Staff Profile:Dr Javier Miret
- Responsibilities:
Researcher for HEAT Newton-Caldas project.
- Areas of Interest:
Javier A Miret is a plant physiologist interested in the interaction of development and environment across the organ and whole plant scale to understand and exploit plant responses to impact yield and quality for food resilience. He is interested in unravelling these processes and their biotechnological potential through the combination of crop physiology, analytical biochemistry, gene expression analysis and modelling approaches.
Javier current main research project is a multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary collaboration to study the heat and climate change tolerance of common bean in Colombia's germplasm and its potential adoption by vulnerable communities. The University of Reading contribution focuses on the detailed characterisation of heat and climate change tolerance mechanisms in Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean, frijol) using sophisticated controlled environment chambers delivering simulated future climate scenarios, integrating analytical data from several partners and contributing to the improvement of existing models to account for variation in responses in germplasm in future scenarios. (HEAT Newton-Caldas project with partners in CIAT, Lancaster University, Rothamsted Research, University of Leeds, and Scotland's Rural College).
Professional activities:
Member of Spanish Society of Plant Physiology (SEFV)
Peer reviewer for ISI biochemistry and plant biology journals.- Research groups / Centres:
- Publications:
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YNumber of items: 10.
2020
- Young, H. R., Cornforth, R. J., Todman, L. C., Miret Barrio, J. A., Shepherd, T. G., Petty, C., O'Sullivan, D., Wagstaff, C., Mason, O. and Talwisa, M., (2020) Assessing the impact of climate change on sweet potato in Uganda. Report. Walker Institute pp4. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3836642
- Young, H., Plumpton, H., Miret Barrio, J. A., Cornforth, R. J., Petty, C., Todman, L., O'Sullivan, D. M., Wagstaff, C., Mason, O., Shepherd, T., Saabwe, C. and Talwisa, M., (2020) Sweet potato production in Uganda in a changing climate: what is the role for fertilisers. Working Paper. Walker Institute pp8. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3955098
2018
- Miret, J. A., Munné-Bosch, S. and Dijkwel, P. P. (2018) ABA signalling manipulation suppresses senescence of a leafy vegetable stored at room temperature. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 16 (2). pp. 530-544. ISSN 1467-7652 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12793
- Miret Barrio, J. A. and Müller, M. (2018) AsA/DHA redox pair influencing plant growth and stress tolerance. In: Hossain, M. A., Munné-Bosch, S., Burritt, D. J., Diaz-Vivancos, P., Fujita, M. and Lorence, A. (eds.) Ascorbic acid in plant growth, development and stress tolerance. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 297-319. ISBN 9783319740560 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74057-7_12
2016
- Miret, J. A. and Munné-Bosch, S. (2016) Abscisic acid and pyrabactin improve vitamin C contents in raspberries. Food Chemistry, 203. pp. 216-223. ISSN 0308-8146 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.02.046
- Jayaraman, J., Miret, J. A., Munné-Bosch, S. and Dijkwel, P. P. (2016) Redox and hormone profiling of a Nicotiana tabacum dedifferentiated protoplast culture suggests a role for a cytokinin and gibberellin in plant totipotency. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 124 (2). pp. 295-306. ISSN 0167-6857 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-015-0893-1
2015
- Miret, J. A. and Munné-Bosch, S. (2015) Redox signaling and stress tolerance in plants: a focus on vitamin E. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1340 (1). pp. 29-38. ISSN 1749-6632 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.12639
- Hernández, I., Miret, J. A., Van Der Kelen, K., Rombaut, D., Van Breusegem, F. and Munné-Bosch, S. (2015) Zeatin modulates flower bud development and tocopherol levels in Cistus albidus(L.) plants as they age. Plant Biology, 17 (1). pp. 90-96. ISSN 14358603 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.12207
2014
- Miret, J. A. and Munné-Bosch, S. (2014) Plant amino acid-derived vitamins: biosynthesis and function. Amino Acids, 46 (4). pp. 809-824. ISSN 0939-4451 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-013-1653-3
- Miret, J. A., Cela, J., Bezerra, L. A., Arrom, L., Juvany, M., Müller, M. and Munné-Bosch, S. (2014) Application of a rapid and sensitive method for hormonal and Vitamin E profiling reveals crucial regulatory mechanisms in flower senescence and fruit ripening. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 33 (1). pp. 34-43. ISSN 0721-7595 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-013-9375-z
- Qualifications:
- PhD (Summa Cum Laude) Plant Biology (University of Barcelona)
MSc Environmental Agrobiology (University of Barcelona)
BSc Biology (University of Barcelona)