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Alexis Kooichi Vidal Takasaki

Associate Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Quillota, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Domestication and breeding of native chilean plants for ornamental, tolerancy to salinity and/or phytoremediation of contaminated soils purpuse. Plant breeding and seed production of vegetables (Brassica oleracea, Daucus carota, Capsicum annuum).

Educación

  •  Ingeniero Agrónomo, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2001
  •  Ciencias Vegetales, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2006
  •  Doctoral program of Life and Food Sciences, NIIGATA UNIVERSITY. Japón, 2011

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas y de los Alimentos

    Quillota, Chile

    2014 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   International sales Full Time

    Yokohama UEKI

    Yokohama, Japón

    2010 - 2014

Formación de Capital Humano


In charge of dictating courses of Herbaceous Plant Species; and Floriculture, from the undergraduate degree program. Floriculture is also dictated for Master's degree students.
Guidance of studies leading to graduatuation, and co-guidance of 5 master's degree students.


Difusión y Transferencia


Currently on the third year of research program of Brassica oleracea verieties. Includes breeding of ornamental kale and broccoli. Seed production techniques developed from this program are changing seed production industry in Chile.
Co-researcher in FIA study leading to mechanisms to overcome soil salinity in cut flower production and studies to introduce selected lines of Selliera radicans tolerant to salinity.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Docencia destacada de Pregrado

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Chile, 2015

    Premio a la docencia destacada de pregrado, donde se destaca a los dos docentes que obtienen la mejor evaluación docente en el promedio anual dictado por el profesor.


 

Article (15)

Metal phytotoxicity thresholds in copper smelter-contaminated soils
CHALLENGES IN REDUCING PHYTOTOXICITY OF METALS IN SOILS AFFECTED BY NON-FERROUS SMELTER OPERATIONS
Seed Maturity and Its In Vitro Initiation of Chilean Endemic Geophyte <i>Alstroemeria</i> <i>pelegrina</i> L.
Comparing nitrate leaching in lettuce crops cultivated under agroecological, transition, and conventional agricultural management in central Chile
Germination and development of M1 seedlings of two Selliera radicans Cav. accessions subjected to gamma radiation
Feasibility of Metal(loid) Phytoextraction from Polluted Soils: The Need for Greater Scrutiny
Impact of Mother Plant Saline Stress on the Agronomical Quality of Pepper Seeds
Use of Zinc Carbonate Spiking to Obtain Phytotoxicity Thresholds Comparable to Those in Field‐Collected Soils
Comparison of exposure to trace elements through vegetable consumption between a mining area and an agricultural area in central Chile
Germination Temperature and the Effect of Storage Time on the Seed Viability of Zephyra elegans (Tecophilaeaceae)
ACTITUDES Y PREFERENCIAS HACIA LA CONSERVACIÓN DE SEMILLAS TRADICIONALES: EL CASO ZANAHORIA DE LA COMUNIDAD INDÍGENA DE SAN FRANCISCO DE CHIUCHIU, NORTE DE CHILE
Optimal Temperature for Germination of Zephyra compacta (Tecophilaeaceae)
First Report of Necrotic Streaking of Asiatic Lilies Caused by Plantago asiatica mosaic virus in Chile.
Temperature Effect on Seed Germination in the Genus Leucocoryne (Amaryllidaceae)
IN VITRO INITIATION OF SEEDS AND FURTHER CORM WEIGHT GAIN IN ZEPHYRA ELEGANS

ConferencePaper (1)

Morphological characterization of the groundcover Selliera radicans collected in Chile in different latitudes

Note (2)

Effect of temperature and scarification on seed germination of Conanthera spp. (Tecophilaeaceae)
Decreased time from seed to flowering corm size in Zephyra elegansvia in vitro cultivation

Proyecto (2)

El desafío de producir flores y ornamentales en ambientes de aridez, con restricciones de superficie y eventual uso de agua de mar.
Research and propagation of Brassica oleracea parental lines.
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Alexis Vidal

Associate Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Quillota, Chile

4
Patricia Peñaloza

Profesor Adjunto

Producción vegetal

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Quillota, Chile

2
Carlos Huenchuleo

Director centro Ceres

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Quillota, Chile

1
MONICA CASTRO

Profesor titular

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Quillota, Chile

1
Ximena Besoain

PROFESORA TITULAR

FACULTAD DE LAS CIENCIAS AGRONÓMICAS Y DE LOS ALIMENTOS

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO

QUILLOTA, Chile

1
MARCELO AGUILAR

DOCENTE DE PLANTA

Universidad Vina del Mar

VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile

1
Alexander Neaman

Profesor Titular

Departamento de Recursos Ambientales

Universidad de Tarapacá

Arica, Chile

1
Rosanna Ginocchio

Profesor Asociado

Ecosistemas y Medio Ambiente

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Ximena Besoain

Profesora Titular

Escuela de Agronomía

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Quillota, Chile

1
Pedro Mondaca

Investigador Postdoctoral

Centro de Biotecnología CBDAL

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Flavia Schiappacasse

Profesor Asociado

Horticultura

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile