Research

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At the IBMCP we have been conducting research for over 25 years with a high level of innovation and dynamism, becoming a multidisciplinary centre of excellence, which has led to significant scientific advances in the field of Plant Biology, enabling the development of plants with high added value that are more productive, more resistant, more sustainable, and have higher quality and tastier fruits.

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Interdisciplinary Research

The diverse IBMCP research program, with more than 25 research groups exploring the secrets of plants, ranges from DNA sequencing and analysis of plant development and hormonal action, to the interaction between plants and their environment.

The IBMCP research groups cover a wide range of research areas with a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach, with the firm commitment to making Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology a key tool in improving agriculture, the environment, health, and human well-being.

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Researchers

We are the breeding ground for a group of cutting-edge researchers and technical staff working to discover how plants can help us create a more prosperous, healthy, and sustainable future.

Pablo Vera
Director of Instituto de Biología
Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP)

“In the field of agriculture, the applications of plant biotechnology allow us to develop more productive and resilient plants using fewer resources and achieving more nutritious, safer and higher quality crops, which, in turn, helps us protect our environment for future generations.”

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Latest publications

The tomato zeaxanthin epoxidase-independent ABA biosynthetic pathway contributes to the synthesis of the root suberized exodermis

Mayra Sanchez-Olvera, Constanza Martin-Vasquez, Jonatan Illescas-Miranda, Mohamed Salem, Eleonora Fabene, Aparna Balakrishna, Dorotea Ricci, Olivia C. Demurtas, Antonio Granelli, Salim Al-Babili, Gianfranco Diretto, Pedro L. Rodríguez

Plant Stress, 24, 101569 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2026.101569

2026

Classical Biological Control of Diaphorina citri in Cyprus: High Parasitism, Population Suppression, and the First Record of the Hyperparasitoid, Marietta leopardina

Alberto Urbaneja, Meritxell Pérez-Hedo, Nicos Seraphides, Anthems Meliforidou-Pantelioudi, Stalo Gialouridou, Marios Georgiadis, Menelaos E. Stavrinides, Chryssokonas Kaponas, Omar Ruiz-Rivero, Jose Catalán, David J. W. Morgan, Christer Hansson, Mark S. Hoddle, Alejandro Tenal, Emilio Guerrieri

Journal of Applied Entomology, 2026, 01–11 https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.1036

2026

Underground Signals: The Ecological Power of Root Volatiles

Xueyao Cao, Nanli Song, François Verheggen, Merivell Pérez-Hedo, Andrea Clavijo McCormick, Antonino Cusumano, Arthur de Fouchier, Bing Wang, Chen-Zhu Wang, Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, Gary W. Felton, Geoff M. Gurr, Hao Guo, Jiancai Li, Jin Zhang, Lichén Li, Manqun Wang, Michele Ricupero, Peng Han, Pei He, Yanqi Li, Qingbo Tang, Qingsong Liu, Shiheng An, Xianbo Kong, Xiaoling Sun, Xueming Ren, Yuanyuan Song, Yan Liu, Xiao Sun

Advanced Science, 2026, 20212485 https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.20212485

2026

Organic photovoltaics as an agricultural protective cover: lessons learned from the first flexible agriovoltaic installation in a European apple orchard

Paula Pinyol-Castillo, Verónica Tijer, Margalida Vidal-Tur, Martín Martín-Ruiz, Katerina Nikolaidou, Martí Gibert-Roca, Silvia Molas, Jaume F. Martinez-García, Luis Asin, Mariano Campoy-Quiles, Ignasi Burgués-Ceballos

EES Solar https://doi.org/10.1039/d6le00106h

2026

Plant bioacoustics: decoding ultrasonic emissions

Paula Font Bordera, Enrique Crespo Martinez, Damiano Ombrosi, Javier Forment, Javier Brumos

2026

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