José A. Mercado

José A. Mercado publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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José A. Mercado D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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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
  Citations

• 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

• Fruit softening and pectin disassembly: an overview of nanostructural pectin modifications assessed by atomic force microscopy

  Candelas Paniagua;Sara Posé;Victor J. Morris;Andrew R. Kirby

  258
  Citations

• A nanostructural view of the cell wall disassembly process during fruit ripening and postharvest storage by atomic force microscopy

  Sara Posé;Candelas Paniagua;Antonio J. Matas;A. Patrick Gunning

  245
  Citations

• Pollen sporopollenin: degradation and structural elucidation

  Eva Domínguez;José A. Mercado;Miguel A. Quesada;Antonio Heredia

  220
  Citations

• Structural characterization of cell wall pectin fractions in ripe strawberry fruits using AFM

  Sara Posé;Andrew R. Kirby;José A. Mercado;Victor J. Morris

  166
  Citations

• Antisense down-regulation of the strawberry β-galactosidase gene FaβGal4 increases cell wall galactose levels and reduces fruit softening

  Candelas Paniagua;Rosario Blanco-Portales;Marta Barceló-Muñoz;Juan A. García-Gago

  154
  Citations

• Antisense inhibition of a pectate lyase gene supports a role for pectin depolymerization in strawberry fruit softening

  Nieves Santiago-Doménech;Silvia Jiménez-Bemúdez;Antonio J. Matas;Jocelyn K. C. Rose

  152
  Citations

• Regeneration and transformation via Agrobacterium tumefaciens of the strawberry cultivar Chandler

  Marta Barceló;Iman El-Mansouri;José A. Mercado;Miguel A. Quesada

  143
  Citations

• The strawberry (Fragaria×ananassa) fruit-specific rhamnogalacturonate lyase 1 (FaRGLyase1) gene encodes an enzyme involved in the degradation of cell-wall middle lamellae

  Francisco J. Molina-Hidalgo;Antonio R. Franco;Carmen Villatoro;Laura Medina-Puche

  138
  Citations

• Insights into the effects of polygalacturonase FaPG1 gene silencing on pectin matrix disassembly, enhanced tissue integrity, and firmness in ripe strawberry fruits

  Sara Posé;Candelas Paniagua;Manuel Cifuentes;Rosario Blanco-Portales

  117
  Citations

• Structural changes in cell wall pectins during strawberry fruit development.

  Candelas Paniagua;Nieves Santiago-Doménech;Andrew R. Kirby;A. Patrick Gunning

  116
  Citations

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

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

  104
  Citations

• 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
  Citations

• The nanostructural characterization of strawberry pectins in pectate lyase or polygalacturonase silenced fruits elucidates their role in softening

  Sara Posé;Andrew R. Kirby;Candelas Paniagua;Keith W. Waldron

  72
  Citations

• Effects of low temperature on pepper pollen morphology and fertility: Evidence of cold induced exine alterations

  J. A. Mercado;M. Mar Trigo;M. S. Reid;V. Valpuesta

  69
  Citations

• Elucidating the role of polygalacturonase genes in strawberry fruit softening.

  Candelas Paniagua;Pablo Ric-Varas;Juan A García-Gago;Gloria López-Casado

  69
  Citations

• Antisense inhibition of pectate lyase gene expression in strawberry fruit: Characteristics of fruits processed into jam

  R. Sesmero;M.A. Quesada;J.A. Mercado

  68
  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
  Citations