Título: Ingeniero Agrónomo, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile
Grado: Doctor en Ciencias de Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad de La Frontera. Chile
Correo electrónico: jorge.gonzalez@uct.cl
Oficina: 307, Edificio CT, Campus San Juan Pablo II
Facultad: Recursos Naturales
Departamento: Ciencias Agropecuarias y Acuícolas
Líneas de investigación: Producción vegetal, Fisiología vegetal, Hormonas vegetales, Estrés abiótico en plantas.
Jorge Andrés González Villagra
Dr. Jorge González Villagra, es profesor de la carrera de Agronomía, del Departamento de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Acuícolas de la Universidad Católica de Temuco. Él recibió su Doctorado en Ciencias de Recursos Naturales de la Universidad de La Frontera, con énfasis en Fisiología Vegetal y Biología Molecular. Actualmente, su investigación está centrada en estudiar los mecanismos fisiológicos y moleculares de plantas agrícolas sometidas a estrés hídrico, enfocándose en las hormonas vegetales. En su trayecto profesional, el Dr. González ha recibido reconocimientos por parte del Colegio de Ingenieros Agrónomos de Chile, La Asociación de Productores de Semillas de Chile y La Universidad Católica de Temuco por sus destacados méritos académicos y personales. Actualmente, el Dr. González mantiene redes de contacto con la Universidad de La Frontera y la University of Minnesota, Estados Unidos.
2022. González-Villagra J, Omena-Garcia R, Rodrigues-Salvador A, Nunes-Nesi A, Cohen JD, Reyes-Díaz M. Differential physiological and metabolic responses in young and fully expanded leaves of Aristotelia chilensis plants subjected to drought stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany 196, 104814. ISSN: 0098-8472
2022. Inostroza-Blancheteau C, Sandoval Y, Reyes-Díaz M, Tighe-Neira R, González-Villagra J. Phytochemical characterization and antioxidant properties of Prumnopitys andina fruits in different ripening stages in southern Chile. Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research 82(2), 285-293. ISSN: 0718-5839
2022. González-Villagra J, Reyes-Díaz M, Tighe-Neira R, Inostroza-Blancheteau C, Luengo Escobar A, Bravo LA. Salicylic acid improves antioxidant defense system and photosynthetic performance in Aristotelia chilensis plants subjected to moderate drought stress. Plants 11(5), 639. ISSN: 2223-7747
2022. Tighe-Neira R, González-Villagra J, Nunes-Nesi A, Inostroza-Blancheteau C. Impact of nanoparticles and their ionic counterparts derived from heavy metals on the physiology of food crops. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. ISSN: 0981-9428
2021. González-Villagra J, Luengo-Escobar A, Ribera-Fonseca A, Cárcamo MP, Omena-García R, Nunes-Nesi A, Inostroza-Blancheteau C, Alberdi M, Reyes-Díaz M. Differential mechanisms between traditionally established and new highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) cultivars reveal new insights into manganese toxicity resistance. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 158: 454-465. ISSN: 0981-9428
2020. Alarcón-Poblete E, González-Villagra J, Magnum de Oliveira Silva F, Nunes-Nesi A, Inostroza-Blancheteau C, Alberdi M, Reyes-Díaz M Metabolic responses of Vaccinium corymbosum L. cultivars to Al3+ toxicity and gypsum amendment Environmental and Experimental Botany. ISSN: 0098-8472
2020. González-Villagra J, Reyes-Díaz M, Alberdi M, Mora ML, Ulloa-Inostroza EM, Ribera-Fonseca AE. Impact of Cold-Storage and UV-C Irradiation Postharvest Treatments on Quality and Antioxidant Properties of Fruits from Blueberry Cultivars Grown in Southern Chile Journal of soil science and pant nutrition. ISSN: 0718-9508
2020. González-Villagra J, Reyes-Díaz M, Alberdi M, Acevedo P, Loyola R, Tighe-Neira R, Arce-Johnson P, Inostroza-Blancheteau C. Solar UV irradiation effects on photosynthetic performance, biochemical markers, and gene expression in highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) cultivars Scientia Horticulturae. ISSN: 0304-4238
2020. Millaleo R, Alvear M, Aguilera P, González-Villagra J, Mora ML, Alberdi M, Reyes-Díaz M. Mn Toxicity Differentially Affects Physiological and Biochemical Features in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) Cultivars Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. ISSN: 0718-9508
2019. González-Villagra J., Cohen J. D., Reyes-Díaz M. Abscisic acid is involved on phenolic compounds biosynthesis, mainly anthocyanin in leaves of Aristotelia chilensis plants (Mol.) subjected to drought stress Physiologia Plantarum. DOI: 10.1111/ ppl.12789. ISSN: 0031-9317
2021-2025. Improving growth, productivity, and fruit quality of Vaccinium corymbosum cultivars exposed to Al-toxicity and drought in acid soil: Phytohormones management as a strategy in the face of a climate change scenario. Fondecyt Regular-ANID, 2021. Co-Investigador
2021-2023. Unraveling the protective role of proline and glycine betaine and their association with the phenylpropanoid metabolism in the extremophyte drought tolerant Prosopis tamarugo Phil. DIUFRO Iniciación N°DI21-0080, 2021. Co-Investigador
2020-2023. Role of salicylic acid as a modulator of abscisic acid biosynthesis to ameliorate moderate drought stress maintaining photosynthesis and plant growth in maqui (Aristotelia chilensis): A tool to improve fruit yield, quality and water-use efficiency. Fondecyt Postdoctoral-ANID, 2020. Investigador responsable
2020-2023. Programa de Cooperación Científica ECOS–ANID. Unraveling the osmoprotective role of proline and its association with antioxidant metabolism in the extremophile drought tolerant Prosopis tamarugo Phil. ECOS-ANID, 2020. Co-investigador