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Rodrigo Iván Contreras Soto

Assistant Professor

Universidad de O'Higgins

San Fernando, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Plant breeding; Quantitative genetics; Population genetics; Statistical data analysis in Plant Breeding.

Educación

  •  Genética y Mejoramiento, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MARINGÁ. Brasil, 2017
  •  Ciencias Forestales, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2013
  •  Ingeniero en Biotecnologia Vegetal, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2011

Experiencia Académica

  •   Ayudante Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Ciencias Forestales

    Concepción, Chile

    2010 - 2012

  •   Ayudante Other

    Universidade Estadual de Maringá

    Ciencias Agrarias

    Maringá, Brasil

    2014 - 2017

  •   Miembro de claustro Programa Magíster Ecología Aplicada Other

    Universidad de Talca

    Chile

    2020 - A la fecha

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    Universidad de O'Higgins

    Instituto de Ciencias Agroalimentarias, Animales y Ambientales (ICA3)

    San Fernando, Chile

    2017 - 2022

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    Universidad de O'Higgins

    Instituto de Ciencias Agroalimentarias, Animales y Ambientales - ICA3

    San Fernando, Chile

    2023 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Scholarship Part Time

    Universidad de concepción / Fondecyt 11090129

    Concepción, Chile

    2010 - 2012

  •   Research Assistant Full Time

    INIA Rayentué / CEAF

    Rengo, Chile

    2012 - 2013

  •   Research Assistant Full Time

    Universidade Estadual de Maringá

    Maringá, Brasil

    2014 - 2017

  •   Asesoría Diseño Experimental y Análisis de Datos para Centro Regional de Investigación e Innovación para la sostenibilidad de la Agricultura y los Territorios Rurales Part Time

    CERES

    Chile

    2020 - 2021

  •   Director de Instituto Full Time

    Universidad de O'Higgins

    San Fernando, Chile

    2023 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


Master students

(2019-Present) Dinoclaudio Zacarias Rafael, Master in Applied Ecology, Universidad de Talca. Co-guide. Thesis: "Evaluación de parámetros morfológicos del sistema de arquitectura de raíces en genotipos de Lagenaria siceraria y su respuesta fisiológica bajo condiciones de estrés hídrico"

PhD students

(2017-2020) Diego Ary Rizzardi, PhD in Plant Genetics and Breeding, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brasil. Co-guide. Thesis: "Estudo de associação genômica ampla para resistência a Helmintosporiose comum em milho"

(2017-2020) Edicarlos Peterlini, PhD in Plant Genetics and Breeding, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brasil. Co-guide. Thesis: "Mapeamento associativo para severidade a Exserohilum turcicum utilizando marcadores SNP’s em linhagens de milho-comum e pipoca"

Post-doctorate Supervision

(2020-2022) Carlos Maldonado Muñoz. Instituto de Ciencias Agroalimentarias, Animales y Ambientales – ICA3. Universidad de O’Higgins.


Difusión y Transferencia


Key Talks

1. Contreras-Soto RI; Kuki MC; Coan MMD; Scapim CA. A Genome-Wide Association Study reveals SNPs associated with diplodia ear rot resistance in a tropical maize core diversity panel. 10° Congresso de Melhoramento Genético de Plantas, Aguas de Lindoia, Brasil 2019.
2. Contreras-Soto RI; Mora F; Scapim CA; Schuster I. Genome-wide association mapping for flowering and maturity in tropical soybean: implications for breeding strategies. Flash Talk. XII Reunión de biología vegetal, Pucón, Chile 2017.
3. Contreras-Soto RI; Mora F; Scapim CA; Schuster I. Genotyping of SOYSNP6K, population structure and relatedness of a whole collection of tropical soybean. 8° Congresso de Melhoramento Genético de Plantas, Gioania, Brasil 2015.

Outreach Activities

EXPLORA CONICYT "1000 científicos, 1000 aulas" (2017-2018-2019)


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Beca CAPES

    Ministério da Educação

    Brasil, 2017

    Beca de la República de Brasil para Estudios de doctorado.


 

Article (27)

Evaluation of Compost and Biochar as Partial Substitutes of Peat in Growing Media and Their Influence in Microbial Counts, Enzyme Activity and Lactuca sativa L. Seedling Growth
Rootstocks Comparison in Grafted Watermelon under Water Deficit: Effects on the Fruit Quality and Yield
Genome wide association study identifies SNPs associated with northern corn leaf blight caused by Exserohilum turcicum in tropical maize germplasm (Zea mays L.)
Genome-Wide Prediction of Complex Traits in Two Outcrossing Plant Species Through Deep Learning and Bayesian Regularized Neural Network
Plasticity of the Root System Architecture and Leaf Gas Exchange Parameters Are Important for Maintaining Bottle Gourd Responses under Water Deficit
A genome-wide association study for partial resistance to southern corn rust in tropical maize
A new partial diallel model adapted to analyze reciprocal effects in grain yield of maize
Evaluation of resistance to Spodoptera frugiperda in sweet and field corn genotypes
Genetic diversity, population structure and AFLP markers associated with maize reaction to southern rust
Multivariate analysis reveals key traits of fall armyworm resistance in tropical popcorn genotypes
Partial diallel analysis of maize inbred lines for grain yield and resistance to gray leaf spot including reciprocal effects
Topcrosses in the selection of testers and inbred lines S3 for the yield and bromatological quality of silage maize
Diallel analysis and genetic differentation of tropical and temperate maize inbred lines
Diallel analysis of tropical and temperate sweet and supersweet corn inbred lines
Stable marker-trait associations for growth across different ages in Eucalyptus cladocalyx through the use of microsatellites
Temporal dynamics and management of downy mildew on the table grape BRS Vitoria in northern Parana
A Genome-Wide Association Study for Agronomic Traits in Soybean Using SNP Markers and SNP-Based Haplotype Analysis
Generalized mixed linear modeling approach to analyze nodulation in common bean inbred lines
Genome-wide association mapping for flowering and maturity in tropical soybean: implications for breeding strategies
Inbreeding depression and average genetic components in green corn genotypes
Population structure, genetic relatedness and linkage disequilibrium blocks in cultivars of tropical soybean (Glycine max)
Identification of ISSR markers linked to flowering traits in a representative sample of Eucalyptus cladocalyx
Analysis of the genetic diversity of Eucalyptus cladocalyx (sugar gum) using ISSR markers
Comparison of HMRPGV, Lin and Binn's, and Annichiarico's methods for maize hybrid selection for high and stable yield
Marker-trait associations for survival, growth, and flowering components in Eucalyptus cladocalyx under arid conditions
BAYESIAN PREDICTION OF POPULATION PERFORMANCE OF Eucalyptus cladocalyx FOR BINARY TRAITS OF FLOWERING COMPONENTS AND SURVIVAL IN ARID ZONES OF CHILE
Bayesian threshold analysis of breeding values, genetic correlation and heritability of flowering intensity in Eucalyptus cladocalyx under arid conditions

Proyecto (5)

Root system architecture traits of Lagenaria siceraria are key phenes for selection under drought stress conditions in grafted plants of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
Estudo genômico amplo associativo para a resistência de podridão no colmo causada por Fusarium verticillioides em coleçao núcleo de milho tropical
Caracterização do germoplasma Brasileiro de soja através de genotipagem ampla e mapeamento de genes e QTLs por desequilíbrio de ligação
Characterization of allelic diversity of candidate genes associated to hypoxia response and identification of alleles associated with tolerance using QTL analysis in segregating progenies, for Prunus spp. rootstock development
Predicción Bayesiana de parámetros genéticos en Eucalyptus cladocalyx=> mejoramiento para intensidad de florecimiento, y su impacto sobre la sobrevivencia, florecimiento precoz y crecimiento
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Rodrigo Contreras

Assistant Professor

Instituto de Ciencias Agroalimentarias, Animales y Ambientales

Universidad de O'Higgins

San Fernando, Chile

8
Freddy Mora

Associate professor

INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS BIOLÓGICAS

UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

Talca, Chile

3
Carlos Maldonado

Profesor Asistente

Centro de Genómica y Bioinformática

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Paulina Ballesta

Investigadora Postdoctorado

INTA

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Eduardo Ruiz

Profesor Asociado

Botánica

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Guillermo Toro

Researcher

Plant Physiology

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN FRUTICULTURA

Rancagua, Chile

1
Catalina Pinto

Profesor Asistente

Instituto de Ciencias Agroalimentarias, Animales y Ambientales

Universidad de O'Higgins

San Fernando, Chile

1
Claudia Rojas

Associate professor

Instituto de Ciencias Agroalimentarias, Animales y Amientalesas y Veterinarias

Universidad de O'Higgins

San Fernando, Chile

1
Humberto Aponte

Investigador Postdoctoral

Instituto de Ciencias Agroalimentarias, Animales y Ambientales (ICA3)

Universidad de O'Higgins

San Fernando, Chile