  • Diurnal oscillation in the accumulation of Arabidopsis microRNAs, miR167, miR168, miR171 and miR398.

    Christelle Siré;Ana Beatriz Moreno;Meritxell Garcia-Chapa;Juan José López-Moya

  • Expression of the maize proteinase inhibitor (mpi) gene in rice plants enhances resistance against the striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis): effects on larval growth and insect gut proteinases

    Laura Vila;Jordi Quilis;Donaldo Meynard;Jean Christophe Breitler

  • A gene coding for a basic pathogenesis-related (PR-like) protein from Zea mays. Molecular cloning and induction by a fungus (Fusarium moniliforme) in germinating maize seeds.

    Josep M. Casacuberta;Pere Puigdomènech;Blanca San Segundo

  • Bt rice harbouring cry genes controlled by a constitutive or wound-inducible promoter: protection and transgene expression under Mediterranean field conditions.

    Jean Christophe Breitler;Jean Michel Vassal;Maria Del Mar Catala;Donaldo Meynard

Frequent Co-Authors

Emmanuel Guiderdoni
Emmanuel Guiderdoni Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Kazunori Okada
Kazunori Okada University of Tokyo
Emilio Montesinos
Emilio Montesinos University of Girona
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Ana Moreno
Ana Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Francesc X. Avilés
Francesc X. Avilés Autonomous University of Barcelona
Michel Rossignol
Michel Rossignol INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Pere Puigdomènech
Pere Puigdomènech Spanish National Research Council
José Luis Riechmann
José Luis Riechmann Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Ramon Eritja
Ramon Eritja Spanish National Research Council

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