DR. CARLOS FIGUEROA

Figueroa, NE; Gatica-Melendez, C; Figueroa, CR., 2021. Ethylene application at the immature stage of Fragaria chiloensis fruit represses the anthocyanin biosynthesis with a concomitant accumulation of lignin. Food Chemistry. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129913

Figueroa, CR; Jiang, CZ; Torres, CA; Fortes, AM; Alkan, N., 2021. Editorial: Regulation of Fruit Ripening and Senescence. Frontiers In Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.711458

Valdenegro, M; Bernales, M; Knox, M; Vinet, R; Caballero, E; Ayala-Raso, A; Kucerova, D; Kumar, R; Viktorova, J; Ruml, T; Figueroa, CR; Fuentes, L., 2021. Characterization of Fruit Development, Antioxidant Capacity, and Potential Vasoprotective Action of Peumo (Cryptocarya alba), a Native Fruit of Chile.  Antioxidants. DOI:  10.3390/antiox10121997

Castro, RI; Munoz-Vera, M; Parra-Palma, C; Valenzuela-Riffo, F; Figueroa, CR; Morales-Quintana, L., 2021. Characterization of cell wall modification through thermogravimetric analysis during ripening of Chilean strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis) fruit. Cellulose. DOI: 10.1007/s10570-021-03806-w

Gutierrez, C; Figueroa, CR; Turner, A; Munne-Bosch, S; Munoz, P; Schreiber, L; Zeisler, V; Marin, JC; Balbontin, C., 2021. Abscisic acid applied to sweet cherry at fruit set increases amounts of cell wall and cuticular wax components at the ripe stage. Scientia Horticulturae. DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110097

Balbontin, C., Gutierrez, C., Wolff, M., Figueroa, C.R., 2018. Effect of abscisic acid and methyl jasmonate preharvest applications on fruit quality and cracking tolerance of sweet cherry. Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research 78 (3): 438-446

Delgado, L.D., Figueroa, N.E., Pastene, E., Escobar-Sepúlveda, H.F., Figueroa, P.M., Garrido-Bigotes, A., Figueroa, C.R. 2018. Application of a JA-Ile Biosynthesis Inhibitor to Methyl Jasmonate-Treated Strawberry Fruit Induces Upregulation of Specific MBW Complex-Related Genes and Accumulation of Proanthocyanidins. Molecules 23 (6): doi: 10.3390/molecules23061433.

Garrido-Bigotes, A., Figueroa, P.M., Figueroa, C.R., 2018. Jasmonate Metabolism and Its Relationship with Abscisic Acid During Strawberry Fruit Development and Ripening. J. Plant Growth Regul. 37, 101–113. doi:10.1007/s00344-017-9710-x

Garrido-Bigotes, A., Figueroa, N.E., Figueroa, P.M., Figueroa, C.R., 2018. Jasmonate signalling pathway in strawberry: Genome-wide identification, molecular characterization and expression of JAZs and MYCs during fruit development and ripening. PLoS One 13. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197118

Oñate, F.A., Hasbún, R., Mora, F., Figueroa, C.R., 2018. Linkage disequilibrium and population structure in Fragaria chiloensis revealed by SSR markers transferred from commercial strawberry. Acta Sci. – Agron. 40. doi:10.4025/actasciagron.v40i1.34966

Ramos, P., Parra-Palma, C., Figueroa, C.R., Zuñiga, P.E., Valenzuela-Riffo, F., Gonzalez, J., Gaete-Eastman, C., Morales-Quintana, L., 2018. Cell wall-related enzymatic activities and transcriptional profiles in four strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) cultivars during fruit development and ripening.  Hortic. (Amsterdam). 238, 325–332. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2018.04.064

Valenzuela-Riffo, F., Garrido-Bibotes, A., Figueroa, PM., Morales-Quintana, L., Figueroa, CR. 2018. Structural characterization of the jasmonoyl-isoleucine perception complexes from Fragaria vesca by in silico molecular analysis. PeerJ PeerJ Preprints6:e2772v2

Campos-Requena, V.H., Rivas, B.L., Perez, M.A., Figueroa, C.R., Figueroa, N.E., Sanfuentes, E.A. 2017. Thermoplastic starch/clay nanocomposites loaded with essential oil constituents as packaging for strawberries – In vivo antimicrobial synergy over Botrytis cinerea. Postharvest Biology and Technology 129, 29-36, 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2017.03.005

Sáez, F.A., Narváez, G.F., Morales, M.F., Bello, H.M., Balbontín, C. and Figueroa, C.R. 2017. Physiochemical and antibacterial characterization of fruits of Citronella mucronata(Cardiopteridaceae), Pitavia punctata (Rutaceae) and Beilschmiedia berteroana (Lauraceae), three endemic and threatened Chilean trees. Fruits 72(2), 87-96. DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.2.4 https://doi.org/10.17660/th2017/72.2.4

Saavedra, G.M., Sanfuentes, E., Figueroa, P.M., Figueroa, C.R. 2017. Independent preharvest applications of methyl jasmonate and chitosan elicit differential upregulation of defense-related genes with reduced incidence of gray mold decay during postharvest storage of Fragaria chiloensis fruit. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 18: 1420; doi: 10.3390/ijms18071420​.

Saez, F.A., Narvaez, G.F., Morales, M.F., Hello, H.M., Balbontin, C., Figueroa, C.R. 2017. Physiochemical and antibacterial characterization of fruits of Citronella mucronata (Cardiopteridaceae), Pitavia punctata (Rutaceae) and Beilschmiedia berteroana (Lauraceae), three endemic and threatened Chilean trees. Fruits 72, 87-96

Saavedra GM, Figueroa NE, Poblete LA, Cherian S, Figueroa CR. 2016. Effects of preharvest applications of methyl jasmonate and chitosan on postharvest decay, quality and chemical attributes of Fragaria chiloensis fruit. Food Chemistry 190: 448-453.

Cherian S, Figueroa CR, Nair H. 2014. ‘Movers and shakers’ in the regulation of fruit ripening: a cross-dissection of climacteric versus non-climacteric fruit. Journal of Experimental Botany 65: 4707-4722.

Preuss A, Augustin C, Figueroa CR, Hoffmann T, Valpuesta V, Sevilla JF, Schwab W. 2014. Expression of a functional jasmonic acid carboxyl methyltransferase is negatively correlated with strawberry fruit development. Journal of Plant Physiology 171: 1315-1324.

Balbontín C, Ayala H, Rubilar J, Cote J, Figueroa CR. 2014. Transcriptional analysis of cell wall and cuticle related genes during fruit development of two sweet cherry cultivars with contrasting levels of cracking tolerance. Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research 74: 162-169.

Concha CM, Figueroa NE, Poblete LA, Oñate FA, Schwab W, Figueroa CR. 2013. Methyl jasmonate treatment induces changes in fruit ripening by modifying the expression of several ripening genes in Fragaria chiloensis fruit. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 70: 433-444.