• Breeding effects on canopy light attenuation in maize: a retrospective and prospective analysis 

      Lacasa, Josefina; Ciampitti, Ignacio A.; Amas, Juan Ignacio; Curín, Facundo; Luque, Sergio F.; Otegui, María Elena (Oxford University Press, 2022-03)
      The light attenuation process within a plant canopy defines energy capture and vertical distribution of light and nitrogen (N). The vertical light distribution can be quantitatively described with the extinction coefficient ...
    • Field-grown transgenic wheat expressing the sunflower gene HaHB4 significantly outyields the wild type 

      Gonzalez, Fernanda Gabriela; Capella, Matías; Ribichich, Karina Fabiana; Curín, Facundo; Giacomelli, Jorge Ignacio; Ayala, Francisco; Watson, Gerónimo; Otegui, María Elena; Lía Chan, Raquel (2019-02)
      HaHB4 is a sunflower transcription factor belonging to the homeodomain-leucine zipper I family whose ectopic expression in Arabidopsis triggers drought tolerance. The use of PCR to clone the HaHB4 coding sequence for wheat ...