Group
Plant Ecophysiology and Irrigation
ECOVER
Description
At the ECOVER research group, we focus on studying physiological processes associated with plant responses to water deficit, ranging from growth and production to plant mortality. After analyzing these processes, we evaluate their application to agronomic and forestry systems. The knowledge generated, combined with the use of models for integration of different processes and the application of technologies for continuous monitoring of variables, allows us to address specific questions related to optimizing irrigation, growth and development, identification of drought-resistant species and varieties, and processes plant mortality.
Our ECOVER group is composed of 9 doctors, 1 technician and a variable number of predoctoral researchers, in addition to various hired personnel and individuals completing their master’s or bachelor’s theses. We maintain national and international collaborations with research groups, universities, research centers, dissemination and transfer centers, and industry companies.
Objectives
Understanding plant responses to water deficit and identifying the involved mechanisms allow us to address a wide variety of objectives. From an agronomic perspective, we develop and improve irrigation strategies to optimize water use in agriculture, as well as water stress indicators and decision support systems for irrigation scheduling. From a forestry approach, we identify physiological traits and processes crucial for plant growth and survival under water scarcity conditions. The results obtained allow us to implement models that integrate these physiological processes and improve the interpretation of sensors installed on plants, facilitating the study of their responses to various climate change scenarios.
Our main lines of work are:
- Regulation of gas exchange in response to soil and atmospheric water deficit (Antonio Díaz Espejo and Celia M. Rodríguez Domínguez).
We study the mechanisms of stomatal conductance regulation which largely determines water and carbon fluxes in leaves, occurring at the first phase of the plant response to water deficit. Understanding the regulation of gas exchange requires integrating hydraulic and photosynthetic capacity, the parameters defining water relations, and the role of phytohormones such as ABA. This leads us to study which components of the hydraulic system play a more relevant role in stomatal regulation, considering not only plant-related factors but also soil-root and leaf-atmosphere interfaces. Our approach helps us understand, for example, the impact of deficit and localized irrigation on plant production, as well as differences between crops and varieties, contributing to explaining plant growth, competition, adaptation, and acclimation phenomena.
- Analysis of the main limitations of plant growth: turgor and photosynthesis (Virginia Hernández Santana)
We use sensors and mechanistic models to discern the relative importance of factors limiting plant growth under water deficit conditions. We compare the importance of photosynthesis with turgor. We develop novel methods for automatic and simple measurement of photosynthesis and turgor. We analyze how the physiological and anatomical traits of different species determine their functioning under water deficit conditions concerning carbon and water fluxes.
- Hydraulic functionality and mechanisms of resistance and survival to water deficit (José Manuel Torres Ruiz)
We study plant responses to conditions causing water stress in both forest-relevant and agronomically important species. Our focus is particularly on understanding variations in the hydraulic functionality, especially regarding the risk of cavitation, and analyzing physiological processes related to decline and mortality associated with water scarcity. We work on characterizing and describing the most relevant physiological traits for plant survival, determining the temporal evolution of processes such as cavitation rate or the risk of hydraulic failure. The results of our studies allow us to accurately assess the impact of climate change on the dynamics and behavior of both crops and vegetation in various ecosystems.
- Deficit and precision irrigation in digitalized farms (José-Enrique Fernández)
We develop deficit irrigation strategies that enable sustainable intensive agriculture. We identify water stress indicators for application in the irrigation scheduling of digitalized farms, suitable for precision irrigation. We work with conventional indicators (water potential and stomatal conductance) and automatic ones (sap flow, trunk diameter variation, leaf turgor pressure). We develop algorithms for interpreting the information necessary for irrigation scheduling and applications for simple and effective transmission of information to farmers. This includes the development of decision support systems, IoT, artificial intelligence, mobile applications, and other techniques related to the digitization of water use in digital agriculture.
Components
José Enrique Fernández Luque
Research Professor at CSIC
Doctor of Agricultural Engineering
Group leader
Director of IRNAS
jefer[AT]irnase.csic.es
Rafael Romero Vicente
Higher Degree in Technical and Professional Activities
PhD in Systems Engineering and Automation
rafaelromero[AT]irnas.csic.es
Antonio Montero de Espinosa Marín
Graduate in Technical and Professional Activities
agricultural engineer
amontero[AT]irnase.csic.es
María Victoria Cuevas Sánchez
Graduate in Technical and Professional Activities
PhD in Biology
mvcuevas[AT]irnase.csic.es
Jaime Sebastian Azcona
Postdoctoral researcher
PhD in forest ecology and management
jsebastian[AT]irnas.csic.es
Useful links on the group’s activities
Video presentation of the ECOVER group.
Presentation of the Plant Ecophysiology Service
Report on the programme “Tierra y Mar” on Canal Sur (26/11/2023)
https://www.canalsurmas.es/videos/99314-espacio-protegido-septiembre-diciembre-2023-05112023/
Report on the programme “Espacio Protegido” on Canal Sur (05/11/2023)
https://www.canalsurmas.es/videos/106839-tierra-y-mar-septiembre-diciembre-2023-26112023/
Report on the programme #EnRed de Canal Sur to explain the Watchplant Project.
Report on the programme Tierra y Mar on Canal Sur. “Smart irrigation for more efficient crops”. Audio-written and interpreted in LSE.
Video about the group’s activity in the Recupera 2020 Project. Irrigation scheduling techniques are explained.
Report in “Cuaderno Agrario”, programme 199, entitled Finaliza el proyecto CIT del Grupo de Innovación liderado por ASAJA-Sevilla, on the use of a thermographic camera for precision irrigation. Published on 8 June 2020. (Go to minute 29.30)
Information the group developed for the International Society of Horticultural Sciences Working Group on Sap Flow, of which Dr Fernández was Chair between 2008 and 2017.
www.ishs.org/sap-flow/ishs-working-group-sap-flow-online-resources
Publications
Torres-Ruiz JM, Cochard H, Delzon S, Boivin T, Burlett R, Cailleret M, Corso D, Delmas CEL, De Caceres M, Diaz-Espejo A, Fernández-Conradi P, Guillemot J, Lamarque LJ, Limousin JM, Mantova M, Mencuccini M, Morin X, Pimont F, Resco De Dios V, Ruffault J, Trueba S & Martin-StPaul NK. 2024. Plant hydraulics at the heart of plant, crops and ecosystem functions in the face of climate change. New Phytologist – Tansley Review 241, 984-999. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19463.
Pichaco, J., Manandhar, A., & McAdam, S. A. M. (2024). Mechanical advantage makes stomatal opening speed a function of evaporative demand. Plant Physiology, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae023
Marta Lucas, Diaz-Espejo A, David Romero-Jimeneza, Procopio Peinado-Torrubia, Alba Delgado-Vaquero, Rosario Álvarez, José M. Colmenero-Floresa, Miguel A. Rosales. 2023. Chloride reduces plant nitrate requirement and alleviates low nitrogen stress symptoms. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 212; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108717
De la Rosa JM, Campos P, Diaz-Espejo A. 2022. Soil Biochar Application: Assessment of the Effects on Soil Water Properties, Plant Physiological Status, and Yield of Super-Intensive Olive Groves under Controlled Irrigation Conditions. Agronomy 2022, 12(10), 2321; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102321
Fernández, J.E. 2023. Editorial note on terms for crop evapotranspiration, water use efficiency and water productivity. Agricultural Water Management 289, 108548.
Gutiérrez-Gordillo, S., Pérez-González, J.M., Sancho-Galán, P., Amores-Arrocha, A., Palacios, V., Jiménez-Cantizano, A. Physiological, Enological and Agronomic Characterization of Pedro Ximénez Grapevine Cultivar under Organic Farming in a Warm Climate Zone. Agronomy 2023, 13, 1732. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13071732
Gutiérrez-Gordillo, S., García-Tejero, I.F., Durán Zuazo, V.H., Diaz-Espejo, A., Hernandez-Santana, V. The effect of nut growth limitation on triose phosphate utilization and downregulation of photosynthesis in almond, Tree Physiology, Volume 43, Issue 2, February 2023, Pages 288–300, https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpac122
Mantova M., Cochard H., Burlett R., Delzon S., King A., Rodriguez‐Dominguez C.M., … Torres‐Ruiz J.M. (2023) On the path from xylem hydraulic failure to downstream cell death. New Phytologist 237, 793–806. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.18578
Hernandez-Santana V., Rodriguez-Dominguez C.M., Sebastian-Azcona J., Perez-Romero L.F. & Diaz-Espejo A. (2023) Role of hydraulic traits in stomatal regulation of transpiration under different vapour pressure deficits across five Mediterranean tree crops. Journal of Experimental Botany 74, 4597–4612. https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/74/15/4597/7146537
Liu J., Li D., Fernández J.E., Coleman M, Hu W., Di N., Zou S., Liu Y., Xi B., Clothier B. 2022. Variations in water-balance components and carbon stocks in poplar plantations with differing water inputs over a whole rotation: implications for sustainable forest management under climate change. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 320, 108958.
Giovannini, A., Venturi, M., Gutiérrez-Gordillo, S., Manfrini, L., Corelli-Grappadelli, L., Morandi, B. Vascular and Transpiration Flows Affecting Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Fruit Growth. Agronomy 2022, 12, 989. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12050989
Rodriguez‐Dominguez C.M., Forner A., Martorell S., Choat B., Lopez R., Peters J.M.R., … Sack L. (2022) Leaf water potential measurements using the pressure chamber: Synthetic testing of assumptions towards best practices for precision and accuracy. Plant, Cell & Environment 45, 2037–2061. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.14330
Gauthey A., Peters J.M.R., Lòpez R., Carins‐Murphy M.R., Rodriguez‐Dominguez C.M., Tissue D.T., … Choat B. (2022) Mechanisms of xylem hydraulic recovery after drought in Eucalyptus saligna . Plant, Cell & Environment, 1–13. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.14265
Duddek P., Carminati A., Koebernick N., Ohmann L., Lovric G., Delzon S., Rodriguez-Dominguez C.M., King A., Ahmed M.A. (2022) The impact of drought-induced root and root hair shrinkage on root–soil contact. Plant Physiology 189, 1232–1236. https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/189/3/1232/6553680
B., Xi, Clothier, B., Duan. J., Coleman, M., Hu, W., Li, D-. Di, N., Liu, Y., Fu, J., Li, J., Jia, L., Fernández, J.E. 2021. Irrigation management in poplar plantations: A review. Forest Ecology and Management 494 (2021) 119330
Fernandes R. D. M., Egea G., Hernandez-Santana V., Diaz-Espejo A., Fernández J.E., Perez-Martin A., Cuevas M.V. 2021. Response of vegetative and fruit growth to the soil volume wetted by irrigation in a super-high-density olive orchard. Agricultural Water Management, 258, 107197.
Gutiérrez-Gordillo, S., de la Gala González-Santiago, J., Trigo-Córdoba, E., Rubio-Casal, A.E., García-Tejero, I.F., Egea, G. Monitoring of Emerging Water Stress Situations by Thermal and Vegetation Indices in Different Almond Cultivars. Agronomy 2021, 11, 1419. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11071419
Brodribb T., Brodersen C.R., Carriqui M., Tonet V., Rodriguez Dominguez C. & McAdam S. (2021) Linking xylem network failure with leaf tissue death. New Phytologist 232, 68–79. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.17577
Li, D., Fernández, J.E., Li X., Xi, B., Jia, L., Hernandez-Santana, V., 2020. Tree growth patterns and diagnosis of water status based on trunk diameter fluctuations in fast-growing Populus tomentosa plantations. Agricultural Water Management 241, 106348
J.E. Fernández, F. Alcon, A. Diaz-Espejo, V. Hernandez-Santana, M.V. Cuevas. 2020. Water use indicators and economic analysis for on-farm irrigation decision: A case study of a super high density olive tree orchard. Agricultural Water Management 237, 106074.
J.E. Fernández, A. Diaz-Espejo, J.M. Martínez-Rivas, W. Moreda. 2020. Editorial: Proceedings of the Olivebioteq 2018 – Olive Management, Biotechnology and Authenticity of Olive Products. Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 11, Article 860. 3 pp. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00860
C.M. Rodriguez-Dominguez & T.J. Brodribb, 2020. Declining root water transport drives stomatal closure in olive under moderate water stress. New Phytologist, 225: 126 – 134.
Gauthey, J.M.R. Peters, M.R. Carins-Murphy, C.M. Rodriguez-Dominguez, X. Li, S. Delzon, A. King, R. López, B.E. Medlyn, D.T. Tissue, T.J. Brodribb & B. Choat., 2020. Visual and hydraulic techniques produce similar estimates of cavitation resistance in woody species. New Phytologist, 228: 884 – 897.
Gutiérrez-Gordillo, S.; García-Tejero, I. F.; Durán Zuazo, V.H.; García Escalera, A.; Ferrera Gil, F.; Amores-Agüera, J.; Cárceles Rodríguez, B.; Hernández-Santana, V., 2020. Assessing the Water-Stress Baselines by Thermal Imaging for Irrigation Management in Almond Plantations under Water Scarcity Conditions. Water 12 (5): 1298.
Gutiérrez-Gordillo, S.; Durán Zuazo, V.H.; Hernández-Santana, V.; Ferrera Gil, F.; García Escalera, A.; Amores-Agüera, J.J.; García-Tejero, I.F., 2020. Cultivar Dependent Impact on Yield and Its Components of Young Almond Trees under Sustained-Deficit Irrigation in Semi-Arid Environments. Agronomy, 10, 733.
Sinacore, K., Asbjornsen, H., Hernandez-Santana, V., Hall, J.S., 2020. Differential and dynamic water regulation responses to El Niño for monospecific and mixed species planted forests. Ecohydrology 13, e2238.
Hernandez-Santana, P. Diaz-Rueda, A. Diaz-Espejo, M.D. Raya-Sereno, S. Gutiérrez-Gordillo, A. Montero, A. Perez-Martin, J.M. Colmenero-Flores & C.M. Rodriguez-Dominguez., 2019. Hydraulic traits emerge as relevant determinants of growth patterns in wild olive genotypes under water stress. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 1 – 15.
Rodriguez Dominguez, C.M., Hernandez-Santana, V., Buckley T.N., Fernández, J.E., Diaz-Espejo, A. 2019. Sensitivity of olive leaf turgor to air vapour pressure deficit correlates with diurnal maximum stomatal conductance. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 272-273, 156-165.
T.J. Brodribb, H. Cochard & C.M. Rodriguez-Dominguez., 2019. Measuring the pulse of trees; using the vascular system to predict tree mortality in the 21st century. Conservation Physiology, 7: 1 – 7.
Sinacore, K., Asbjornsen, H., Hernandez-Santana, V., Hall, J.S. 2019. Drought differentially affects growth, transpiration, and water use efficiency of mixed and monospecific planted forests. Forests, 10, 153
C.M. Rodriguez-Dominguez, M.R. Carins Murphy, C. Lucani & T.J. Brodribb., 2018. Mapping xylem failure in disparate organs of whole plants reveals extreme resistance in olive roots. New Phytologist, 218: 1025 – 1035.
Ferreira, I.M., Green, S.R., Conceinçao. N., J.E. Fernández. 2018. Assessing hydraulic redistribution with the compensated average gradient heat-pulse method on rain-fed olive trees. Plant and Soil, 425:21–4.
C.M. Padilla-Díaz, C.M. Rodriguez-Dominguez, V. Hernandez-Santana, A. Perez-Martin, R.D.M. Fernandes, A. Montero, J.M. García, J.E. Fernández. 2018. Water status, gas exchange and crop performance in a super high density olive orchard under deficit irrigation scheduled from leaf turgor measurements. Agricultural Water Management 202: 241-252.
Hernandez-Santana, V., Fernandes, R.D.M., Perez-Arcoiza, A., Fernández, J.E., Garcia, J.M, Diaz-Espejo, A. 2018. Relationships between fruit growth and oil accumulation with simulated seasonal dynamics of leaf gas exchange in the olive tree. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 256-257: 458-469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.03.019
Hernández, M.L., Velázquez-Palmero, D., Sicardo, M.D., Fernández, J.E., Diaz-Espejo, A., Martínez-Rivas, J.M. 2018. Effect of a regulated deficit irrigation strategy in a hedgerow ‘Arbequina’ olive orchard on the mesocarp fatty acid composition and desaturase gene expression with respect to olive oil quality. Agricultural Water Management, 204 (2018) 100-106.
Fernandes, R.D.M., Cuevas, M.V., Diaz-Espejo, A., Hernandez-Santana, V. 2018. Effects of water stress on fruit growth and water relations between fruits and leaves in a hedgerow olive orchard. Agricultural and Water Management, 210, 32-40
García, J.M., Morales-Sillero, A., Pérez-Rubio, A.G., Diaz-Espejo, A., Montero, A., Fernández, J.E. 2017. Virgin olive oil quality of hedgerow ‘Arbequina’ olive trees under deficit irrigation. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 2017, 97(3):1018-1026
Egea, G.; Padilla-Díaz, C.M.; Martinez-Guanter, J.; Fernández, J.E.; Pérez-Ruiz, M. 2017.
Assessing a crop water stress index derived from aerial thermal imaging and infrared thermometry in super-high density olive orchards
Agricultural Water Management; vol: 187 ; Páginas: 210 – 221
García-Tejero, I.F.; Hernández, A.; Padilla-Díaz, C.M.; Diaz-Espejo, A.; Fernández, J.E. 2017.
Assessing plant water status in a hedgerow olive orchard from thermography at plant level
Agricultural Water Management; vol: 188 ; Páginas: 50 – 60
Fernandes, R.D.M.; Cuevas, M.V.; Hernandez-Santana, V.; Rodriguez-Dominguez, C.M.; Padilla-Díaz, C.M.; Fernández, J.E. 2017.
Classification models for automatic identification of daily states from leaf turgor related measurements in olive
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture; vol: 142 ; Páginas: 181 – 189
Eduardo Fernández-Pascual; Adrián Pérez-Arcoiza; José Alberto Prieto; Tomás E. Díaz 2017.
Environmental filtering drives the shape and breadth of the seed germination niche in coastal plant communities
Annals of Botany; vol: 119 ; Páginas: 1169 – 1177
Egea G.; Fernández J.E.; Alcon F. 2017.
Financial assessment of adopting irrigation technology for plant-based regulated deficit irrigation scheduling in super high-density olive orchards
Agricultural Water Management; vol: 187 ; Páginas: 47 – 56
Hernandez-Santana, V.; Fernández, J.E.; Cuevas, M.V.; Perez-Martin, A.; Diaz-Espejo, A. 2017.
Photosynthetic limitations by water deficit: Effect on fruit and olive oil yield, leaf area and trunk diameter and its potential use to control vegetative growth of super-high density olive orchards
Agricultural Water Management; vol: 184 ; Páginas: 9 – 18
Torres-Ruiz, J.M.; Cochard, H.; Choat, B.; Jansen, S.; López, R.; Tomášková, I.; Padilla-Díaz, C.M.; Badel, E.; Burlett, R.; King, A.; Lenoir, N.; Martin-StPaul, N.K.; Delzon, S. 2017.
Xylem resistance to embolism: presenting a simple diagnostic test for the open vessel artefact
New Phytologist; vol: 215 ; Páginas: 489 – 499
Fernández-Boyano, M.; Tabernero- Pérez, D.; Alonso-Herrero, S.; Pérez-Álvarez, J.M.; Blanco-Velázquez, F.J.; Anaya-Romero, M.; Fernández-Luque, J.E. 2016.
Developing the prototype AndaLAND for agriculture soil and water assessment in climate change scenarios
Spanish Journal of Soil Science; vol: 6 ; Páginas: 21 – 25
Molina, A.J.; Aranda, X.; Carta, G.; Llorens, P.; Romero, R.; Savé, R.; Biel, C. 2016.
Effect of irrigation on sap flux density variability and water use estimate in cherry (Prunus avium) for timber production: Azimuthal profile, radial profile and sapwood estimation
Agricultural Water Management; vol: 164 ; Páginas: 118 – 126
Koenig, W.D.; Alejano, R.; Carbonero, M.D.; Fernández-Rebollo, P.; Knops, J.M.H.; Marañón, T.; Padilla-Díaz, C.M.; Pearse, I.S.; Pérez-Ramos, I.M.; Vázquez-Piqué, J.; Pesendorfer, M.B. 2016.
Is the relationship between mast-seeding and weather in oaks related to their life-history or phylogeny?
Ecology; vol: 97 ; Páginas: 2603 – 2615
Peguero-Pina JJ; Sisó S; Sancho-Knapik D; Diaz-Espejo A; Flexas J; Galmés J; Gil-Pelegrín E. 2016.
Leaf morphological and physiological adaptations of a deciduous oak (Quercus faginea Lam.) to the Mediterranean climate: a comparison with a closely related temperate species (Quercus robur L.)
Tree Physiology; vol: 36 ; Páginas: 287 – 299
Flexas, J; Diaz-Espejo, A; Conesa, M; Coopman, R; Douthe, C; Gago, J; Gallé, A; Galmes, J; Medrano, H; Ribas-Carbo, M; Tomás, M; Niinemets, Ü. 2016.
Mesophyll conductance to CO2 and Rubisco as targets for improving intrinsic water use efficiency in C3 plants.
Plant, Cell and Environment; vol: 39 ; Páginas: 965 – 982
Rodriguez-Dominguez, C.M.; Buckley, T.N.; Egea, G.; de Cires, A.; Hernandez-Santana, V.; Martorell, S.; Diaz-Espejo, A. 2016.
Most stomatal closure in woody species under moderate drought can be explained by stomatal responses to leaf turgor
Plant, Cell and Environment; vol: 39 ; Páginas: 2014 – 2026
Hernandez-Santana, Virginia; Rodriguez-Dominguez, Celia M.; Fernández, J. Enrique; Diaz-Espejo, Antonio 2016.
Role of leaf hydraulic conductance in the regulation of stomatal conductance in almond and olive in response to water stress
Tree Physiology; vol: 26 ; Páginas: 725 – 735
Padilla-Díaz C.M.; Rodriguez-Dominguez C.M.; Hernandez-Santana V.; Perez-Martin A.; Fernández J.E. 2016.
Scheduling regulated deficit irrigation in a hedgerow olive orchard from leaf turgor pressure related measurements
Agricultural Water Management; vol: 164 ; Páginas: 28 – 37
Egea G.; Diaz-Espejo A.; Fernández J.E. 2016.
Soil moisture dynamics in a hedgerow olive orchard under well-watered and deficit irrigation regimes: assessment, prediction and scenario analysis.
Agricultural Water Management; vol: 164 ; Páginas: 197 – 211
V. Hernandez-Santana; J.E. Fernández; C.M. Rodriguez-Dominguez; R. Romero; A. Diaz-Espejo 2016.
The dynamics of radial sap flux density reflects changes in stomatal conductance in response to soil and air water deficit.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; vol: 218-219 ; Páginas: 92 – 101
Naranjo B; Diaz-Espejo A; Lindahl M; Cejudo FJ 2016.
Type-f thioredoxins have a role in the short-term activation of carbon metabolism and their loss affects growth under short-day conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Journal of Experimental Botany; vol: 67 ; Páginas: 1951 – 1964
García, J.M.; Morales-Sillero, A.; Pérez-Rubio, A.G.; Diaz-Espejo, A.; Montero, A.; Fernández, J.E. 2016.
Virgin olive oil quality of hedgerow Arbequina olive trees under deficit irrigation
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture; vol: 97 ; Páginas: 1018 – 1026
Salmon, Y.; Torres-Ruiz, J.M.; Poyatos, R.; Martinez-Vilalta, J.; Meir, P.; Cochard, H.; Mencuccini, M. 2015.
Balancing the risks of hydraulic failure and carbon starvation: A twig scale analysis in declining Scots pine
Plant, Cell and Environment; vol: 38 ; Páginas: 2575 – 2588
Mateos-Naranjo, E.; Mesa, J.; Pajuelo, E.; Perez-Martin, A.; Caviedes, M.A.; Rodríguez-Llorente, I.D. 2015.
Deciphering the role of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in the tolerance of the invasive cordgrass Spartina densiflora to physicochemical properties of salt-marsh soils
Plant and Soil; vol: 394 ; Páginas: 45 – 55
Martorell, S.; Diaz-Espejo, A.; Tomàs, M.; Pou, A.; El Aou-ouad, H.; Escalona, J.M.; Vadell, J.; Ribas-Carbó, M.; Flexas, J.; Medrano, H. 2015.
Differences in water-use-efficiency between two Vitis vinifera cultivars (Grenache and Tempranillo) explained by the combined response of stomata to hydraulic and chemical signals during water stress
Agricultural Water Management; vol: 156 ; Páginas: 1 – 9
Elsayed-Farag, S.; Melgar, J.C. 2015.
Efficiency of tree-based water status indicators at the onset of water deficit in citrus
Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology; vol: 56 ; Páginas: 305 – 309
Pérez-Ramos, I. M.; Padilla-Díaz, C.M.; Koenig, W. D.; Marañón, T. 2015.
Environmental drivers of mast-seeding in Mediterranean oak species: does leaf habit matter?
Journal of Ecology; vol: 103 ; Páginas: 691 – 700
Girón, I.F.; Corell, M.; Martín-Palomo, M.J.; Galindo, A.; Torrecillas, A.; Moreno, F.; Moriana, A. 2015.
Feasibility of trunk diameter fluctuations in the scheduling of regulated deficit irrigation for table olive trees without reference trees
Agricultural Water Management; vol: 161 ; Páginas: 114 – 126
Flexas, J.; Diaz-Espejo, A. 2015.
Interspecific differences in temperature response of mesophyll conductance: Food for thought on its origin and regulation
Plant, Cell and Environment; vol: 38 ; Páginas: 625 – 628
Buckley, T.N.; Diaz-Espejo, A. 2015.
Partitioning changes in photosynthetic rate into contributions from different variables
Plant, Cell and Environment; vol: 38 ; Páginas: 1200 – 1211
Martorell, S.; Medrano, H.; Tomàs, M.; Escalona, J.M.; Flexas, J.; Diaz-Espejo, A. 2015.
Plasticity of vulnerability to leaf hydraulic dysfunction during acclimation to drought in grapevines: An osmotic-mediated process
Physiologia Plantarum; vol: 153 ; Páginas: 381 – 391
Torres-Ruiz, J.M.; Diaz-Espejo, A.; Perez-Martin, A.; Hernandez-Santana, V. 2015.
Role of hydraulic and chemical signals in leaves, stems and roots in the stomatal behaviour of olive trees under water stress and recovery conditions
Tree Physiology; vol: 35 ; Páginas: 415 – 424
Hernandez-Santana, V.; Hernandez-Hernandez, A.; Vadeboncoeur, M.A.; Asbjornsen, H. 2015.
Scaling from single-point sap velocity measurements to stand transpiration in a multispecies deciduous forest: Uncertainty sources, stand structure effect, and future scenarios
Canadian Journal of Forest Research; vol: 45 ; Páginas: 1489 – 1497
Thomas N. Buckley; Sebastia Martorell; Antonio Diaz-Espejo; Magdalena Tomàs; Hipólito Medrano 2014.
Is stomatal conductance optimized over both time and space in plant crowns? A field test in grapevine (Vitis vinifera)
Plant, Cell and Environment; vol: 37 ; Páginas: 2707 – 2721
Flexas, J.; Diaz-Espejo, A.; Gago, J.; Gallé, A.; Galmés, J.; Gulías, J.; Medrano, H. 2014.
Photosynthetic limitations in Mediterranean plants: A review
Environmental and Experimental Botany; vol: 103 ; Páginas: 12 – 23
Fernández, J.E. 2014.
Plant-based sensing to monitor water stress: Applicability to commercial orchards
Agricultural Water Management; vol: 142 ; Páginas: 99 – 109
Martorell, S.; Diaz-Espejo, A.; Medrano, H.; Ball, M.C.; Choat, B. 2014.
Rapid hydraulic recovery in Eucalyptus pauciflora after drought: Linkages between stem hydraulics and leaf gas exchange
Plant, Cell and Environment; vol: 37 ; Páginas: 617 – 626
Perez-Martin, A.; Michelazzo, C.; Torres-Ruiz, J.M.; Flexas, J.; Fernández, J.E.; Sebastiani, L.; Diaz-Espejo, A. 2014.
Regulation of photosynthesis and stomatal and mesophyll conductance under water stress and recovery in olive trees: Correlation with gene expression of carbonic anhydrase and aquaporins
Journal of Experimental Botany; vol: 65 ; Páginas: 3143 – 3156
Buckley, T.N.; Diaz-Espejo, A. 2014.
Reporting estimates of maximum potential electron transport rate
New Phytologist; vol: 205 ; Páginas: 14 – 17
Galmés, J.; Conesa, M.; Díaz-Espejo, A.; Mir, A.; Perdomo, J.A.; Niinemets, T.; Flexas, J. 2014.
Rubisco catalytic properties optimized for present and future climatic conditions
Plant Science; vol: 226 ; Páginas: 61 – 70
Flexas J; Carriquí M; Coopman RE; Gago J; Galmés J; Martorell S; Morales F; Díaz-Espejo A 2014.
Stomatal and mesophyll conductances to CO2 in different plant groups: underrated factors for predicting leaf photosynthesis responses to climate change?
Plant Science; vol: 226 ; Páginas: 41 – 48
Marañón, T.; Padilla-Díaz, C.M.; Pérez-Ramos, I.M.; Villar, R. 2014.
Tendencias en la investigación sobre ecología y gestión de las especies de Quercus
Ecosistemas; vol: 23 ; Páginas: 124 – 129
Fernández, J.-E. 2014.
Understanding olive adaptation to abiotic stresses as a tool to increase crop performance
Environmental and Experimental Botany; vol: 103 ; Páginas: 158 – 179
Torres-Ruiz, J.M.; Cochard, H.; Mayr, S.; Beikircher, B.; Diaz-Espejo, A.; Rodriguez-Dominguez, C.M.; Badel, E.; Fernández, J.E. 2014.
Vulnerability to cavitation in Olea europaea current-year shoots: Further evidence of an open-vessel artifact associated with centrifuge and air-injection techniques
Physiologia Plantarum; vol: 152 ; Páginas: 465 – 474
Pérez-Ramos, I.M.; Aponte, C.; García, L.V.; Padilla-Díaz, C.M.; Marañón, T.; Delzon, S. 2014.
Why Is seed production so variable among individuals? A ten-year study with oaks reveals the importance of soil environment
PLoS ONE; vol: 9 ; Páginas: null – 162
Mateos-Naranjo, E.; Castellanos, E.M.; Perez-Martin, A. 2014.
Zinc tolerance and accumulation in the halophytic species Juncus acutus
Environmental and Experimental Botany; vol: 100 ; Páginas: 114 – 121
Fernández, J.E.
Understanding olive adaptation to abiotic stresses as a tool to increase crop performance.
Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2013,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2013.12.003
Alvarado-Barrientos M.S., Hernández-Santana V., Asbjornsen H.
Variability of the radial profile of sap velocity in Pinus patula from contrasting stands within the seasonal cloud forest zone of Veracruz, Mexico.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2013, 168: 108-119.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/65160
Diaz-Espejo A.
New challenges in modeling photosynthesis: temperature dependencies of Rubisco kinetics
Plant, Cell and Environment, 2013, 36: 2104-2107
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.12192/abstract
Flexas J., Niinemets Ü., Gallé A., Barbour M.M., Centritto M., Diaz-Espejo A., Douthe C., Galmés J., Ribas-Carbo M., Rodriguez P.L., Rosselló F., Soolanayakanahally R., Tomas M., Wright I.J., Farquhar G.D., Medrano H.
Diffusional conductances to CO2 as a target for increasing photosynthesis and photosynthetic water-use efficiency
Photosynthesis Research, 2013, 117: 45-59
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11120-013-9844-z
Hernandez-Santana V., Zhou X., Helmers M.J., Asbjornsen H., Kolka R., Tomer M.
Native prairie filter strips reduce runoff from hillslopes under annual row-crop systems in Iowa, USA.
Journal of Hydrology, 2013, 477: 94-103.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/64970
Mateos-Naranjo E., Andrades-Moreno L., Cambrolle J., Perez-Martin A.
Assessing the effect of copper on growth, copper accumulation and physiological responses of grazing species Atriplex halimus: ecotoxicological implications.
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2013, 90: 136-142.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.12.020
Asbjornsen H., Hernandez-Santana V., Liebman M., Bayala J., Chen J., Helmers M., Ong C.K., Schulte L.A.
Targeting perennial vegetation in agricultural landscapes for enhancing ecosystem services.
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1742170512000385
Cuevas M.V., Martín-Palomo M.J., Diaz-Espejo A., Torres-Ruiz J.M., Rodriguez-Dominguez C.M., Perez-Martin A., Pino-Mejías R., Fernández J.E.
Assessing water stress in a hedgerow olive orchard from sap flow and trunk diameter measurements.
Irrigation Science, 2013, 31:729-746
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/63594
García J.M., Cuevas M.V., Fernández J.E.
Production and oil quality in ‘Arbequina’ olive (Olea europaea, L.) trees under two deficit irrigation strategies.
Irrigation Science, 2013, 31:359–370
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/53788
Morales-Sillero A, García JM, Torres-Ruiz JM, Montero A, Sánchez-Ortiz A, Fernández JE.
Is the productive performance of olive trees under localized irrigation affected by leaving some roots in drying soils?
Agricultural Water Management, 2013, 123:79-92
Fernández J.E.*, Perez-Martin A., Torres-Ruiz J.M., Cuevas M.V., Rodriguez-Dominguez C.M., Elsayed-Farag S., Morales-Sillero A., García J.M., Hernandez-Santana V., Diaz-Espejo A.
A regulated deficit irrigation strategy for hedgerow olive orchards with high plant density
Plant and Soil, 2013, 372: 279-295.
Torres-Ruiz JM, Diaz-Espejo A, Morales-Sillero A, Martín-Palomo MJ, Mayr S, Beikircher B, Fernández JE.
Shoot hydraulic characteristics, plant water status and stomatal response in olive trees under different soil water conditions.
Plant and Soil, 2013, 373: 77-87.
Fernández, J.E.
Understanding olive adaptation to abiotic stresses as a tool to increase crop performance.
Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2013,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2013.12.003.
Almoguera C., Prieto-Dapena P., Personat J-M, Tejedor-Cano J., Lindahl M., Diaz-Espejo A., Jordano J.
Protection of the photosynthetic apparatus from extreme dehydration and oxidative stress in seedlings of transgenic tobacco
PLOSone, 2012, 7 (12): e51443.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051443
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0051443
Diaz-Espejo A., Buckley T.N., Sperry J.S., Cuevas M.V., de Cires A., Elsayed-Farag S., Martin-Palomo M.J., Muriel J.L., Perez-Martin A., Rodriguez-Dominguez C.M., Rubio-Casal A.E., Torres-Ruiz J.M., Fernández J.E.
Steps toward an improvement in process-based models of water use by fruit trees: a case study in olive.
Agricultural Water Management, 2012, 114: 37-49.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/63790
Diaz-Espejo A., Cuevas M.V., Ribas-Carbó M., Flexas J., Martorell S., Fernández J.E.
The effect of strobilurins on leaf gas exchange, water use efficiency and ABA content in grapevine under field conditions.
Journal of Plant Physiology, 2012, 169: 379-386.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/63788
Ehrenberger W., Rüger S., Sann C., Rodríguez-Domínguez C.M., Diaz-Espejo A., Fernández J.E., J. Moreno, Sukhorukov V., Zimmermann U.
Leaf patch clamp pressure probe measurements on olive leaves in the nearly turgorless state.
Plant Biology, 2012, 14(4): 666-674.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/63732
Fernández J.E., Torrecillas, A.
For a better use and distribution of water: An introduction.
Agricultural Water Management, 2012, 114: 1-3.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2012.07.004
Flexas J, Barbour MM, Brendel O, Cabrera HM, Carriquí M, Diaz-Espejo A, Douthe C, Dreyer E, Ferrio JP, Gallé A, Galmés J, Kodama N, Medrano H, Niinemets Ü, Peguero-Pina JJ, Pou A, Ribas-Carbo M, Tomas M, Tosens T, Warren CR
Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2: an unappreciated central player in photosynthesis
Plant Science, 2012, 193-194: 70-84.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168945212001069
Rodriguez-Dominguez C.M., Ehrenberger W., Sann C., Rüger S., Sukhorukov V., Martín-Palomo M.J., Diaz-Espejo A., Cuevas M.V., Torres-Ruiz J.M., Perez-Martin A., Zimmermann U., Fernández J. E.
Concomitant measurements of stem sap flow and leaf turgor pressure in olive trees using the leaf patch clamp pressure probe.
Agricultural Water Management, 2012, 114: 50-58.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/63599
Romero R., Muriel J.L., García I., Muñoz de la Peña D.
Research on automatic irrigation control: State of the art and recent results.
Agricultural Water Management, 2012, 114: 59-66.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2012.06.026
Pérez‐Camacho L., Rebollo S., Hernández‐Santana V., García‐Salgado G., Pavón J., Gómez-Sal A.
Plant functional trait responses to interannual rainfall variability, summer drought and seasonal grazing in Mediterranean herbaceous communities.
Functional Ecology, 2012, 26: 740-749.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/65022
Torres-Ruiz J.M., Sperry J.S., Fernández J.E.
Improving xylem hydraulic conductivity measurements by correcting the error caused by passive water uptake.
Physiologia Plantarum, 2012, 146:129-135.
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01619.x
Egea G., González-Real M-M., Baille A., Nortes P.A., Diaz-Espejo A.
Disentangling the contributions of ontogeny and water stress to photosynthetic limitations in almond trees.
Plant, Cell and Environment, 2011, 34: 962-979
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02297.x/abstract
Fernández J.E., Moreno F., Martín-Palomo M.J., Cuevas M.V., Torres-Ruiz J.M., Moriana A.
Combining sap flow and trunk diameter measurements to assess water needs in mature olive orchards.
Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2011, 72: 330-338.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/44445
Fernández J.E., Torres-Ruiz J.M., Diaz-Espejo A., Montero A., Álvarez R., Jiménez M.D., Cuerva J., Cuevas M.V.
Use of maximum trunk diameter measurements to detect water stress in mature ‘Arbequina’ olive trees under deficit irrigation.
Agricultural Water Management, 2011, 98: 1813-1821.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/63789
Fernández J.E., Rodríguez-Domínguez C.M., Perez-Martin A., Zimmermann U., Rüger S., Martín-Palomo M.J., Torres-Ruiz J.M., Cuevas M.V., Sann C., Ehrenberger W., Diaz-Espejo A.
Online-monitoring of tree water stress in a hedgerow olive orchard using the leaf patch clamp pressure probe.
Agricultural Water Management, 2011, 100: 25-35.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/44426
Hernandez-Santana V., Asbjornsen H., Sauer T., Isenhart T., Schilling K., Schultz R.
Enhanced transpiration by riparian buffer trees in response to advection in a humid temperate agricultural landscape.
Forest Ecology and Management, 2011, 261: 1415-1427.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.027
Cuevas M.V., Torres-Ruiz J.M., Álvarez R., Jiménez M.D., Cuerva J., Fernández J.E.
Assessment of trunk diameter variations derived indices as water stress indicators in mature olive trees.
Agricultural Water Management, 2010, 97:1293-1302.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/43065
Fernández J.E., Cuevas M.V.
Irrigation scheduling from stem diameter variations: a review.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2010, 150: 135-151.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/44447
García-Tejero I., Jiménez-Bocanegra J.A., Durán-Zuazo V.H., Romero R., Muriel J.L.
Positive Impact of Deficit Irrigation on Physiological Response and Fruit Yield in Citrus Orchards: Implications for Sustainable Water Savings.
Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 2010, 4(3): 38-44
García-Tejero I., Jiménez-Bocanegra J.A., Martínez G., Durán-Zuazo V.H., Romero R., Muriel J.L.
Positive Impact of Regulated Deficit Irrigation on Yield and Fruit Quality in a commercial Citrus Orchard.
Agricultural Water Management, 2010, 97: 614-622.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2009.12.005
García-Tejero I., Romero R., Jiménez-Bocanegra J.A., Martínez G., Durán-Zuazo V.H., Muriel J.L.
Response of citrus trees to deficit irrigation during different phenological periods in relation to yield, fruit quality, and water productivity.
Agricultural Water Management, 2010, 97: 689-699.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2009.12.012
Niinemets U, Díaz-Espejo A, Flexas J, Galmés J, Warren CR
Role of mesophyll diffusion conductance in constraining potential photosynthetic productivity in the field
Journal of Experimental Botany, 2009, 60: 2249-2270
http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/60/8/2249.abstract?sid=d4122c55-f13d-4e3c-a6fd-d0130985f484
Niinemets U, Díaz-Espejo A, Flexas J, Galmés J, Warren CR
Importance of mesophyll diffusion conductance in estimation of plant photosynthesis in the field
Journal of Experimental Botany, 2009, 60: 2271-2282
http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/60/8/2271.abstract?sid=d4122c55-f13d-4e3c-a6fd-d0130985f484
Perez-Martin A, Flexas J, Ribas-Carbó M, Bota J, Tomás M, Infante JM, Diaz-Espejo A
Interactive effects of soil water deficit and air vapour pressure deficit on mesophyll conductance to CO2 in olives and grapevines
Journal of Experimental Botany, 2009, 60: 2391-2405
http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/60/8/2391.abstract?sid=d4122c55-f13d-4e3c-a6fd-d0130985f484
Hernández-Santana V., Martínez-Villalta J., Martínez-Fernández J., Williams M.
Evaluating the effect of drier and warmer conditions on water use by Quercus pyrenaica.
Forest Ecology and Management, 2009, 258: 1719-1730.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.038
Morales-Sillero A., Fernández J.E., Ordovás J., Suárez M.P., Pérez J.A., Liñán J., López E.P., Girón I., Troncoso A.
Plant-soil interactions in a fertigated ‘Manzanilla de Sevilla’ olive orchard.
Plant and Soil, 2009, 319: 147-162.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/47324
Perez-Martin A., Flexas J., Ribas-Carbó M., Bota J., Tomás M., Infante J.M., Diaz-Espejo A.
Interactive effects of soil water deficit and air vapour pressure deficit on mesophyll conductance to CO2 in Vitis vinifera and Olea europaea.
Journal of Experimental Botany, 2009, 60: 2391-2405.
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/63730
Projects
Unlocking the Potential for Agricultural research on an EU Outmost region: boosting ISOPlexis centre (isUP-AgrO).
Proy. ref.: 101159644
Call HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02, Topic: HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02-01. Type of Action: HORIZON-CSA
(HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions)
Proposal number: Proposal acronym: isUP-AgrO
Desde February 2024 to January 2026
Coordinator: ISOPlexis
IRNAS Head Researcher: José Enrique Fernández Luque
Fruit tree crop responses to water deficit and decision support systems applications
Entidad financiadora: European Commission, Programa Cost. OC-2017-1-22354
Duration (months): 48 from: October 2022 to: October 2026
Coordinator: Dr. Brunella Morandi (University of Bologna)
Vice-coordinator: Dr. Virginia Hernández Santana (Member of the Spanish Board of Directors)
Smart biohydrib phyto-organisms for environmental in situ monitoring (WATCHPLANT).
European Commission, Programa H2020-FETPROACT-2020-2, Ref. 101017899
Duration: January 2021 – December 2024
IRNAS principal investigator: Antonio Díaz Espejo. Coordinator: Mario Sánchez Bros (ITE)
A novel plant-based approach to estimate irrigation water needs of orchards for an optimal water management (IRRIWELL)
AEI Spain, European Commission, PRIMA 2020 programme
Duration: June 2021- May 2024
IRNAS Coordinator and Principal Investigator: Antonio Díaz Espejo.
Operationalizing the increase of water use efficiency and resilience in irrigation (OPERA).
Joint Action Initiative H2020-WATER 3-2015: ERA-NET COFUND WATERWORKS 2015 (MINECO-CDTI)
Coordinator: Dr. Marius Heinen; Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra), The Netherlands.
From 01/04/2017 to 30/09/2019
Principal Investigator: Antonio Díaz Espejo
Sustainable orchard irrigation for improving fruit quality and safety
EU Project ref. STREP 023120
From 01/06/2006 to 31/05/2009
IRNAS principal investigator: Dr. José Enrique Fernández Luque.
Coordinator: Dr. Juan José Alarcón
Modelling soil evaporation in horticultural orchards in semi-arid regions of Southern Europe for optimisation of the use of water
Marie Curie European Project, ref. MERG-CT-2004-510524
From 01/01/2004 to 31/12/2004
Researcher in charge: Dr. Antonio Díaz Espejo
Scientific Supervisor: Dr. José Enrique Fernández Luque
Estimating the interaction between soil moisture and canopy processes.
European Economic Community Project HPMF-CT-2000-01064
From 01/04/2001 to 31/03/2003
Principal Investigator: Dr. Antonio Díaz Espejo
Effective approaches for assessing the predicted environmental concentrations of pesticides. A proposal supporting the harmonised registration of pesticides in Europe.
EU LIFE programme project, ref. LIFE/991/0122-QLRT/1999/01238.
From 01/03/2000 to 01/03/2003
Principal investigator of the Spanish group: Dr. José Enrique Fernández Luque.
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Marnik Vanclooster
Bases fisiológicas para la aplicación de estrategias de riego deficitario en plantaciones digitalizadas (TED2021-129500B-I00).
Funding: MICINN, 126.500 €
From December 2022 to November 2024
PIs: Drs. Virginia Hernández Santana y Antonio Díaz Espejo.
Role of turgor pressure in plant growth limitation in response to water deficit: implications for irrigation management (CNS2023-144947).
Funding: MICINN, 199.944 €
From June 2024 to July 2026)
PI: Dr. Virginia Hernández Santana
RESILIFruit: Resilience strategies for fruit tree survival under drought (Ref: PID2023-146529NB-I00).
Funding: MICINN, 275.000 €
From September 2024 to August 2028)
PIs: Drs. J. Manuel Torres-Ruiz y Virginia Hernández Santana
Connecting the dots between soil, root, xylem and Stomata for Sustainable water use in fruit tree orchards under localized and deficit irrigation. (CROSSFruit).
Research Consolidation Project 2022, MICINN
Total awarded: €126,500
From September 2023 to September 2025
Methods for irrigation scheduling in digitised fruit orchards for sustainable intensive agriculture (ISADORA).
Proy. Ref.: PID2021-124651OB-I00
MICINN, Knowledge Generation Projects 2021
Total awarded: 193,600 €.
From September 2022 to September 2025
Researcher in charge: José Enrique Fernández Luque y Antonio Díaz Espejo.
Physiological basis of a new method for deficit irrigation management in fruit trees
MICINN, Programa I+D, RTI2018-098961-B-I00
From January 2019 to December 2021
Researchers in charge: Antonio Díaz Espejo y José Enrique Fernández Luque
Physiological basis of the balance between fruit load and leaf area in hedgerow olive orchards.
Fundamental Research Project, VI National Programme for Scientific Research, Development and Innovation oriented towards the Challenges of Society,
Ref. AGL2015-71585-R.
From 01/01/2016 to 31/12/2018
Principal Investigators: Antonio Díaz Espejo and José Enrique Fernández Luque
Controlled deficit irrigation of high-density olive groves: automatic programming based on plant physiology and crop management economics.
Fundamental Research Project, VI National Programme for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation 2008-2011.
Ref. AGL2012-34544.
From 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2015
Principal Investigator: José Enrique Fernández Luque
Analysis of the Implementation of Innovative Green Roofs on Roofs and Walls in large cities with a Mediterranean climate.
Ministry of Science and Innovation, INNPACTO Project, call for proposals 2011, ref. IPT-2011-1017-310000
From 31/12/2011 to 31/03/2015
IRNAS Head Researcher: José Enrique Fernández Luque
Consequences of stomatal control of transpiration in deficit irrigated fruit trees caused by limitations imposed by the hydraulic conductivity of the soil-plant system and hormonal signals from roots. Development of an integrative mechanistic model.
MICINN, Programa I+D, AGL2009-11310/AGR
From 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2012
Principal Investigator: Antonio Díaz Espejo
Relationships between wet soil volume, hydraulic conductivity and gaseous exchange of olive trees: application to irrigation optimisation
National R&D&I project (2004-2007), ref. AGL2006-04666/AGR
From 01/10/2006 to 30/09/2009
Principal Investigator: Dr. José Enrique Fernández Luque.
Physiological mechanisms controlling transpiration and photosynthesis in olive and grapevine and their relationship with adaptation to drought and recovery irrigation. Bases for the improvement of water use efficiency in these crops and the optimisation of deficit irrigation.
MEC, R&D Programme, AGL2005-00220/AGR
From 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2008
Principal Investigator: Antonio Díaz Espejo
Optimisation of deficit irrigation in olive orchards using transpiration and photosynthesis models.
R&D&I Project (2000-2003) of the Directorate General for Research of the Ministry of Science and Technology, ref. AGL2002-04048-CO3-01 AGR-FOR.
From 04/12/2002 to 04/12/2005.
Principal Investigator: Dr. José Enrique Fernández Luque.
Response of fruit trees to deficit irrigation: use of biological indicators for irrigation optimisation
Project HID96-1342-CO4-01 of the National Water Resources Plan.
Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville (IRNAS, CSIC)
From 01-07-96 to 01-07-00
Principal Investigator and Subproject Coordinator: José Enrique Fernández Luque
Use of direct measurement of sap flow in olive trees for optimisation of fertigation
Project OLI96-2187 of the National Programme for Agricultural Research and Development, Strategic Mobilisation Project on Olive Oil.
Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville (IRNAS, CSIC)
From 01-03-1997 to 01-03-1998
Principal Investigator: José Enrique Fernández Luque
Intelligent Thermography Control
Innovation project of AEI Operational Groups on Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability, call for proposals 2016.
Ref. GOP21-SE-16-0031.
From 25/06/2018 to 31/12/2020
Applicant and main GO leader: ASAJA
IRNAS principal investigator: José Enrique Fernández Luque
Improving oil quality in hedgerow olive groves through irrigation strategies.
Excellence Research Project of the Andalusian Regional Government, 2010 call for proposals,
Ref. AGR-6456.
From 06/07/2011 to 05/07/2014
Principal Investigator: José Enrique Fernández Luque
Development and validation of an automatic and remote-controlled irrigation system for high-frequency irrigation of fruit plantations.
Project funded by the Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresas de la Junta de Andalucía. Ref. C03-056
From 13/05/2004 to 30/06/2006.
Principal Investigator: Dr. José Enrique Fernández Luque.