Micronutrients in Agriculture UAM Group
The group of Micronutrients in Agriculture has worked for more than 30 years in designing, characterizing and studying the effectiveness of new fertilisers containing micronutrients. From Fe, Zn and Mn chelates to complexes and other secondary products with complexing properties. Besides these studies in metal micronutrients, in the recent years new research lines have been stablished studying the effect of silicon and other biostimulants against nutrient deficiencies in plants.
Last publications
Alleviation of Fe-induced chlorosis of soybean plants grown in calcareous soil by a freeze-dried iron fertilizer containing siderophores produced by Rhizobium radiobacter
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Alejandra Arcas a1, S. Maryam Sadeghi b1, Juan J. Lucena a, João M. Vindeirinho bc, Eduardo V. Soares cde, Helena M.V.M. Soares b, Sandra López-Rayo a*
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 18, December 2024, 101504
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101504
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Cultivating resilience: Harnessing pyoverdine-producing Pseudomonas to contrast iron deficiency in cucumber plants
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José María Lozano-González, Mónica Yorlardy Alzate Zuluaga, Juan José Lucena, Sandra López- Rayo, Sonia Monterisi, Stefano Cesco, Youry Pii
Plant Stress Volume 14, December 2024, 100565
DOI: 10.1016/j.stress.2024.100565
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A Critical Review of Methodologies for Evaluating Iron Fertilizers Based on Iron Reduction and Uptake by Strategy I Plants
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Alejandra Arcas, Sandra López-Rayo, Agustín Gárate, and Juan José Lucena
Plants 2024, 13(6), 819
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Evaluation of Siderophores Generated by Pseudomonas
Bacteria and Their Possible Application as Fe Biofertilizers
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Jose M. Lozano-González, Silvia Valverde, Mónica Montoya, Marta Martín, Rafael Rivilla, Juan José Lucena, Sandra López-Rayo
Plants 2023, 12, 4054
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