Wheat prebreeding – Cereal germplasm

Dr Elena BENAVENTE

ORCID: 0000-0001-7262-3432

Associate professor – Spain

Department of Biotechnoloy and Plant Biology – ETSIAAB – Technical University of Madrid

Address

Campus Ciudad Universitaria
Av. Puerta de Hierro, nº 2 – 4
28040 Madrid

SPAIN

Research

My recent research activity has been focused on two main topics:

  • the analysis of genotypic and phenotypic diversity related to quality and adaptability traits in Spanish traditional wheat germplasm
  • the assessment of wheat varieties’ response to sustainable crop management practices, with especial interest on end-use quality.

Teaching

  • Responsibility of several courses: Applications of Biotechnology in Plant Breeding (Master in Agroforestry Biotechnology); Plant Breeding (Degrees in Biotechnology and in Agriculture Sciences and Bioeconomy)
  • Delivering lectures and diverse teaching activities in Genetic basis of plant breeding
  • Involvement in several European and National teaching projects
    • New teaching methods in Genetics and Plant Breeding (UPM innovative teaching project)
    • TechEnglish (UPM innovative teaching project)

Selected publications

  1. Ruiz M., Zambrana E., Fite R., Sole A., Tenorio JL., Benavente E. 2019. Yield and quality performance of traditional and improved bread and durum wheat varieties under two conservation tillage systems.  Sustainability 11(17), 4522. doi:10.3390/su11174522
  2. Giraldo P., Benavente E., Manzano-Agugliaro F., Gimenez E. 2019. Worldwide research trends on wheat and barley: a bibliometric comparative analysis. Agronomy 9, 352. doi:10.3390/agronomy9070352
  3. Vázquez JF., Chacón EA., Carrillo JM., Benavente E. 2018. Grain mineral density of bread and durum wheat landraces from geochemically diverse native soils. Crop and Pasture Science 69: 335-346.
  4. Giraldo P., Ruiz M., Rodríguez-Quijano M., Benavente E. 2016. Development and validation of chloroplast DNA markers to assist Aegilops geniculata and Aegilops neglecta germplasm management. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 63: 401-407.
  5. Callejo MJ., Benavente E., Ezpeleta JI., Laguna MJ., Carrillo JM., Rodríguez-Quijano M. 2016. Influence of teff variety and wheat flour strength on breadmaking properties of healthier teff-based breads Journal of Cereal Science 68: 38-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2015.11.005