INTERNATIONAL SUNFLOWER ASSOCIATION
Members' Directory
Last name :
MARTIN-SANZ
First name :
Alberto
Occupation :
EAME Seed Development Broomrape Specialist
Address :
Ctra. Carmona-Lora del Rio km 1,
Carmona , 41410 Sevilla / Spain
Main fields of interest :
- Seeds, genetics
- Crop protection
- Crop production
Professional experience : * Feb 2020 – Present EAME Seed Development Broomrape Specialist. Syngenta, Spain
* Nov 2013 – Jan 2020 - Research Scientist, Sunflower Discovery Pathologist. Corteva Agriscience, Spain
* May 2012 – Oct 2013 - IEF Marie Curie Research Fellow. Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
* Jun 2011 – March 2012 - Postdoctoral Research Associate. University of Sheffield, UK.
* Jul 2008 - Dec 2010 - Postdoctoral Researcher. Institute of Agricultural Technology (ITACyL). Junta de Castilla y León. Valladolid, Spain.
* Nov 2007 - Jun 2008 - Research Associate. ITACyL. Junta de Castilla y León. Valladolid, Spain.
* Jun 2003 - Jun 2007 - PhD Fellow. ITACyL. Junta de Castilla y León. Valladolid, Spain.
* Nov 2001 - Sep 2002 - Postgraduate Fellow. ITACyL. Junta de Castilla y León. Valladolid, Spain.
Education : * Jun 2003 - Jul 2008 - Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, University of León (Spain).
* July 2006 - Master of Science in Plant Breeding. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ).
* Sep 2002 - Jun 2003 - Postgraduate Specialization Course in Plant Breeding. International Centre for Advances Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM). Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (Spain).
* Oct 1996 - Sep 2001 - B.Sc. in Biological Sciences (Specialization in Plant Biotechnology). University of Salamanca (Spain).
Selected publications : • Martín-Sanz A, Pérez-Vich B, Fernández-Martínez JM, Rueda S, and Velasco L (2019). Characterization of a post-haustorial resistance to sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.). Crop Science, in press.
• Martín-Sanz A, Rueda S, García-Carneros AB, and Molinero-Ruiz L (2019). First Report of a new highly virulent pathotype of sunflower downy mildew (Plasmopara halstedii) overcoming the Pl8 resistant gene in Europe. Plant Disease, in press.
• Molinero-Ruiz L, Martín-Sanz A, Berlanas C, and Gramaje D (2019) Cadophora helianthi. Fungal Planet 911.
• González-Cantón E, Velasco A, Velasco L, and Martín-Sanz A (2019) First report of sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) in Portugal. Plant Disease, in press.
• Martín-Sanz A, Rueda S, García-Carneros AB, González-Fernández S, Miranda-Fuentes P, Castuera-Santacruz S and Molinero-Ruiz L (2018) Genetics, Host Range, and Molecular and Pathogenic Characterization of Verticillium dahliae From Sunflower Reveal Two Differentiated Groups in Europe. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:288.
• Martín-Sanz A, Rueda S, García-Carneros AB, and Molinero-Ruiz L (2018) Cadophora malorum: a new pathogen of sunflower causing wilting, yellowing, and leaf necrosis in Russia. Plant Disease 102: 823.
• Martín-Sanz A, Malek J, Fernández-Martínez JM, Pérez-Vich B and Velasco L (2016) Increased Virulence in Sunflower Broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) Populations from Southern Spain is Associated with Greater Genetic Diversity. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:589.
