Education

Ph D, U Valencia, Spain

Current position

Professor, Institute for Plant Cell Molecular Biology, CSIC, Spain

Publications

1. Beltrán, J.P. (2018). Cultivos transgénicos. Editorial Los libros de la Catarata. Madrid. pp: 126. 

2. Hamza, R., Perez-Hedo, M., Urbaneja, A., Rambla, J. L., Granell, A., Gaddour, K., Beltran, J. P. and Canas, L. A. (2018). Expression of two barley proteinase inhibitors in tomato promotes endogenous defensive response and enhances resistance to Tuta absoluta. BMC Plant Biol 18(1): 24. 

3. Cañas, L.A. and Beltrán, J.P. (2018). Developmental and metabolic studies based on functional genomics in the model legume Medicago truncatula. New York. Springer (Ed).

4. Cañas, L.A., Fresquet, S., Roque, E.M., Rochina, M.C., Beltrán, J.P. (2017). Forage legumes with improved nutitional value: condensed tannins to avoid pasture bloat. In Legumes for Global Food Security (Ed). Nova Science Pub. Inc. New York. pp.183-222.

5. Sandoval-Oliveros, R., Guevara-Olvera, L., Beltran, J. P. and Gomez-Mena, C. (2017). Developmental landmarks during floral ontogeny of jalapeno chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and the effect of gibberellin on ovary growth.  Plant Reprod. 30(3): 119-129. 

6. Fresquet-Corrales, S., Roque, E., Sarrión-Perdigones, A., Rochina, M., López-Gresa, M. P., Díaz-Mula, H. M., Bellés, J. M., Tomás-Barberán, F., Beltrán, J. P. and Cañas, L. A. (2017). Metabolic engineering to simultaneously activate anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin biosynthetic pathways in Nicotiana spp. PLOS ONE 12(9): e0184839. 

7. Roque, E., Fares, M. A., Yenush, L., Rochina, M. C., Wen, J., Mysore, K. S., Gomez-Mena, C., Beltran, J. P. and Canas, L. A. (2016). Evolution by gene duplication of Medicago truncatula PISTILLATA-like transcription factors. J Exp Bot 67(6): 1805-1817. 

8. Roque, E., Serwatowska, J., Cruz Rochina, M., Wen, J., Mysore, K. S., Yenush, L., Beltrán, J. P. and Cañas, L. A. (2013). Functional specialization of duplicated AP3-like genes in Medicago truncatula. The Plant Journal 73(4): 663-675. 

9. Medina, M., Roque, E., Pineda, B., Canas, L., Rodriguez-Concepcion, M., Beltran, J. P. and Gomez-Mena, C. (2013). Early anther ablation triggers parthenocarpic fruit development in tomato. Plant Biotechnol J 11(6): 770-779. 

10. Berbel, A., Ferrandiz, C., Hecht, V., Dalmais, M., Lund, O. S., Sussmilch, F. C., Taylor, S. A., Bendahmane, A., Ellis, T. H., Beltran, J. P., Weller, J. L. and Madueno, F. (2012). VEGETATIVE1 is essential for development of the compound inflorescence in pea. Nat Commun 3: 797.

11. Benlloch, R., Roque, E., Ferrandiz, C., Cosson, V., Caballero, T., Penmetsa, R. V., Beltran, J. P., Canas, L. A., Ratet, P. and Madueno, F. (2009). Analysis of B function in legumes: PISTILLATA proteins do not require the PI motif for floral organ development in Medicago truncatula. Plant J 60(1): 102-111. 

12. Hecht, V., Foucher, F., Ferrandiz, C., Macknight, R., Navarro, C., Morin, J., Vardy, M. E., Ellis, N., Beltran, J. P., Rameau, C. and Weller, J. L. (2005). Conservation of Arabidopsis flowering genes in model legumes. Plant Physiol 137(4): 1420-1434. 

13. Berbel, A., Navarro, C., Ferrandiz, C., Canas, L. A., Madueno, F. and Beltran, J. P. (2001). Analysis of PEAM4, the pea AP1 functional homologue, supports a model for AP1-like genes controlling both floral meristem and floral organ identity in different plant species. Plant J 25(4): 441-451. 

14. Ferrandiz, C., Navarro, C., Gomez, M. D., Canas, L. A. and Beltran, J. P. (1999). Flower development in pisum sativum: from the war of the whorls to the battle of the common primordia. Dev Genet 25(3): 280-290.