Work & Activities

Proxectos de investigación en vigor
1. Título do proxecto: “Mejora genética de maíz”. Entidade financiadora: Plan Nacional de I+D. Duración: outubro 2007 - outubro 2010. Investigador principal: Amando Ordás Pérez.
2. Título do proxecto: “Regeneración, caracterización y conservación de as colecciones españolas de maíz”. Entidade financiadora: INIA. Duración: outubro 2007- outubro 2010. Investigador principal: Pedro Revilla Temiño.
3. Título do proxecto: “Procesado e conservación de grano y productos derivados de maíces ecológicos”. Entidade financiadora: Xunta de Galicia. Duración: maio 2007- abril 2010. Investigador principal: Arsenio Landa Velón (pola empresa) e Pedro Revilla Temiño (Misión Biolóxica de Galicia, CSIC).
4. Título do proxecto: “Integración de mapeo y fenotipado para identificar alelos para construir ideotipos europeos de maíz”. Entidade financiadora: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Subprograma Euroinvestigación: 163000 €. Duración: 1 de marzo de 2009 a 28 de febreiro de 2012. Investigador principal: Pedro Revilla Temiño.
Proyecto coordinado: “From diversity to energy: integration of advanced mapping and phenotyping methods to identify key alleles for building maize energy ideotypes”, do programa “Scientific and Technological Cooperation in Plant Genome Research as basis of the Knowledge Based Bio- Economy”. Coordinador: Alain Charcosset, INRA. Financiación total 4.670.793.
5. Título do proxecto: “Estructuración de la variabilidad del maíz argelino para constituir una colección nuclear”. Entidade financiadora: Axencia Española de Cooperación Internacional e Desenvolvemento. Duración: 2010. Investigadores principais: Pedro Revilla Temiño (Misión Biolóxica de Galicia) e Lakhdar Khelifi (École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique). Duración: 16 de xaneiro de 2010 a 16 de xaneiro de 2011. Financiación total: 15500 €.
 
Publicacións científicas
Malvar RA, ME Cartea, P Revilla, A Ordás, A Alva­rez, JP Mansilla: Sources of resistance to pink stem borer and Euro­pean corn borer in maize. Maydica 38:313-319 (1993).
Cartea ME, RA Malvar, P Revilla, A Ordás, A Álva­rez: Seasonal occurrence and response of maize inbred lines to pink stem borer in the Northwest of Spain. Maydica 39:191-196 (1994).
Ordás A, P Revilla, RA Malvar, ME Cartea: Develop­ment of sweet corn hybrids adapted to environ­men­tal con­di­tions of the northwest of Spain. Maydi­ca 39:171-175 (1994).
Revilla P, WF Tracy: Isozyme variation and phylogenetic relationships among open-pollinated sweet corn cultivars. Crop Science 35:219-227 (1995).
Revilla P, WF Tracy: Morphological characterization and classification of open-pollinated sweet corn cultivars. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 120:112-118 (1995).
Malvar RA, A Ordás, P Revilla, ME Cartea: Estimates of genetics variances in two Spanish populations of maize. Crop Sci 36:239-242 (1996).
Cartea ME, RA Malvar, P Revilla, A Ordás: Identification of field corn populations to improve sweet corn for Atlantic European conditions. Crop Sci 36:1506-1512 (1996).
Cartea ME, RA Malvar, P Revilla, A Ordás: Improvement of early vigor and adaptation of sweet corn for the European Atlantic coast with open-pollinated field corn populations. Maydica 41:119-125 (1996).
Abedon BG, P Revilla, WF Tracy: Vegetative phase change in sweet corn populations: Genetics and relationship with agronomic traits (Vegetative phase change in open pollinated sweet corn). Maydica 41:77-82 (1996).
Revilla P, WF Tracy: Heterotic patterns among open-pollinated sweet corn cultivars. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 122:319-324 (1997).
Malvar RA, ME Cartea, P Revilla, A Ordás: Identification of field corn inbreds adapted to Europe to improve agronomic performance of sweet corn hybrids. Crop Sci 37:1134-1141 (1997).
Malvar RA, P Revilla, ME Cartea, A Ordás: Field corn inbreds to improve sweet corn hybrids for early vigor and adaptation to European conditions. Maydica 42:247-255 (1997).
Hotchkiss JR, P Revilla, WF Tracy: Variation of cold tolerance among open-pollinated sweet corn cultivars. HortScience 32:719-723 (1997).
Revilla P, MI Vales, RA Malvar, A Ordás: Allozyme frequencies, heterozygosity and genetic distances following S1 recurrent selection in two synthetic maize populations. Theor Appl Genet 95:1057-1061 (1997).
Revilla P, RA Malvar, ME Cartea, A Ordás: Identifying open-pollinated populations of field corn as sources of cold tolerance for improving sweet corn. Euphytica 101:239-247 (1998).
Cordero A, RA Malvar, A Butrón, P Revilla, P Velasco, A Ordás: Population dynamics and life-cycle of corn borers in South Atlantic European coast. Maydica. 43:5-12 (1998).
Butron A, RA Malvar, P Velasco, P Revilla, A Ordás: Defense mechanisms of maize against pink stem borer. Crop Sci 38:1159-1163 (1998).
Revilla P, P Soengas, RA Malvar, ME Cartea, A. Ordás: Isozyme variation and Historical relationships among the maize races of Spain. Maydica 43:175-182 (1998).
Pataky JP, LJ Toit, P Revilla, WF Tracy: Reactions of open-pollinated sweet corn cultivars to Stewart’s wilt, common rust, Northern leaf blight, and Southern leaf blight. Plant Dis 82:939-944 (1998).
Revilla P, A Butrón, RA Malvar, A Ordás: Relationships among kernel weight, early vigor, and growth in maize. Crop Sci 39:654-658 (1999).
Velasco P, RA Malvar, A Butrón, P Revilla, A Ordás: Ear feeding resistance of sweet corn inbreds to pink stem borer. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 124:268-272 (1999).
Velasco P, RA Malvar, P Revilla, A Butrón, A Ordás. Ear resistance of sweet corn populations to Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). J Econ Entomol 92:732-739 (1999).
Cartea ME, P Revilla, A Butrón, RA Malvar, A Ordás: Do second cycle maize inbreds preserve the heterotic group European flint? Crop Sci. 39:1060-1064 (1999).
Revilla P, P Velasco, RA Malvar, P Soengas, A Ordás: Variability for phase transition among races of maize and related wild forms. Maydica. 45:35-44 (2000).
Revilla P, RA Malvar, MC Abuín, B Ordás, P Soengas, A Ordás: Genetic background effect on germination of su1 maize and viability of the su1 allele. Maydica 45:109-111 (2000).
Revilla P, RA Malvar, ME Cartea, A Butrón, A Ordás: Inheritance of cold tolerance at emergence and during early season growth in maize. Crop Sci 40:1579-1585 (2000).
Revilla P, P Velasco, MI Vales, RA Malvar, A Ordás: Cultivar heterosis between sweet and Spanish field corn. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 125:684-688 (2000).
Malvar RA, P Revilla, ME Cartea, A Butrón, A Ordás: Checking performance of field corn inbreds as donors of favorable alleles to improve early vigor and adaptation of sweet corn hybrids to European conditions. Maydica. 46:187-193 (2001).
Vales MI, RA Malvar, P Revilla, A Ordás: Recurrent selection for grain yield in two Spanish maize synthetics populations. Crop Sci 41:15-19 (2001).
Revilla P, RA Malvar, ME Cartea, P Soengas, A Ordás: Heterotic relationships among European maize inbreds. Euphytica 126:259-264 (2002).
Velasco P, P Revilla, A Butrón, B Ordás, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Ear damage of sweet corn inbreds and their hybrids under corn borer infestation. Crop Sci 42:724-729 (2002).
Velasco P, P Revilla, RA Malvar, A Butrón, A Ordás: Resistance to corn borer in crosses between sweet and field corn populations. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 127:689-692 (2002).
Revilla P, RA Malvar, A Butrón, WF Tracy, BG Abedon, A Ordás: Response to selection for the timing of vegetative phase transition in a maize population. Crop Sci 42: 1471-1474 (2002).
Malvar RA, P Revilla, P Velasco, ME Cartea, A Ordás: Insect damage to sweet corn hybrids in the south Atlantic European coast. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 127: 693-696 (2002).
Butrón A, RA Malvar, P Revilla, P Soengas, A Ordás: Rind puncture resistance in maize: inheritance and relationships with resistance to pink stem borer attack. Plant Breed 121:378-382 (2002).
Revilla P, JR Hotchkiss, WF Tracy: Cold tolerance evaluation in a diallel among open-pollinated sweet corn cultivars. HortScience 38: 88-91 (2003).
Soengas P, B Ordás, RA Malvar, P Revilla, A Ordás: Heterotic patterns among flint maize populations. Crop Sci 43: 844-849 (2003).
Soengas P, B Ordás, RA Malvar, P Revilla, A Ordás: Performance of flint maize in crosses with testers from different heterotic groups. Maydica 48:85-91 (2003).
Revilla P, P Soengas, ME Cartea, RA Malvar, A Ordás: Isozyme variability among European maize populations and the introduction of maize in Europe. Maydica 48:141-152 (2003).
Butrón A, R Tarrío, P Revilla, RA Malvar, A Ordás: Molecular evaluation of two methods for developing maize synthetic varieties. Mol Breed 12:329-333 (2003).
Velasco P, P Soengas, P Revilla, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Mean generation analysis of the damage caused by Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in sweet corn ears. J Econ Entomol 97:120-126 (2004).
Malvar RA, A Butrón, A Álvarez, B Ordás, P Soengas, P Revilla, A Ordás: Evaluation of the European Union maize landrace core collection for resistance to Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). J Econ Entomol 97:628-634 (2004).
Malvar RA, ME Cartea, P Revilla, P Soengas, A Ordás: Verification of predictions from estimators of favorable alleles to improve yield of sweet corn hybrids. Maydica 49: 49-55 (2004).
Soengas P, A Butrón, P Revilla, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Performance of crosses among flint maize populations under infestation by Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J Econ Entomol 97:1438-1443 (2004).
Velasco P, P Revilla, ME Cartea, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Resistance of early maturing sweet corn varieties to damage caused by Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J Econ Entomol 97:1432-1437 (2004).
Revilla P, RA Malvar, A Butrón, WF Tracy, BG Abedon, A Ordás: Genetics of the timing of vegetative phase transition in a maize population. Plant Breed 123:585-586 (2004).
Ordás B, RA Malvar, P Soengas, A Ordás, P Revilla: Sugary1 inbreds to improve sugary enhander1 hybrids of sweet corn for adaptation to cold areas with short growing seasons. Maydica 49: 279-288 (2004).
Revilla P, WF Tracy, P Soengas, B Ordás, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Vegetative phase transition and corn borer resistance of shrunken2 versus sugary1 sweet corn near-isogenic inbred lines. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 130: 64-67 (2005).
Ordás B, P Revilla, P Soengas, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Sugary enhancer1 inbreds to improve the quality of sugary1 hybrids of sweet corn. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 130: 68-74 (2005).
Butrón A, R Tarrío, P Revilla, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Molecular changes in the maize composite EPS12 during selection for resistance to pink stem borer. Theor Appl Genet 110:1044-1051 (2005).
Malvar RA, P Revilla, A Butrón, B Gouesnard, A Boyat, P Soengas, A Álvarez, A Ordás: Performance of crosses among French and Spanish maize populations across environments. Crop Sci 45 :1052-1057 (2005).
Revilla P, MC Abuín, RA Malvar, P Soengas, B Ordás, A Ordás: Genetic variation between Spanish and American versions of sweet corn inbred lines. Plant Breed 124:268-271 (2005).
Revilla P, RA Malvar, P Velasco, A Butrón, WF Tracy, BG Abedon, A Ordás: Effects of selection for the timing of vegetative phase transition on corn borer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae and Crambidae) damage. J Econ Entomol 98:982-987 (2005).
Santiago R, RA Malvar, MD Baamonde, P Revilla, XC Souto: Free phenols in maize pith and their relation with resistance to pink stem borer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) attack. J Econ Entomol 98:1349-1356 (2005).
Butrón A, G Sandoya, P Revilla, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Evaluation of popcorn germplasm for resistance to Sesamima nonagrioides attack. J Econ Entomol 98:1694-1697 (2005).
Butrón A, B Ordás, P Revilla, G Sandoya, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Is leaf or sheath antibiosis involved in the resistance of Maize composite EPS12 to Sesamia nonagrioides? Can Entomol 137:350-355 (2005).
Revilla P, P Velasco, RA Malvar, A Ordás: Variability among maize inbred lines for seed longevity. Gen Res Crop Evol 53:771-777 (2006).
Ordás B, G Padilla, RA Malvar, A Ordás, VM Rodríguez, P Revilla: Cold tolerance improvement of sugary enhancer1 hybrids of sweet corn. Maydica 51:567-574 (2006).
Revilla P, A Boyat, Á Álvarez, B Gouesnard, P Soengas, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Heterotic patterns among French and Spanish maize populations. Maydica 51:525-535 (2006).
Revilla P, VM Rodríguez, RA Malvar, A Butrón, A Ordás: Comparison among sweet corn heterotic patterns. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 131:388-392 (2006).
Revilla P, RA Malvar, VM Rodríguez, A Butrón, B Ordás y A Ordás: Variation of sugary1 and shrunken2 frequency in different maize genetic backgrounds. Plant Breed 25:478-481 (2006).
Soengas P, B Ordás, RA Malvar, P Revilla y A Ordás: Combining abilities and heterosis for adaptation in flint maize populations. Crop Sci 46:2666-2669 (2006).
Revilla P, A Boyat, A Álvarez, B Gouesnard, B Ordás, VM Rodríguez, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Contribution of autochthonous maize populations for adaptation to European conditions. Euphytica 152:275-282 (2006).
Malvar RA, Butrón A, Alvarez A, Padilla G, Cartea ME, Revilla P, Ordás A.: Yield performance of the European Union Maize Landrace Core Collection for yield under multiple corn borer infestations. Crop Prot 26: 775-781 (2006).
Revilla P, Butrón A, Ordás B, Soengas P, Ordás A, Malvar RA.: Corn borer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae and Crambidae) resistance of the main races of Maize from North America. J Econ Entomol 100: 209-214 (2007).
Velasco, P, P Revilla, L Monetti, A Butrón, A Ordás, RA Malvar: Corn borers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; Crambidae) in northwester Spain: Population dynamics and distribution. Maydica 52:195-203 (2007).
Rodríguez VM, A Butrón, G Sandoya, A Ordás, P Revilla: Combining maize base germplasm for cold tolerance breeding. Crop Sci 47:1467-1474 (2007).
Rodríguez VM, RA Malvar, A Butrón, A Ordás, P Revilla. 2007. Maize populations as sources of favorable alleles to improve cold tolerant hybrids. Crop Science 47:1779-1786.
Rodríguez VM, A Butrón, RA Malvar, A Ordás, P Revilla. 2008. Quantitative trait loci for cold tolerance in the maize IBM population. Int. J. Plant Sci. 169:551-556.
Revilla P, A Landa, VM Rodríguez, MC Romay, A Ordás, RA Malvar. 2008. Maize for bread under organic agriculture. SJAR 6: 241-247.
Malvar RA, P Revilla, J Moreno-González, A Butrón, J Sotelo, A Ordás. 2008. White maize: genetics of quality and agronomic performance. Crop Science 48:1373-1381.
Butrón A, MC Romay, A Ordás, RA Malvar, P Revilla. 2008. Genetic and environmental factors for reducing the incidence of the maize storage pest Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier). Entomol Exp Appl 128:421-428.
Ordás B, P Revilla, A Ordás, RA Malvar. 2008. Hybrids sugary × sugary enhancer of sweet corn: a valuable option for cool environments. Sci Hort 118:111-114.
Alonso Ferro RC, RA Malvar, P Revilla, A Ordás, P Castro, J Moreno-González. 2008. Genetics of quality and agronomic traits in hard endosperm maize. J Agric Sci 146:551-560.
Butrón A, Álvarez A, Revilla P, Malvar RA, Rodríguez VM, Ruiz de Galarreta JI, Ordás A. 2008. Agronomic performance of sweetcorn populations derived from crosses between sweetcorn and field corn. SJAR 6:378-384.
Ordás B, Revilla P, Ordás A, Malvar RA. 2008. Reciprocal differences in sugary1xsugary enhancer1 sweet corn hybrids. J Amer Soc Hort Sci 113:777-782.
Butrón A, Revilla P, Romay MC, Ordás A, Malvar RA. 2009. Causes of agronomic differences between synthetics developed by the random and convergent cross methods. Field Crop Research 110:229-234.
Butrón A, P Revilla, G Sandoya, A Ordás, RA Malvar. 2009. Resistance to reduce corn borer damage in maize for bread, in Spain. Crop Prot. 28:134-138.
Butrón A, Sandoya G, Revilla P, Malvar RA. 2009. Genetics of resistance to the pink stem borer (Sesamia nonagrioides Lef.) in maize (Zea mays L.). Annals of Applied Biology 154:205-217.
Ordás B, L Serrano, A Ordás, A Butrón, P Revilla. 2009. Transition between vegetative phases in maize: Genetic effects and variances, and associated markers. J Agric Sci 147: 547-554.
Sandoya G, Malvar RA, Revilla P, Butron A. 2009. Effects of selection for maize resistance to Sesamia nonagrioides on the additive and dominant components of genetic variance Plant Breed 128:244-248.
Revilla P, Butrón A, Rodríguez VM, Malvar RA, Ordás A. 2009. Identification of genes related to germination in aged maize seed by screening natural variability. J Exp Bot 60:4151-4157.
Romay MC, RA Malvar, L Campo, A Álvarez, J Moreno-González, A Ordás, P Revilla. 2010. Climatic and genotypic effects for grain yield in maize under stress conditions. Crop Sci 50:51-58
Revilla P, RA Malvar, B Ordás, VM Rodríguez, A Ordás. 2010. Genotypic effects on field performance of maize plants carrying the allele sugary1 . Plant Breed 129:92-95
Rodríguez VM, MC Romay, A Ordás, P Revilla. 2010. Evaluation of the European Union Maize Landrace Core Collection for cold tolerance. Gen Res Crop Evol 57:329-335.
Sandoya G, RA Malvar, R Santiago, A Alvarez, P Revilla, A Butrón. 2010. Effects of selection for resistance to Sesamia nonagrioides on maize yield, performance and stability under infestation with Sesamia nonagrioides and Ostrinia nubilalis in Spain. Ann Appl Biol (en prensa)
Ordás B, Rodríguez VM, Romay MC, Malvar RA, Ordás A, Revilla P. 2010. Adaptation of super-sweet corn to cold conditions: Mutant by genotype interaction. J Agric Sci doi:10.1017/S0021859610000249.
 
Capítulos de libro
Malvar RA, A Butrón, P Revilla, A Ordás. 2004. Resistance to the pink stem borer, Sesamia nonagrioides, in maize. Recent Res Devel Plant Sci 2:1-32. Research Signpost, Kerala, India.
Revilla P, A Butrón, ME Cartea, RA Malvar, A Ordás. 2005. Breeding for cold tolerance. En pp. 301-398 M Ashraf y PJC Harris (eds.) Abiotic Stresses. Plant resistance through breeding and molecular approaches. The Haworth Press, Inc. EE.UU.
Ordás A, RA Malvar, P Revilla, A Butrón. 2006. Mejora de la calidad del maíz. En pp.221-243 G. Yacer, M.J. Díez, J.M. Carrillo y M.L. Badenes (eds.) Mejora Genética de la calidad en plantas. Univ. Politécnica Valencia.
Landa A, Revilla P, Butrón A, Sandoya GV, Romay C, Malvar RA. 2007. Variedades de maíz en agricultura ecológica. En pp. 101-106 X Neira, A Cervera, X Simón (eds.) Agroecoloxía e agricultura ecolóxica en Galiza, ISBN 978-84-690-4156-7, SEAE, Lugo
Ordás A, Revilla P. 2008. La incorporación de germoplasma exótico. pp. 427-448 En CM Ávila, SG Atienza, MT Moreno y JI Cubero (eds.) La adaptación al ambiente y los estreses abióticos en la mejora vegetal, ISBN 978-84-8474-248-2, Junta de Andalucía/IFAPA, Sevilla
Landa A, Revilla P, Malvar RA, Romay MC, Ordás B, Barros J, Ordás A. 2009. Procesado e conservación de gran e produtos derivados de millos ecolóxicas En pp. 393--401 X Simón, D Copena (eds.) Construíndo un rural agroecolóxico, ISBN 978-84-8158-426-4, Servizo de Publicacións da Universidade de Vigo, Vigo
 
Publicacións de divulgación
Revilla P. 1999. El maíz dulce: un don divino. Diario de Pontevedra p 4.
Revilla P. 1999. El origen del maíz. pp. 24-26. En Enciclopedia temática ilustrada. Tomo 4: O Pan. Ed. A Nosa Terra
Revilla P. 2003. Marcadores moleculares, la horticultura del futuro. Horticultura Internacional p. 29.
Revilla P. 2003. La introducción del maíz en España. O Fisgón 3:12-14.
Revilla P. 2003. Los nombres del maíz. O Fisgón 4:13-16.
Velasco P, A Butrón, P Revilla, A Ordás, RA Malvar. 2004. La plaga de taladro del maíz en la provincia de Pontevedra. Agricultura 859: 108-112.
Revilla P. 2004. Historia del maíz dulce. O Fisgón 5: 25-28.
Revilla P. 2004. La adolescencia en las plantas. O Fisgón 6: 11-13.
Landa A, P Revilla, RA Malvar, A Butrón, A Ordás. 2006. Maíz para panificación. Agricultura 886:506-509
Ordás B, MC Romay, P Revilla. 2007. Maíz dulce ¿Por qué no? Horticultura 25:14-18
Revilla P, A Landa, MC Romay, B Ordás, RA Malvar, A Ordás. 2008. Maíz ecológico. Tierras 145:72-78
Romay MC, RA Malvar, L Campo, A Álvarez, J Moreno-González, A Ordás, P Revilla. 2010. Defying climate change: Stability of maize populations under multiple stress conditions. CSA News 55: 13.
Ordás B, MC Romay, P Revilla. 2010. Híbridos poblacionales de maíz: una alternativa para la sostenibilidad del cultivo. Tierras 167:42-45