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Agustin Zsögön

Research Areas

Plant Molecular Physiology

Regulation of Plant Development

Presentation

Dr. Agustín Zsögön is a geneticist and holds a Masters degree in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry from the University of São Paulo (2006). In 2011 he received a PhD in Plant Biology from the Australian National University, and subsequently conducted post-doctoral research at the University of Sydney and the University of São Paulo. He has been tenured as Assistant Professor of Molecular Plant Physiology at the UFV since 2015. His main research interest is the genetic and functional analysis of domestication and breeding traits in Solanaceae. His work is funded by the Royal Society and UK Research and Innovation.

Address

Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil

Phone: +55 (31) 3612-5159

E-mail

agustin.zsogon@ufv.br

Research interest

We study traits with agronomic relevance in the Solanaceae family (tomato, peppers). We use genetic variation derived from wild species or generated by molecular genetic tecniques (overexpression, interference RNA, TALENs, CRISPR/Cas9). We then assess the effects of the new alleles on plant development and agronomic performance (photosynthesis, transpiration, yield).

Current projects include

The genetic basis of homobaric and heterobaric leaves in tomato
Creation of a new model cultivar for genetic and physiological studies in Capsicum spp
Physiological consequences of constitutive anthocyanin production in tomato
The genetic and physiological basis of heterosis in tomato and Capsicum
Impact of florigen in water-use efficiency and drought resistance in tomato
Functional characterization of florigenic and anti-florigenic genes of the CETS family in tomato
The genetic bases of drought resistance in tomato

PhD Students

Diego Dias Rafael

Guilherme Mateus Dias Barbosa

Master students

Hendril da Silva Lopes

Lislleny Horanny Cordeiro Alves Souza

Selected Publications

Rodrigues-Salvador A, Lana-Costa J, Omena-Garcia RP, Batista-Silva W, Scossa F, Rosado-Souza L, Pérez-Díaz JL, Menezes-Silva PE, DaMatta FM, Sulpice R, Araújo WL, Zsögön A, Fernie AR, Nunes-Nesi A.

Metabolic shifts during fruit development in pungent and non-pungent peppers.

Food Chem. 2022 May 1;375:131850. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131850. Epub 2021 Dec 14.

www.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131850

Brito, F.A.L.; Pimenta, T.M.; Henschel, J.M.; Martins, S.C.V.; Zsögön, A; Ribeiro, D.M.

Elevated CO2 improves assimilation rate and growth of tomato plants under progressively higher soil salinity by decreasing abscisic acid and ethylene levels

Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2020.

www.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.104050

Malheiros, R.S.P.; Gonçalves, F.C.M.; Brito, F.A.L.; Zsögön, A; Ribeiro, D.M.

Selenomethionine induces oxidative stress and modifies growth in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings through effects on hormone biosynthesis and primary metabolism.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020,

www.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109942

Robledo JM, Medeiros D, Vicente MH, Azevedo AA, Thompson AJ, Peres LEP, Ribeiro DM, Araújo WL, Zsögön A

Control of water-use efficiency by florigen. Plant Cell and Environment

Plant Cell and Environment, 2019.

www.https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13664

Malheiros, R.S.P.; Costa, L.C.; Ávila, R. T.; Pimenta, T. M.; Teixeira, L. S.; Brito, F.A. L.; Zsögön, A.; Araújo, W. L.; Ribeiro, D. M.

Selenium downregulates auxin and ethylene biosynthesis in rice seedlings to modify primary metabolism and root architecture

www.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00425-019-03175-6

Gasparini, K.; Costa, L.C.; Brito, F.A. L.; Pimenta, T.M.; Cardoso, F. B.; Araújo, W. L.; Zsögön, A.; Ribeiro, D. M.

Elevated CO2 induces age-dependent restoration of growth and metabolism in gibberellin-deficient plants

www.doi: 10.1007/s00425-019-03208-0

Naves ER, Silva LA, Sulpice R, Araújo WL, Nunes-Nesi A, Peres LEP, Zsögön A

Capsaicinoids: pungency beyond Capsicum

Trends in Plant Science, 2016.

www.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2018.11.001

Barbosa MAM, Chitwood DH, Azevedo AA, Araújo WL, Ribeiro DM, Peres LEP, Martins SCV, Zsögön A

Bundle sheath extensions affect leaf structural and physiological plasticity in response to irradiance

Plant Cell and Environment, 2018.

www.https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13495

Zsögön A, Čermák, Naves ER, Notini MM, Edel KH, Weinl S, Freschi L, Voytas D, Kudla J, Peres LEP

De novo domestication of wild tomato using genome editing

Nature Biotechnology, 2018.

www.https://nature.com/articles/nbt.4272

Silva, N. C.Q.; De Souza, G. A.; Pimenta, T. M.; Brito, F. A.L.; Picoli, E. A.T.; Zsögön, A.; Ribeiro, D. M.

Salt stress inhibits germination of Stylosanthes humilis seeds through abscisic acid accumulation and associated changes in ethylene production.

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018

www.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.07.025

Ribeiro, R. P.; Costa, L. C.; Medina, E. F.; Araújo, W. L.; Zsögön, A.; Ribeiro, D. M.

Ethylene coordinates seed germination behavior in response to low soil pH in Stylosanthes humilis.

Plant and Soil, 2018.

www.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11104-018-3572-2

Zsögön A, Čermák T, Voytas D, Peres LEP

Genome editing as a tool to achieve the crop ideotype and de novo domestication of wild relatives

Plant Science, 2017.

www.10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.12.012

Collaborators

Dr. Lázaro Peres, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil

http://www.esalq.usp.br/docentes/lazaropp/

Dr. Magdalena Rossi, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil

http://felix.ib.usp.br/pessoal/magdalena.htm

Dr. Leonardo Boiteux, EMBRAPA Hortaliças, Brasil

http://www.pgfit.unb.br/orientadoresemecercicio/10-docentes/24-leonardo-silva-boiteux

Dr. Andrew Thompson

https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/people/professor-andrew-thompson-774215

Last modified: 1st July 2019