Origen y Antecedentes

El grupo de Genómica en Mejora Vegetal se fundó en 2008 con la incorporación de Antonio J. Monforte al IBMCP como Científico Titular CSIC, quien realizó previamente sus Tesis Doctoral en el IVIA, posteriormente una estancia postdoctoral en la Universidad de Cornell y fue investigador durante más de 8 años en el IRTA (ahora fusionado con el CRAG). Se inicia entonces una línea de trabajo sobre la aplicación de herramientas genómicas en mejora genética que no existía previamente en el IBMCP. Las primeras personas en trabajar en el grupo fueron los doctorandos Gerardo Sánchez y Walter Barrantes, la investigadora postdoctoral Aurora Díaz y la técnico de laboratorio Soledad Casal que asientan la línea de investigación. En 2014 se incorpora Carlos Romero como Científico Titular CSIC. Carlos había realizado su Tesis Doctoral en el IBMCP, integrándose posteriormente en el Dpto. de investigación de la empresa de semillas Rijk Zwaan S. A. y más tarde en el IVIA donde fue investigador durante más de 12 años. También se incorporaron investigadoras posdoctorales Clara Pons y Maria José Gonzalo que ayudaron a la consolidación del grupo.

Intereses científicos

Nuestro principal objetivo es la aplicación de la genómica para la identificación implicados en caracteres de interés agronómico, fundamentalmente hortícolas. Nuestro cuerpo teórico se entronca en la genética de poblaciones, genética cuantitativa, evolución y teoría de la mejora que integramos con la agronomía, biología molecular y genómica. Generamos conocimiento y herramientas útiles para el desarrollo de nuevos cultivares que respondan a las necesidades actuales del sector, así como básico para comprender mejor las bases genéticas y moleculares, de la variación fenotípica. Tenemos un especial interés es descubrir variabilidad genética «oculta» en especies silvestres para mejorar productividad, resistencia a enfermedades y estreses abióticos, calidad de fruto.
Las herramientas básicas que utilizamos son los marcadores moleculares, empezamos con RFLPs, seguimos con SSRs, SNPs y actualmente genotipado de alto rendimiento y secuenciación masiva. Nuestras estrategias incluyen el desarrollo de mapas genéticos, análisis de QTLs y desarrollo de líneas de introgresión o QTL-NILs.

Los intereses concretos en los que estamos trabajando son:

– Bases genéticas de la morfología del fruto en melón
– Control genético de la domesticación en melón
– Barreras reproductivas interespecíficas en el género Cucumis
– Sistema de autoincompatibilidad gametofítica en Prunus
– Caracterización, valorización y mejora de variedades de tomate y melón tradicionales europeas.
– Tolerancia a altas temperaturas en tomate.
– Respuesta a estreses abióticos en cucurbitáceas
– Resistencia a Plum Pox Virus en Prunus

Bibliografía destacada

Gonzalo MJ, Najera I, Baixauli C, Gil D, Montoro T, Soriano V, Olivieri F, Rigano MM, Ganeva D, Grozeva-Tileva S, Pevicharova G, Barone A, Granell A, Monforte AJ (2021) Identification of tomato accessions as source of new genes for improving heat tolerance: from controlled experiments to field. BMC Plant Biology 21: 345

Martinez-Martinez C, Gonzalo MJ, Sipowicz P, Campos M, Martinez-Fernandez I, Leida C, Zouine M, Alexiou KG, Garcia-Mas J, Gomez MD, Tornero P, Perez-Amador MA, Esteras C, Pico B, Romero C, Monforte AJ (2022) A cryptic variation in a member of the Ovate Family Proteins is underlying the melon fruit shape QTL fsqs8.1. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 135: 785-801

Pons C, Casals J, Palombieri S, Fontanet L, Riccini A, Rambla J, Ruggiero A, Figás M, Plazas M, Koukounaras A, Picarella M, Sulli M, Fisher J, Ziarsolo P, Blanca J, Cañizares J, Cammareri M, Vitiello A, Batelli G, Kanellis A, Brouwer M, Finkers R, Nikoloudis K, Soler S, Giuliano G, Grillo S, Grandillo S, Zamir D, Mazzucato A, Causse M, Díez M, Prohens J, Monforte AJ, Granell A (2022) Atlas of phenotypic, genotypic and geographical diversity present in the European traditional tomato. Horticulture Research 9: uhac112.

Ferriol M, Simó U, Mansanet CJ, Torres A, Picó B, Monforte AJ, Romero C (2023) Pre- and Post-Zygotic Barriers Contribute to Reproductive Isolation and Correlate with Genetic Distance in Cucumis. Plants 12(4): 926

Zuriaga E, Romero C, Blanca JM, Badenes ML (2018) Resistance to Plum Pox Virus (PPV) in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is associated with down-regulation of two MATHd genes. BMC Plant Biology 18: 25

Muñoz-Sanz JV, Zuriaga E, Badenes ML, Romero C (2017) A disulfide bond A-like oxidoreductase is a strong candidate gene for self-incompatibility in apricot (Prunus armeniaca) pollen. J Exp Bot 68: 5069

• Guangwei Zhao, Qun Lian, Zhonghua Zhang, Qiushi Fu, Yuhua He, Shuangwu Ma, Valentino Ruggieri, Antonio J. Monforte, Pingyong Wang, Irene Julca, Huaisong Wang, Junpu Liu, Yong Xu, Runze Wang, Jiabing Ji, Zhihong Xu, Weihu Kong, Yang Zhong, Jianli Shang, Lara Pereira, Jason Argyris, Jian Zhang, Carlos Mayobre, Marta Pujol, Elad Oren, Diandian Ou, Jiming Wang, Dexi Sun, Shengjie Zhao, Yingchun Zhu, Na Li, Nurit Katzir, Amit Gur, Catherine Dogimont, Hanno Schaefer, Wei Fan, Abdelhafid Bendahmane, Zhangjun Fei, Michel Pitrat, Toni Gabaldón, Tao Lin, Jordi Garcia-Mas, Yongyang Xu & Sanwen Huang (2019)  A comprehensive genome variation map of melon identifies multiple domestication events and loci influencing agronomic traits Nat Genet 51, 1607–1615

• Pérez-de-Castro A, Esteras C, Alfaro-Fernández A, Daròs JA, Monforte AJ, Picó B. & Gómez-Guillamón ML (2019)
  Fine mapping of wmv1551, a resistance gene to Watermelon mosaic virus in melon
  Mol Breeding 39:93

• Castro A, Perpiñá G, Monforte AJ, Picó B, Esteras C (2019)
  New melon introgression lines in a Piel de Sapo genetic background with desirable agronomical traits from dudaim melons
  Euphytica 215: 169

• Gonzalo MJ, Díaz A, Dhillon NPS, Reddy UK, Picó B, Monforte AJ (2019)
  Re-evaluation of the role of Indian germplasm as center of melon diversification based on genotyping-by-sequencing analysis
  BMC Genomics 20:448

• Pascual L, Yan J, Pujol M, Monforte AJ, Picó B, Martín-Hernández AM (2019)
  VPS41 Is a General Gatekeeper for Resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus Phloem Entry in Melon
  Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 1219

• Wu S, Zhang B, Keyhaninejad N, Rodríguez GR, Kim HJ, Chakrabarti M, Illa-Berenguer E, Taitano NK, Gonzalo MJ, Díaz A, Pan Y, Leisner CP, Halterman D, Buell CR, Weng Y, Jansky SH, van Eck H, Willemsen J, Monforte AJ, Meulia T, van der Knaap E (2018)
  A common genetic mechanism underlies morphological diversity in fruits and other plant organs.
  Nature Communications 9:4734

• Endl, J., E. G. Achigan-Dako, A. K. Pandey, A. J. Monforte, B. Pico, and H. Schaefer (2018)
  Repeated domestication of melon (Cucumis melo) in Africa and Asia and a new close relative from India. American
  Journal of Botany 105: 1–10

• Zuriaga E, Romero C, Blanca JM, Badenes ML (2018)
  Resistance to Plum Pox Virus (PPV) in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is associated with down-regulation of two MATHd genes
  BMC Plant Biology 18: 25

• Tieman D, Zhu GT, Resende MFR, Lin T, Taylor M, Zhang B, Ikeda H, Liu ZY, Fisher J, Zemach I, Monforte A, Zamir D, Granell A, Kirst M, Huang S, Klee H, Nguyen C, Bies D, Rambla JL, Beltran KSO (2017)
  A chemical genetic roadmap to improved tomato flavor.
  Science 355, 391-394

• Perpina G, Cebolla-Cornejo J, Esteras C, Monforte AJ, Pico B. (2017)
  ‘MAK-10’: A Long Shelf-life Charentais Breeding Line Developed by Introgression of a Genomic Region from Makuwa Melon
  Hortscience 52, 1633-1638

• Muñoz-sanz JV, Zuriaga E, Badenes ML, Romero C (2017)
  A disulfide bond A-like oxidoreductase is a strong candidate gene for self-incompatibility in apricot (Prunus armeniaca) pollen
  Journal of Experimental Botany 68: 5069

• Montero-Pau J, Blanca J, Esteras C, Martinez-Perez EM, Gomez P, Monforte AJ, Canizares J, Pico B (2017)
  An SNP-based saturated genetic map and QTL analysis of fruit-related traits in Zucchini using Genotyping-by-sequencing
  Bmc Genomics 18.

• Rambla JL, Medina A, Fernandez-del-Carmen A, Barrantes W, Grandillo S, Cammareri M, Lopez-Casado G, Rodrigo G, Alonso A, Garcia-Martinez S, Primo J, Ruiz JJ, Fernandez-Munoz R, Monforte AJ, Granell A. (2017)
  Identification, introgression, and validation of fruit volatile QTLs from a red-fruited wild tomato species.
  Journal of Experimental Botany 68, 429-442

• Argyris JM, Diaz A, Ruggieri V, Fernandez M, Jahrmann T, Gibon Y, Pico B, Martin-Hernandez AM, Monforte AJ, Garcia-Mas J (2017)
  QTL Analyses in Multiple Populations Employed for the Fine Mapping and Identification of Candidate Genes at a Locus Affecting Sugar Accumulation in Melon (Cucumis melo L.).Frontiers in Plant Science 8

• Diaz A, Martin-Hernandez AM, Dolcet-Sanjuan R, Garces-Claver A, Alvarez JM, Garcia-Mas J, Pico B, Monforte AJ (2017)

Quantitative trait loci analysis of melon (Cucumis melo L.) domestication-related traits
Genetics 130, 1837-1856

• Muñoz-sanz JV, Zuriaga E, López I, Badenes ML, Romero C (2017)
  Self-(in)compatibility in apricot germplasm is controlled by two major loci, S and M
  BMC Plant Biology 17(1): 1

• Fernandez-Moreno JP, Levy-Samoha D, Malitsky S, Monforte AJ, Orzaez D, Aharoni A, Granell A (2017)
  Uncovering tomato quantitative trait loci and candidate genes for fruit cuticular lipid composition using the Solanum pennellii introgression line population
  Journal of Experimental Botany 68, 2703-2716

• Gascuel Q, Diretto G, Monforte AJ, Fortes AM, Granell A (2017)
  Use of Natural Diversity and Biotechnology to Increase the Quality and Nutritio nal Content of Tomato and Grape
  Frontiers in Plant Science 8

• Perpina G, Esteras C, Gibon Y, Monforte AJ, Pico B (2016)
  A new genomic library of melon introgression lines in a cantaloupe genetic background for dissecting desirable agronomical traits
  BMC Plant Biology 146: 154

• Barrantes W, Lopez-Casado G, Garcia-Martinez S, Alonso A, Rubio F, Ruiz JJ, Fernandez-Munoz R, Granell A, Monforte AJ (2016)
  Exploring New Alleles Involved in Tomato Fruit Quality in an Introgression Line Library of Solanum pimpinellifolium
  Frontiers in Plant Science 7

• Zeballos JL, Abidi W, Giménez R, Monforte AJ, Moreno MÁ, Gogorcena Y (2016)
  Mapping QTLs associated with fruit quality traits in peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] using SNP maps
  Tree Genetics and Genomes 12: 37

• Diaz A, Forment J, Argyris JM, Fukino N, Tzuri G, Harel-Beja R, Katzir N, Garcia-Mas J, Monforte AJ (2015)
  Anchoring the consensus ICuGI genetic map to the melon (Cucumis melo L.) genome
  Molecular Breeding 35: 188

• Leida C, Moser C, Esteras C, Sulpice R , Lunn JE, de LangenF, Monforte AJ, Picó B (2015)
  Variability of candidate genes, genetic structure and association with sugar accumulation and climacteric behavior in a broad germplasm collection of melon (Cucumis melo L.)
  BMC Genetics 16: 28

• Malik AA, Vashisht VK, Singh K, Sharma A, Singh DK, Singh H, Monforte AJ, McCreight JD, Dhillon NPS (2014)
  Diversity among melon (Cucumis melo L.) landraces from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India and their genetic relationship with USA melon cultivars
  Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 61: 1189-1208

• Yahia Y, Hannachi H, Monforte AJ, Cockram J, Loumerem M, Zarouri B, Ferchichi A (2014)
  Genetic diversity in Vicia faba L. populations cultivated in Tunisia revealed by simple sequence repeat analysis
  Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization 12: 278-285

• Barrantes W, Fernandez-del-Carmen A, Lopez-Casado G, Gonzalez-Sanchez MA, Fernandez-Munoz R, Granell A, Monforte AJ (2014)
  Highly efficient genomics-assisted development of a library of introgression lines of Solanum pimpinellifolium
  Molecular Breeding 34: 1817-1831

• Diaz A, Zarouri B, Fergany M, Eduardo I, Alvarez JM, Pico B, Monforte AJ (2014)
  Mapping and Introgression of QTL Involved in Fruit Shape Transgressive Segregation into ‘Piel de Sapo’ Melon (Cucucumis melo L.)
  PLoS ONE 9: e104188

• Romeu JF, Monforte AJ, Sánchez G, Granell A, García-Brunton J, Badenes ML, Ríos G (2014)
  Quantitative trait loci affecting reproductive phenology in peach
  BMC Plant Biology 14: 52

• Guiu-Aragones C, Monforte AJ, Saladie M, Correa RX, Garcia-Mas J, Martin-Hernandez AM (2014)
  The complex resistance to cucumber mosaic cucumovirus (CMV) in the melon accession PI161375 is governed by one gene and at least two quantitative trait loci
  Molecular Breeding 34: 351-362

• Rambla JL, Tikunov YM, Monforte AJ, Bovy AG, Granell A (2014)
  The expanded tomato fruit volatile landscape.
  Journal of experimental botany 65: 4613-4623

• Monforte AJ, Diaz A, Cano-Delgado A, van der Knaap E (2014)
  The genetic basis of fruit morphology in horticultural crops: lessons from tomato and melon.
  Journal of experimental botany 65: 4625-4637

• Sanchez G, Martinez J, Romeu J, Garcia J, Monforte AJ, Badenes ML, Granell A (2014)
  The peach volatilome modularity is reflected at the genetic and environmental response levels in a QTL mapping population
  BMC Plant Biology 14:

• Sanchez G, Venegas-Caleron M, Salas JJ, Monforte A, Badenes ML, Granell A (2013)
  An integrative «omics» approach identifies new candidate genes to impact aroma volatiles in peach fruit
  Bmc Genomics 14

• Zuriaga E, Muñoz-Sanz JV, Molina L, Gisbert AD, Badenes ML, Romero C (2013)
  An S-locus independent pollen factor confers self-compatibility in ‘Katy’ apricot
  PLOS ONE 8(1) e53947

• Zuriaga E, Soriano JM, Zhebentyayeva T, Romero C, Dardick C, Cañizares J, Badenes ML (2013)
  Genomic analysis reveals MATH gene(s) as candidate(s) for PPV resistance in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.)
  Molecular Plant Pathology 14(7): 663-677

• Conejero A, Romero C, Cunill M, Mestre MA, Martínez-Calvo J, Badenes ML, Llácer G (2013)
  In vitro shoot-tip grafting for safe Prunus budwood Exchange
  Scientia Horticulturae 150: 365-370

• Vegas J, Garcia-Ma Js, Monforte AJ (2013)
  Interaction between QTLs induces an advance in ethylene biosynthesis during melon fruit ripening
  Theoretical and Applied Genetics 126: 1531-1544

• Esteras C, Formisano G, Roig C, Díaz A, Blanca J, Garcia-Mas J, Gomez-Guillamon ML, Lopez-Sese AI, Lazaro A, Monforte AJ, Pico B (2013)
  SNP genotyping in melons: genetic variation, population structure, and linkage disequilibrium
  Theoretical and Applied Genetics 126: 1285-1303

• Sanchez G, Besada C, Badenes ML, Monforte AJ, Granell A (2012)
  A Non-Targeted Approach Unravels the Volatile Network in Peach Fruit
  PLOS ONE 7: e38992

• Formisano G, Roig C, Esteras C, Ercolano MR, Nuez F, Monforte AJ, Pico MB (2012)
  Genetic diversity of Spanish Cucurbita pepo landraces: an unexploited resource for summer squash breeding
  Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 59: 1169-1184

• Esteras C, Gomez P, Monforte AJ, Blanca J, Vicente-Dolera N, Roig C, Nuez F, Pico B (2012)
  High-throughput SNP genotyping in Cucurbita pepo for map construction and quantitative trait loci mapping
  BMC Genomics 13: 80

• Soriano JM, Domingo ML, Zuriaga E, Romero C, Zhebentyayeva T, Badenes ML (2012)
  Identification of SSR markers tightly associated to PPV resistance in apricot
  Molecular Breeding 30(2): 1017-1026

• Dhillon NPS, Monforte AJ, Pitrat M, Pandy S, Singh PK, Reitsma KR, Garcia-Mas J, Sharma A, McCreight JD (2012)
  Melon Landraces of India: Contributions and Importance
  Plant Breeding Reviews 35: 85-150

• Zuriaga E, Molina L, Badenes ML, Romero C (2012)
  Physical mapping of a pollen modifier locus controlling self-incompatibility in apricot and synteny analysis within the Rosaceae
  Plant Molecular Biology 79: 229-242

• The Tomato Genome Consortium (2012)
  The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution
  Nature 485: 635-641

• Roy A, Bal SS, Fergany M, Kaur S, Singh H, Malik AA, Singh J, Monforte AJ, Dhillon NPS (2012)
  Wild melon diversity in India (Punjab State)
  Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 59: 755-767

• Diaz A, Fergany M, Formisano G, Ziarsolo P, Blanca J, Fei Z, Staub JE, Zalapa JE, Cuevas HE, Dace G, Oliver M, Boissot N, Dogimont C, Pitrat M, Hofstede R, van Koert P, Harel-Beja R, Tzuri G, Portnoy V, Cohen S, Schaffer A, Katzir N, Xu Y, Zhang H, Fukino N, Matsumoto S, Garcia-Mas J, Monforte A (2011)
  A consensus linkage map for molecular markers and Quantitative Trait Loci associated with economically important traits in melon (Cucumis melo L.)
  BMC Plant Biology 11: 111

• McClure B, Cruz-García F, Romero C (2011)
  Compatibility and incompatibility in S-RNase-based systems
  Annals of Botany 108: 647-658

• Vera-Ruiz EM, Soriano JM, Romero C, Zhebentyayeva T, Terol J, Zuriaga E, Llácer G, Abbott AG, Badenes ML (2011)
  Narrowing down the apricot Plum pox Virus resistance locus and comparative analysis with the peach genome syntenic región
  Molecular Plant Pathology 12(6): 535-547

• Gonzalo MJ, Claveria E, Monforte AJ, Dolcet-Sanjuan R (2011)
  Parthenogenic haploids in melon (Cucumis melo L.): generation and molecular characterization of a doubled haploid line population
• Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 136: 145-154

• Gonzalez M, Xu M, Esteras C, Roig C, Monforte AJ, Troadec C, Pujol M, Nuez F, Bendahmane A, Garcia-Mas J, Pico B (2011)
  Towards a TILLING platform for functional genomics in Piel de sapo melons
  BMC Research Notes 4: 289

• Fergany M, Kaur B, Monforte AJ, Pitrat M, Dhillon NPS, Dhaliwal SS (2011)
  Variation in melon (Cucumis melo) landraces adapted to the humid tropics of southern India
  Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 58: 225-243

• Obando-Ulloa JM, Ruiz J, Monforte AJ, Fernandez-Trujillo JP (2010)
  Aroma profile of a collection of near-isogenic lines of melon (Cucumis melo L.).
  Food Chemistry 118, 815-822

• Fernandez-Silva I, Moreno E, Essafi A, Fergany M, Garcia-Mas J, Montserrat Martín-Hernandez A, Álvarez JM, Monforte AJ (2010)
  Shaping melons: Agronomic and genetic characterization of QTLs that modify melon fruit morphology
  Theoretical and Applied Genetics 121: 931-940

• Fernandez-Silva I, Moreno E, Essafi A, Fergany M, Garcia-Mas J, Martin-Hernandez AM, Alvarez JM, Monforte AJ (2010)
  Shaping melons: agronomic and genetic characterization of QTLs that modify melon fruit morphology
  Theoretical and Applied Genetics 121, 931-940

• Deleu W, Esteras C, Roig C, Gonzalez-To M, Fernandez-Silva I, Gonzalez-Ibeas D, Blanca J, Aranda MA, Arus P, Nuez F, Monforte AJ, Pico MB, Garcia-Mas J (2009)
  A set of EST-SNPs for map saturation and cultivar identification in melon
  BMC Plant Biology 9

• Gisbert AD, Lopez-Capuz I, Soriano JM, Llácer G, Romero C, Badenes ML (2009)
  Development of microsatellite markers from loquat (Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.)
  Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 803-805

• • Gisbert AD, Martínez-Calvo J, Llácer G, Badenes ML, Romero C (2009)
  Development of two loquat (Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.) linkage maps based on AFLP and SSR markers from different Rosaceae species
  Molecular Breeding 23: 523-538

• Obando-Ulloa JM, Jowkar MM, Moreno E, Souri MK, Martinez JA, Bueso MC, Monforte AJ, Fernandez-Trujillo JP (2009)
  Discrimination of climacteric and non-climacteric melon fruit at harvest or at the senescence stage by quality traits
  Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 89, 1743-1753.

• Essafi A, Diaz-Pendon JA, Moriones E, Monforte AJ, Garcia-Mas J, Martin-Hernandez AM (2009)
  Dissection of the oligogenic resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus in the melon accession
  Genetics 118, 275-284

• Tzitzikas EN, Monforte AJ, Fatihi A, Kypriotakis Z, Iacovides TA, Ioannides IM, Kalaitzis P (2009)
  Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Traditional Greek and Cypriot Melon Cultigens (Cucumis melo L.) Based on Simple Sequence Repeat Variability
  Hortscience 44, 1820-1824.

• Gisbert AD, Romero C, Martínez-Calvo J, Leida C, Llácer G, Badenes ML (2009)
  Genetic diversity evaluation of a loquat (Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb) Lindl) germplasm collection by SSRs and S-allele fragments
  Euphytica 168: 121-134

• Obando-Ulloa JM, Eduardo I, Monforte AJ, Fernandez-Trujillo JP (2009)
  Identification of QTLs related to sugar and organic acid composition in melon using near-isogenic lines
  Scientia Horticulturae 121, 425-433

• Fernandez-Silva I, Moreno E, Eduardo I, Arus P, Alvarez JM, Monforte AJ (2009)
  On the Genetic Control of Heterosis for Fruit Shape in Melon (Cucumis Melo L.).
  Journal of Heredity 100, 229-235

• Tijskens LMM, Dos-Santos N, Jowkar MM, Obando-Ulloa JM, Moreno E, Schouten RE, Monforte AJ, Fernandez-Trujillo JP (2009)
  Postharvest firmness behaviour of near-isogenic lines of melon
  Postharvest Biology and Technology 51, 320-326

• Gisbert AD, Badenes ML, Tobutt KR, Llácer G and Romero C (2008)
  Determination of the S-allele composition of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cultivars grown in the southeast of Spain by PCR analysis
  Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 83(2): 246-252

• Soriano JM, Vera-Ruiz EM, Vilanova S, Martínez-Calvo J, Llácer G, Badenes ML, Romero C (2008)
  Identification and mapping of a locus conferring Plum Pox Virus resistance in two apricot improved linkage maps
  Tree Genetics & Genomes 4:391-402

• Martínez-Calvo J, Gisbert AD, Alamar MC, Hernandorena R, Romero C, Llácer G and Badenes ML (2008)
  Study of a germplasm collection of loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl) by multivariate analysis
  Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 55: 695-703

• Vilanova S, Badenes ML, Burgos L, Martínez-Calvo J, Llácer G, Romero C (2006)
  Self-compatibility of two apricot selections is associated with two pollen-part mutations of different nature
  Plant Physiology 142: 629-641

• Eduardo I, Arus P, Monforte AJ (2005)
  Development of a genomic library of near isogenic lines (NILs) in melon (Cucumis melo L.) from the exotic accession PI161375
  Theoretical and Applied Genetics 112: 139-148