PERSONNEL

STAFF RESEARCHERS
Dr. F. Javier Romera

Dr. F. Javier Romera

Full professor
Department of Agronomy
ag1roruf@uco.es
+34 957 218572
Dr. Rafael Pérez Vicente

Dr. Rafael Pérez Vicente

Full professor
Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology
bv1pevir@uco.es
+34 957 218390
Dr. José Ramos

Dr. José Ramos

Full professor
Department of Agronomy
mi1raruj@uco.es
+34 957 212527
POST-DOCTORAL
Dr. Carlos Lucena León

Dr. Carlos Lucena León

Post-Doctoral Researcher
Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology
b42lulec@uco.es
+34 957 218488
Dr. María José García del Rosal

Dr. María José García del Rosal

Post-Doctoral Researcher
Department of Agronomy
DAUCO-María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence
b92gadem@uco.es
+34 957 218488
PhD STUDENT
Jesús Sevillano Caño

Jesús Sevillano Caño

Student
Agronomy department
o42secaj@uco.es
+34 957 218488
TECHNICIANS
Inmaculada Montilla Teruel

Inmaculada Montilla Teruel

pg3motei@uco.es
+34 957 218488

Publications

ORIGINAL PAPERS

Jesús Sevillano-Caño,María José García, Clara Córdoba-Galván, Carmen Luque-Cruz, Carlos Agustí-Brisach, Carlos Lucena, José Ramos, Rafael Pérez-Vicente and Francisco Javier Romera (2024). Exploring the Role of Debaryomyces hansenii as Biofertilizer in Iron-Deficient Environments to Enhance Plant Nutrition and Crop Production Sustainability .
International Journal of Molecular science.  25, 5729
DOI: 10.3390/ijms25115729

Jorge Núñez-Cano, Francisco J. Romera, Pilar Prieto, María J. García, Jesús Sevillano-Caño, Carlos Agustí-Brisach, Rafael Pérez-Vicente, José Ramos and Carlos Lucena (2023). Effect of the Nonpathogenic Strain Fusarium oxysporum FO12 on Fe Acquisition in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Plants.
Plants, 12
DOI 10.3390/plants12173145

Miguel A. Aparicio, Carlos Lucena, María J. García, Francisco J. Ruiz‑Castilla, Pablo Jiménez‑Adrián, Manuel S. López‑Berges, Pilar Prieto, Esteban Alcántara, Rafael Pérez‑Vicente, José Ramos, Francisco J. Romera (2023). The nonpathogenic strain of Fusarium oxysporum FO12 induces Fe defciency responses in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants.
Planta. 257:50
DOI:10.1007/s00425-023-04079-2

Lucena, C.; Alcalá‐Jiménez, M.T.; Romera, F.J.; Ramos, J. (2021) Several Yeast Species Induce Iron Deficiency Responses in Cucumber Plants (Cucumis sativus L.)
Microorganisms. 9, 2603.
DOI:10.3390/microorganisms9122603

 

REVIEWS

2019

Romera FJ, García MJ, Lucena C, Martínez-Medina A, Aparicio MA, Ramos J, Alcántara E, Angulo M, Pérez-Vicente R (2019) Induced systemic resistance (ISR) and Fe deficiency responses in dicot plants. Frontiers in Plant Science (in press).
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00287

TABLES

We encourage authors with papers relating ISR and Fe nutrition in dicot plants to send them to us (q72cofui@uco.es) to be included in  the following tables.

Table 1 - Rhizobacteria

Microbial species that induce Fe deficiency responses when applied to dicot plants
Microbial
species		StrainISRPlant speciesMode of applicationSignalsFe def. resp.Fe genesFe, GrowthRefs
Azospirillum brasilenseYesSolanum lycopersicumgm(a)ET AuxinRoot hairsndGPii et al .2014
Azospirillum brasilenseYesCucumis sativusFCR, pHFRO1, HA1FePii et al. 2016
Azospirillum brasilenseYesCucumis sativusgm(ns)ndFCR, pHFIT, FRO1,
IRT1, HA1		FeZhou et al. 2016
Azospirillum brasilenseYesCucumis sativusFRO3Marastoni et al. 2019
Bacillus amyloliquefaciensBF06Arabidopsis thalianaGWang et al. 2017
Bacillus subtilisGB03Arabidopsis thalianagm(a)VOCsFCR, pHFIT, FRO2, IRT1FeZhang et al. 2009
Burkholderia cepaciaJFW16Astragalus sinicuspHFe, GZhou et al. 2018
Pantoea eucalyptiM91Lotus japonicusFCR, pHFRO1, IRT1Campestre et al. 2016
Pseudomonas simiaeWCS417rArabidopsis thalianagm(a)VOCs
Auxin NO		FCR phenolicsFIT, FRO2,
bHLH38, bHLH39,
IRT1, F6’H1,
MYB72, BGLU42,
ABCG37		Zamioudis et al. 2015

Table 1 - Rhizofungi

Microbial species that induce Fe deficiency responses when applied to dicot plants
Microbial
species		StrainISRPlant speciesMode of
application		SignalsFe def.
resp.		Fe genesFe,
Growth		Refs
Arbuscular MycorrhizalHelianthus annuusFCRFRO1, IRT1
FeKabir et al. 2020
Arbuscular MycorrhizalMedicago sativaFCRFRO1Fe, GRahman et al. 2020
Debaromyces hanseniiCucumis sativusriFCR, pH,
root hairs
HA1, IRT1Lucena et al. 2021
Hansenula polymorphaCucumis sativusriFCR, pH,
root hairs
HA1, IRT1Lucena et al. 2021
Phomopsis liquidambarisArachis hypogaea L.Ethylene,
Auxin		FCR, pH
AHA4, IRT1,
H+ATPase		Fe, GDu et al. 2022
Trichoderma
asperellum 		Cucumis
sativus		gm(s)ndFCRndFe, GZhang et al. 2007
Trichoderma
harzianum
Solanum
lycopersicum		ri(a)VOCs FCR,
root hairs		FRO1, IRT1, FERndLópez et al. 2009

ISR: Induced Systemic Resistance; Mode of application of the microbes (gm: application to the growth medium; ri: root immersion; a: agar; ns: nutrient solution; s: soil); Signals: elicitors and hormones involved; Fe def. resp.: Fe deficiency responses; FCR: ferric chelate reductase activity; pH: acidification; Fe genes: Fe acquisition genes; Fe: increased shoot Fe concentration; G: increased shoot growth; nd: not determined.

 

Table 2 - Rhizobacteria

Microbial species that improve Fe nutrition when applied to dicot plants grown in calcareous soils (or in artificial calcareous soils)
Microbial
species		StrainISRPlant speciesMode of
application		Fe def.
resp.		Fe, GrowthRefs
Agrobacterium sp.??Pyrus communisiFCR
Organic acids		FeIpek et al. 2017
Bacillus
subtilis		Manihot esculentari ndFe, G Freitas et al. 2015
Paenibacillus
polymixa		BFKC01YesArabidopsis thalianari pHFeZhou et al. 2016a
Pseudomonas spp./
Rhizobium leguminosarum-PR1		Lens culinaris L.Fe, GMishra et al. 2011

Table 2 - Rhizofungi

Microbial species that improve Fe nutrition when applied to dicot plants grown in calcareous soils (or in artificial calcareous soils)
Microbial
species		StrainISRPlant speciesMode of
application		Fe def.
resp.		Fe, GrowthRefs
Trichoderma
asperellum		Lupinus albuss&ri ndFede Santiago et al. 2009
Trichoderma
asperellum
Cucumis sativusri ndFede Santiago et al. 2013

ISR: Induced Systemic Resistance; Mode of application of the microbes (s: soil application; i: through the irrigation system; ri: root immersion); Fe def. resp.: Fe deficiency responses; FCR: ferric chelate reductase activity; pH: acidification; Fe: increased shoot Fe concentration; G: increased shoot growth; nd: not determined.

Contact

Francisco Javier Romera*
Esteban Alcántara

Department of Agronomy
Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario CeiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Celestino Mutis,  14071 Córdoba, Spain.
Phone*: +34 957218572
E-mail*: ag1roruf@uco.es

Rafael Pérez-Vicente*
María José García
Carlos Lucena

Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology
Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario CeiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Celestino Mutis, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.
Phone*: +34 957218390
E-mail*: bv1pevir@uco.es

José Ramos*
Miguel Ángel Aparicio

Department of Microbiology
Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario CeiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Severo Ochoa, 14071 Córdoba, Spain..
Phone*: +34 927212527
E-mail*: mi1raruj@uco.es