Fernando Pliego-Alfaro

Best Publications

• Manipulation of Strawberry Fruit Softening by Antisense Expression of a Pectate Lyase Gene

  Silvia Jiménez-Bermúdez;José Redondo-Nevado;Juan Muñoz-Blanco;José L. Caballero

  474
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• Antisense Down-Regulation of the FaPG1 Gene Reveals an Unexpected Central Role for Polygalacturonase in Strawberry Fruit Softening

  Miguel A. Quesada;Rosario Blanco-Portales;Sara Posé;Juan A. García-Gago

  284
  Citations

• Evidence for a positive regulatory role of strawberry (Fragaria×ananassa) Fa WRKY1 and Arabidopsis At WRKY75 proteins in resistance

  Sonia Encinas-Villarejo;Ana M. Maldonado;Francisco Amil-Ruiz;Berta de los Santos

  184
  Citations

• Mycorrhizal Inoculation Enhances Growth and Development of Micropropagated Plants of Avocado

  M.T. Vidal;C. Azcón-Aguilar;J.M. Barea;F. Pliego-Alfaro

  135
  Citations

• Possible rejuvenation of adult avocado by graftage onto juvenile rootstocks in vitro

  Fernando Pliego-Alfaro;Toshio Murashige

  124
  Citations

• Analysis of strawberry genes differentially expressed in response to Colletotrichum infection

  Antonio Casado-Díaz;Sonia Encinas-Villarejo;Berta de los Santos;Elisabetta Schilirò

  111
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• Shoot regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Fragaria vesca L.

  El Mansouri I;Mercado Ja;Valpuesta;López-Aranda Jm

  104
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• Somatic embryogenesis in avocado ( Persea americana Mill.) in vitro

  Fernando Pliego-Alfaro;Toshio Murashige

  103
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• A possible role for flowering locus T‐encoding genes in interpreting environmental and internal cues affecting olive (Olea europaea L.) flower induction

  Amnon Haberman;Ortal Bakhshian;Sergio Cerezo-Medina;Judith Paltiel

  94
  Citations

• Biochemical and phenotypical characterization of transgenic tomato plants overexpressing a basic peroxidase

  Iman El Mansouri;José A. Mercado;Nieves Santiago-Dómenech;Fernando Pliego-Alfaro

  87
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• Micropropagation of adult avocado

  Araceli Barceló-Muñoz;Carlos L. Encina;Elvira Simón-Pérez;Fernando Pliego-Alfaro

  86
  Citations

• Studies on genetic transformation of olive (Olea europaea L.) somatic embryos: I. Evaluation of different aminoglycoside antibiotics for nptII selection; II. Transient transformation via particle bombardment

  Gema Pérez-Barranco;Rocío Torreblanca;Isabel M. G. Padilla;Carolina Sánchez-Romero

  66
  Citations

• An efficient regeneration system via somatic embryogenesis in olive

  Sergio Cerezo;José A. Mercado;Fernando Pliego-Alfaro

  66
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• Factors affecting maturation of avocado somatic embryos

  R. Perán-Quesada;C. Sánchez-Romero;A. Barceló-Muñoz;F. Pliego-Alfaro

  61
  Citations

• Development of an in-vitro rooting bioassay using juvenile-phase stem cuttings of Persea americana Mill.

  F. Pliego-Alfaro

  61
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• Effects of CO2 and sugars on photosynthesis and composition of avocado leaves grown in vitro

  Gloria de la Viña;Gloria de la Viña;Fernando Pliego-Alfaro;Simon P. Driscoll;Valerie J. Mitchell

  59
  Citations

• Partial Activation of SA- and JA-Defensive Pathways in Strawberry upon Colletotrichum acutatum Interaction.

  Francisco Amil-Ruiz;José Garrido-Gala;José Gadea;Rosario Blanco-Portales

  54
  Citations

• Strategies for Olive (Olea europaea L.) Breeding: Cultivated Genetic Resources and Crossbreeding

  Luis Rallo;Diego Barranco;Concepción M. Díez;Pilar Rallo

  51
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• Fruit Shelf Life and Potential for Its Genetic Improvement

  José A. Mercado;Fernando Pliego‐Alfaro;Miguel A. Quesada

  43
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• The Strawberry FaWRKY1 Transcription Factor Negatively Regulates Resistance to Colletotrichum acutatum in Fruit Upon Infection.

  José Javier Higuera;José Garrido-Gala;Ayman Lekhbou;Isabel Arjona-Girona

  43
  Citations

• Somatic embryogenesis in mango (Mangifera indica L.)

  Richard E. Litz;Pamela A. Moon;Helena Mathews;Subramanian Jayasankar

  37
  Citations

• Evaluation of the role of the endo-β-(1,4)-glucanase gene FaEG3 in strawberry fruit softening

  José A. Mercado;Livio Trainotti;Lara Jiménez-Bermúdez;Nieves Santiago-Doménech

  34
  Citations

• A convenient protocol for extraction and purification of DNA from Fragaria

  José A. Mercado;Iman El Mansouri;Silvia Jiménez-Bermúdez;Fernando Pliego-Alfaro

  33
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