Elena Prats Pérez

RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES

The objective of my research is the improvement of cultivated plants for resistance to diseases and abiotic stresses. Although we study different crops, most of my research is focused on cereals, mainly oats and wheat and improving their yield in the Mediterranean area. Thus, I study the resistance of phytopathogenic fungi, such as powdery mildew and rust, which are important in this area. I also study the response to drought and oxidative stress that commonly occurs during abiotic stress episodes. I particularly focus on the cellular and molecular basis of the different resistance mechanisms and the effect of these on plant physiology, the cost of resistance, the interaction between different biotic and abiotic stresses, genotype-environment interaction and on the most recent genomic approaches such as association studies, genomic prediction etc.

• E-mail: elena.prats@ias.csic.es
• IAS Annex Building – Office 3 top floor
• Teléfono: 957 49 92 91

Outstanding contributions

• Canales, F.J.; Nagel, K.A.; Müller, C.; Rispail, N.; Prats, E. 2019. Deciphering Root Architectural Traits Involved to Cope With Water Deficit in Oat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 1558.
• Gallego-Sánchez, L.M.; Canales, F.J.; Montilla-Bascón, G.; Prats, E. 2020. RUST: A Robust, User-Friendly Script Tool for Rapid Measurement of Rust Disease on Cereal Leaves. Plants 2020, 9, 1182.
• Canales, F.J.; Montilla-Bascón, G.; Rispail, N.; Prats, E. 2019. Salicylic acid regulates polyamine biosynthesis during drought responses in oat. Plant Signaling & Behavior 14(10): e1651183