Francisco
Vilaró

Biography

Ing. Agr. Faculty of Agronomy, Uruguay, 1976. PhD. Cornell University. Plant Breeding, 1987. Several stages and courses abroad, about  Potato Breeding and Seed Production (Tsumagoi Potato Foundation Seeds Station, Japan, Benton Bridge Potato Breeding Station, Canada, International Potato Center, Perú, Vegetable Crops Research, Wisconsin State University and North Carolina State University, USA. James Hutton Institute, Scotland). Profesional activity: Associate researcher at CIAAB-MGAP (National Agricultural Research Institution) 1978-1990. During that time it should be emphasized my involvement on the implementation of a Pilot Plan on a National Seed Potato Certification Program. Principal Research Investigator, INIA Uruguay, 1991-2017, being responsible for the National Vegetable Crops Research Program up to 1912. Participant on several Work Commissions about my area of expertise. Particularly, on the Technical Advisory Group at INASE (National Institute for Seed Production). Since 2016, Honorary Full Professor, Faculty of Agronomy, National University. Member of the Posgraduate College on this Faculty. Tutoring several Graduate and Pos Graduate thesis. Responsible and collaborator on several national and international Project grants about Potato Research de Investigación, some of them funded by Fontagro. Responsible on the development of seven Potato varieties 7 variedades and collaborating on twenty other vegetable crops, registered in the National Catalogue, Participant with several technical presentations on International Congresses Participante. Authoring over twenty research papers on refereed journals. Complete curriculum vitae: https://sni.org.uy/buscador/. Publications:

Crisci C., Vilaró F., 1983. Virus y agentes relacionados en cultivos de papa del Uruguay CIAAB Investigaciones Agronómicas, 4: 59-61

Colnago P., Vilaró., González P., 2019. Revista Latinoamericana de la Papa 23 (2): 74 – 79,  ISSN: 1853-4961http://ojs.papaslatinas.org/index.php/rev-alap/indexProduction and multiplication of national potato varieties in family farming systems.

Rizza, M.D., Vilaró, F.L., Torres, D.G. et al. 2006. Detection of PVY extreme resistance genes in potato germplasm from the uruguayan breeding program. Am. J. Pot Res 83, 297–304  https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02871590

Colnago P.,  Arana R.,  Vilaró F.,  Lado B.,  Rodríguez G., González Arcos M. 2023. Alternativas para la multiplicación de semilla de papa de alta calidad Revista INIA No. 75: 62-67

Vilaró F. 2008. Disponibilidad en semillas de papa. Alternativas para su abastecimiento. Revista INIA no 14: 39-41

Vilaró F., 2001 Mejoramiento de papa y la producción de semilla. pp 79-83 ln: Aldabe Dini, L.; Aldabe, R.; Borde, J.; Carballo, R.; Curbelo, L.; de los Santos, M.; Díaz, L.; Gómez Etchebarne, C.; Fernández, D.; Maeso, D.; Molinelli, C.; Proto, J.A.; Verdier, E.;Vilaró F.; Zink, R. Producción de semilla de papa en el Uruguay. Montevideo (Uruguay). 120 pp PREDEG-MGAP. 

Deahl K., Pagani M., Vilaro, F. et al. 2003. Characteristics of Phytophthora infestans Isolates from Uruguay. European Journal of Plant Pathology 109: 277–281 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022825907389

Andino M., Gaiero P., González-Barrios P., Galván G., Vilaró F., Speranza P. 2022. Potato introgressive hibridization breeding for Bacterial Wilt resistance using Solanum commersonii Dun as donor: Genetic and agronomic characterization of a Backcross 3 progeny. Potato Research Vol 65 No. 1: 119-136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11540-021-09512-1

Ferreira V., Pianzzola MJ., Vilaró F., Galván G., Tondo M., Rodríguez M., Orellano E., Valls M., Siri MI. Interspecific potato breeding lines display differential colonization patternsand induced defense responses after Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Frontiers in Plant Science 2017, Vol 8 pp 1-14 https://doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01424

Gaiero P., Van de Belt J., Vilaró F., Schranz E., Speranza P., de Jong H. Collinearity between potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and wild relatives assessed by comparative cytogenetic mapping.  Enero 2017. Genome 60 (3). https://doi: 10.1139/gen-2016-0150

Gaiero P., Mazzella C.,Vilaró F., Speranza P., de Jong H., 2017. Pairing analysis and in situ Hybridisation reveal autopolyploid-like behaviour in Solanum commersonii X S. tuberosum (potato) interspecific hybrids. Euphytica (2017) 213:137- https://DOI 10.1007/s10681-017-1922-4

Boschi F., Schvartzman C., Murchio S., Ferreira V., Siri M.I., Galván G.A., Smoker M., Zipfel C., Vilaró F., and Dalla-Rizza M. 2017. Enhanced bacterial wilt resistance in potato through expression of Arabidopsis EFR and introgression of quantitative resistance from Solanum commersonii. Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol 8 Article 1642.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01642

Silveira, A.C.; Falagán, N.; Aguayo, E.; Vilaró, F.; Escalona, V.H. (2017) Compositional changes on colored and light-yellow-fleshed potatoes subjected to two cooking processes, CyTA - Journal of Food, 15:2, 241-248. https://DOI:10.1080/19476337.2016.1243155

Castillo A, Gaiero P, López Carro B, F.Vilaró. Gametic embryogenic response in wild diploid Solanum species and its implications for genome sequencing projects and breeding. Plant Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 26(2): 159?173, 2016, https://doi:10.3329/ptcb.v26i2.30566

Altesor P. , García A., Font E., Rodríguez A. , Vilaró F., Oesterheld M., Soler R., González A..  Glycoalkaloids of wild and cultivated Solanum: their effects on specialist and generalist insect herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40: 599-608. 2014. https://doi: 10.1007/s10886-014-0447-8.

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