Javier Rodrigo HORTOFRUTICULTURA CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA AGROALIMENTARIA DE ARAGÓN (CITA) Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Javier Rodrigo My research program focuses on reproductive biology of tree-crop species, including flower differentiation, the phase from pollination to fertilization, and the onset or fruiting. My major goal is to elucidate basic biological factors that impact on current questions and problems in fruit production and cultivar improvement. My investigations emphasize the application of cytological, histochemical, physiological and morphological methods to explore critical events in the reproductive cycle including: flower initiation and development, reserves metabolism and flower development, pollen behaviour, pollination requirements, pollen-pistil interaction, cellular responses to environmental stresses, ovule viability, and the factors involved in fruit set and fruit development. Publications Anther and Pollen Development in Sweet Cherry (Prunus Avium L.) in Relation to Winter Dormancy Protoplasma. Nov, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30506265 Identification of Self-Incompatibility Alleles by Specific PCR Analysis and Sequencing in Apricot International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Nov, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30445779 Optimizing Production in the New Generation of Apricot Cultivars: Self-incompatibility, Allele Identification, and Incompatibility Group Assignment Frontiers in Plant Science. Month, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29755489 Establishing Pollination Requirements in Japanese Plum by Phenological Monitoring, Hand Pollinations, Fluorescence Microscopy and Molecular Genotyping Brenda I. Guerrero1,2, Ma. Engracia Guerra3, Javier Rodrigo1,2 1Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), 2(CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2, 3Departamento de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura (CICYTEX), Instituto de Investigaciones Agrarias Finca La Orden JoVE 61897 Developmental Biology Determination of Self- and Inter-(in)compatibility Relationships in Apricot Combining Hand-Pollination, Microscopy and Genetic Analyses Sara Herrera1,2, Jorge Lora3, José I. Hormaza3, Javier Rodrigo1,2 1Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), 2Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), 3Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora (IHSM La Mayora-UMA-CSIC) JoVE 60241 Developmental Biology Combining Histochemical Staining and Image Analysis to Quantify Starch in the Ovary Primordia of Sweet Cherry during Winter Dormancy Erica Fadon1, Javier Rodrigo1 1Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón JoVE 58524 Developmental Biology
Establishing Pollination Requirements in Japanese Plum by Phenological Monitoring, Hand Pollinations, Fluorescence Microscopy and Molecular Genotyping Brenda I. Guerrero1,2, Ma. Engracia Guerra3, Javier Rodrigo1,2 1Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), 2(CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2, 3Departamento de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura (CICYTEX), Instituto de Investigaciones Agrarias Finca La Orden JoVE 61897 Developmental Biology
Determination of Self- and Inter-(in)compatibility Relationships in Apricot Combining Hand-Pollination, Microscopy and Genetic Analyses Sara Herrera1,2, Jorge Lora3, José I. Hormaza3, Javier Rodrigo1,2 1Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), 2Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), 3Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora (IHSM La Mayora-UMA-CSIC) JoVE 60241 Developmental Biology
Combining Histochemical Staining and Image Analysis to Quantify Starch in the Ovary Primordia of Sweet Cherry during Winter Dormancy Erica Fadon1, Javier Rodrigo1 1Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón JoVE 58524 Developmental Biology