Rafael Jorge León Morcillo
Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Department · The Institute for Mediterranean and Subtropical Horticulture "La Mayora"
Research Interests
Basis of plant biostimulation through interactions with microbes. I am interesting in getting a holistic view on the regulatory, biochemical and molecular mechanisms involved in the response of plants to microbial volatile compounds and the impact of these res...
Biography
Dr. Rafael J. L. Morcillo graduated in Environmental Sciences from University of Granada in 2007. He completed his PhD thesis focused on the study of the role of plant hormones during the establishment of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, under the supervision of Dr. José Manuel García Garrido at the Estación Experimental del Zaidín (Granada). Thereafter, he joined the laboratory of Dr. Huiming Zhang at the Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology (PSC; Chinese Academy of Sciences) as a postdoc to study the effect of microbial volatiles compounds in plant growth and health. In 2018, he joined the laboratory of Dr. Alberto Macho at PSC to investigate the molecular mechanisms governing infection processes of host plants by Ralstonia solanaceraum. In 2019, he returned to University of Granada (Spain) as postdoc to investigate the PGPR application to recover dry lands.
Education
Degree in Environmental Science by University of Granada (Spain). PhD at "Estacion Experimental del Zaidin", Spanish National Research Council (Spain).
Recent Scopus Publications
- Multimodal learning reveals plants’ hidden sensory integration logic
- Perception of a bacterial quorum sensing signal activates a tripartite plant immune strategy
- Molecular changes promoted by long-term water deficit in tomato can be largely mitigated by a fungal biostimulant
- The Highly Conserved Cys95 Residue of Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase 1 Mediates the pH-Driven Structure and Activity of the Enzyme and Photosynthesis
- RAPID ALKALINIZATION FACTOR 22 is a key modulator of the root hair growth responses to fungal ethylene emissions in Arabidopsis
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0546-5195
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56993437400