PlantAgro - Plant Production and Agroecology

Group type Consolidated R+D+I Group ( Generic )
AEI areas
  • Agricultural and Agri-food Sciences (CAA)
  • Biological Sciences and Biotechnology (BIO)
  • Environmental Sciences and Technologies (CTM)
2030 Goals and Targets
  • Climate action
    • Goal 13 - Target 1 @ Strengthen climate resilience
  • Life of terrestrial ecosystems
    • Goal 15 - Target 5 @ Reduce degradation and biodiversity loss by 2020
    • Goal 15 - Target 6 @ Conserve genetic resources by 2020
  • Zero hunger
    • Goal 2 - Target 3 @ Double agricultural productivity
    • Goal 2 - Target 4 @Ensure sustainable food production systems
    • Goal 2 - Target 5 @Maintain the diversity of seeds and farm animals
Areas
  • Crop biotechnology: genetic improvement and plant health
  • Crop ecophysiology and adaptation to global changes
  • Genetic resources in agriculture: recovering and characterising useful genotypes for agriculture
  • Plant-microbe interactions
  • Soil ecology: practices to promote ecosystem services and the role of soil microbiota
Research team
Principal investigators
Dr Bota Salort, Josefina María (University Tenured Professor)
Main members
Members