Jose Barrero

About

Jose was awarded his Bachelor in Environmental and Marine Biology from the University of Alicante, Spain in 2000. In 2005, he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Genetics from the Miguel Hernandez University. He completed his Doctorate in the Miguel Hernandez University, Spain, where he worked in leaf development and salt-resistance using the model plant Arabidopsis. He came to Australia in 2006 to join the CSIRO in Canberra (Australia). He became Team Leader in 2015. Jose studied the molecular mechanisms controlling seed dormancy and germination using the model plants Arabidopsis and barley. Understanding seed dormancy is important as low dormancy of commercial wheat varieties is a key factor contributing to pre-harvest sprouting in wheat, a major problem in agriculture. With his research, Dr Barrero and his team aimed to reduce pre-harvest sprouting in wheat. He also worked in projects funded by BASF to generate tools to enable hybrid wheat production. Currently he leads the Legume Engineering Team, within the Pests and Diseases Group, where he is developing GM cowpea with in-built protection against insects and with enhanced photosynthetic capacity, following on TJ Higgins' research. His team was awarded with the 2023 CSIRO Chair’s Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence, for developing the Pod-Borer Resistant cowpea, an insect resistant variety now available to farmers in Nigeria and Ghana, bringing food security for smallholder farmers.

Work

CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories

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Research Scientist

Australia

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CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories

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Postdoctolral fellow

Australia

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Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

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Postdoctoral fellow

Spain

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Iberlab SA

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Laboratory representative

Spain

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Education

Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

Spain
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PhD in Plant Molecular Biology

Universidad de Alicante Facultad de Ciencias

Spain
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Biology

Publications

Editorial: Seed dormancy, germination, and pre-harvest sprouting, volume II

Frontiers in Plant Science

journal-article

Assessment of field performance and bruchid resistance during seed storage of a genetically modified cowpea expressing the alpha-amylase inhibitor 1 protein from common bean

Frontiers in Plant Science

journal-article

Field Performance of a Genetically Modified Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Expressing the Cry1Ab Insecticidal Protein Against the Legume Pod Borer Maruca vitrata

Agronomy

journal-article

Overexpression of the WAPO-A1 gene increases the number of spikelets per spike in bread wheat.

Scientific reports

journal-article

Strategies to improve field establishment of canola: A review

Advances in Agronomy

book-chapter

A biotech shield for cowpea against the major insect pests

Open Access Government

online-resource

A Niche for Cowpea in Sub-Tropical Australia?

Agronomy

journal-article

A Niche for Cowpea in Sub-Tropical Australia?

Agronomy

journal-article

Evaluation of the impact of heat on wheat dormancy, late maturity α-amylase and grain size under controlled conditions in diverse germplasm

Scientific Reports

journal-article

Nigeria has given a new GM cowpea variety the go ahead. Why it matters

The Conversation

other

A role for PM19-Like 1 in seed dormancy in Arabidopsis

Seed Science Research

journal-article

Comparative Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Barley Embryos with Different Dormancy during Imbibition.

International journal of molecular sciences

journal-article

Seed Dormancy, Germination, and Pre-harvest Sprouting

Frontiers in Plant Science

journal-article

Zebularine treatment is associated with deletion of FT-B1 leading to an increase in spikelet number in bread wheat.

Plant, cell & environment

journal-article

Haplotype Analysis of the Pre-harvest Sprouting Resistance Locus Phs-A1 Reveals a Causal Role of TaMKK3-A in Global Germplasm

Frontiers in Plant Science

journal-article

A role for jasmonates in the release of dormancy by cold stratification in wheat

Journal of Experimental Botany

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Transcriptomic analysis of wheat near-isogenic lines identifies PM19-A1 and A2 as candidates for a major dormancy QTL

Genome Biology

journal-article

Arabidopsis INCURVATA2 Regulates Salicylic Acid and Abscisic Acid Signaling, and Oxidative Stress Responses

Plant and Cell Physiology

journal-article

Dormancy in cereals (not too much, not so little): about the mechanisms behind this trait

Seed Science Research

journal-article

A Role for Barley CRYPTOCHROME1 in Light Regulation of Grain Dormancy and Germination

Plant Cell

journal-article

Genetic, Hormonal, and Physiological Analysis of Late Maturity alpha-Amylase in Wheat

Plant Physiology

journal-article

High-Throughput Genetic Dissection of Seed Dormancy

Seed Genomics

book-chapter

Roles for blue light, jasmonate and nitric oxide in the regulation of dormancy and germination in wheat grain (Triticum aestivum L.)

Planta

journal-article

The barley grain thioredoxin system - an update

Frontiers in Plant Science

journal-article

Grain dormancy and light quality effects on germination in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

New Phytologist

journal-article

The MicroRNA Pathway Genes AGO1, HEN1 and HYL1 Participate in Leaf Proximal-Distal, Venation and Stomatal Patterning in Arabidopsis

Plant and Cell Physiology

journal-article

ALTERED MERISTEM PROGRAM 1 Is involved in Development of Seed Dormancy in Arabidopsis

Plos One

journal-article

Gene expression profiling identifies two regulatory genes controlling dormancy and ABA sensitivity in Arabidopsis seeds

Plant Journal

journal-article

Seed Dormancy: Approaches for Finding New Genes in Cereals

Plant Developmental Biology - Biotechnological Perspectives

book-chapter

Anatomical and Transcriptomic Studies of the Coleorhiza Reveal the Importance of This Tissue in Regulating Dormancy in Barley

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

journal-article

The ABA1 gene and carotenoid biosynthesis are required for late skotomorphogenic growth in Arabidopsis thaliana

PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

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INCURVATA2 encodes the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase alpha and interacts with genes involved in chromatin-mediated cellular memory in Arabidopsis thaliana

PLANT CELL

journal-article

Both abscisic acid (ABA)-dependent and ABA-independent pathways govern the induction of NCED3, AAO3 and ABA1 in response to salt stress

PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

journal-article

A mutational analysis of the ABA1 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana highlights the involvement of ABA in vegetative development

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

journal-article

The short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase ABA2 catalyzes the conversion of xanthoxin to abscisic aldehyde

PLANT CELL

journal-article

Genetic and molecular analysis of INCURVATA2, a negative regulator of floral homeotic genes in the leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana

3rd Congress of the Spanish-Society-of-Developmental-Biology

conference-paper

Genetic architecture of leaf morphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

3rd Congress of the Spanish-Society-of-Developmental-Biology

conference-paper