Areas of Research
Efficient use of water resources in agriculture
- Functional keys to water use efficiency: Genetic bases and biotechnology applied to the optimisation of physiological processes of plant regulation associated with water use.
- Selection of water-efficient genotypes.
- Technification and sensorics applied to the efficient use of irrigation.
Sustainable primary production
- Strategies for water quality and use optimisation and irrigation economics.
- Soil and plant genetic resources management.
- Study and efficient control of emerging pests and parasites.
- Fisheries management.
Legal aspects of the agri-food sector and the environment
- Industrial property and competition in the agri-food sector (plant breeders’ rights, patents, etc.), biosafety, trade in the agri-food sector, etc.
Adaptations and physiological responses of plants to abiotic stresses
- Mechanistic bases of productivity and stress tolerance from an ecological and evolutionary point of view.
- Study of physiological and molecular strategies for the genetic improvement of crops of interest in the face of climate change.
- Biotechnological applications of native species in extreme environments.
Development of natural hazard prevention plans
- Flood early warning systems.
- Hydrology and sediment transport in drainage basins.
- Assessment of vulnerability to natural hazards.
- Soil quality and ecogeomorphology.