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UAL Crop Nitrogen and Irrigation
Lab
M. Teresa Peña
(Researcher)
Nitrogen (N) and its rational use in intensive horticultural systems has
been the fundamental pillar on which was based on my research career; at the
beginning, gathering information needed to implement a regional scale model to
quantify the flows of water and N consequence of greenhouse horticulture, and
during the past six years, evaluating optical sensors to determine crop N
status and establishing sufficiency levels in several horticultural crops to
make it possible to incorporate as a useful tool in optimizing N management.
Academic degrees and previous positions
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2009: BSc Agronomist, University of Almeria
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2010: MSc in Crop Production, University of Almeria
- 2014: PhD in intensive production systems. University of Almeria
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2009-2013: PhD fellow (FPI), Department of Crop Production, University of Almeria
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2013-2015: Researcher, Department of Agronomy, University of Almeria
Bibliometrics
I have published 6 JCR articles, all of them in the first quartile (Q1). I am first autonr in 1 article. The sum of citations of my publications is 11, and the average number of citations per article is 2.75. My h Index is 2 (Source: WoS Core Collections, November 2015).
JCR Publications
31. Padilla, F.M., Karaca, C., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Rodríguez, A., Thompson, R.B. 2024. Cultivar effect on proximal optical sensor measurements and estimation of leaf N content in muskmelon and sweet pepper. European Journal of Agronomy 159: 127249.
30. Salinas, J., Padilla, F.M., Thompson, R.B., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., López-Martín, M., Gallardo, M.. 2023. Responses of yield, fruit quality and water relations of sweet pepper in Mediterranean greenhouses to increasing salinity. Agricultural Water Management 290: 108578.
29. Gallardo, M., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Padilla, F.M., Cedeño, J., Thompson, R.B. 2023. Prescriptive-corrective irrigation and macronutrient management in greenhouse soil-grown tomato using the VegSyst-DSS v2 decision support tool. Horticulturae 9(10): 1128.
28. Rodríguez, A., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Padilla, F.M., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B. 2023. Effect of cultivar on measurements of nitrate concentration in petiole sap and leaf N content in greenhouse soil-grown cucumber, melon, and sweetpepper crops. Scientia Horticulturae 320: 112200.
27. Karaca, C., Thompson, R.B., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Padilla, F.M. 2023. Evaluation of absolute measurements and normalized indices of proximal optical sensors as estimators of yield in muskmelon and sweet pepper. Remote Sensing 15 (8): 2174.
26. Gallardo, M., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Giménez, C., Padilla, F.M., Thompson, R.B. 2023. Adaptation of VegSyst-DSS for macronutrient recommendations of fertigated, soil-grown, greenhouse vegetable crops. Agricultural Water Management 278: 107973.
25. Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Grasso, R., Gallardo, M., Padilla, F.M., de Souza, R., Rodríguez, A., Thompson, R.B. 2022. Sample temperature affects measurement of nitrate with a rapid analysis ion selective electrode system used for N management of vegetable crops. Agronomy 12(12): 3031.
24. Grasso, R., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., de Souza, R., Rodríguez, A., Thompson, R.B., Gallardo, M., Padilla, F.M. 2022. Nitrogen effect on fruit quality and yield of muskmelon and sweet pepper cultivars. Agronomy 12(9): 2230.
23. de Souza, R., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Thompson, R.B., Gallardo, M., Grasso, R., Padilla, F.M. 2022. Use of fluorescence indices as predictors of crop N status and yield for greenhouse sweet pepper crops. Precision Agriculture 23(1): 278-299.
22. Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Padilla, F.M., Rodríguez, A., Thompson, R.B. 2021. Use of a portable rapid analysis system to measure nitrate concentration of nutrient and soil solution, and plant sap in greenhouse vegetable production. Agronomy 11(5): 819.
21. Rodríguez, A., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Padilla, F.M., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B. 2021. Petiole sap nitrate concentration to assess crop nitrogen status of greenhouse sweet pepper. Scientia Horticulturae 285: 110157.
20. Grasso, R., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B., Padilla, F.M. 2021. Tillage effects on soil properties, crop responses and rooting pattern of sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum) grown in soil in greenhouse. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 19(2): e0902.
19. Rodríguez, A., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Padilla, F.M., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B. 2020. Soil monitoring methods to assess immediately available soil N for fertigated sweet pepper. Agronomy 10(12): 2000.
18. Grasso, R., de Souza, R., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B., Padilla, F.M. 2020. Root and crop responses of sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum) to increasing N fertilization. Scientia Horticulturae 273: 109645.
17. Rodríguez, A., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., de Souza, R., Padilla, F.M., Thompson, R.B. 2020. Sweet pepper and nitrogen supply in greenhouse production: Critical nitrogen curve, agronomic responses and risk of nitrogen loss. European Journal of Agronomy 117: 126046.
16. de Souza, R., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Thompson, R.B., Gallardo, M., Padilla, F.M. 2020. Assessing performance of vegetation indices to estimate nitrogen nutrition index in pepper. Remote Sensing 12(5): 763.
15. de Souza, R., Grasso, R., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B., Padilla, F.M. 2020. Effect of cultivar on chlorophyll meter and canopy reflectance measurements in cucumber. Sensors 20(2): 509.
14. Gallardo, M., Padilla, F.M., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., de Souza, R., Rodríguez, A., Thompson, R.B. 2020. Crop response of greenhouse soil-grown cucumber to total available N in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone. European Journal of Agronomy 114: 125993.
13. de Souza, R., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Thompson, R.B., Gallardo, M., Grasso, R., Padilla, F.M. 2019. The use of chlorophyll meters to assess crop N status and derivation of sufficiency values for sweet pepper. Sensors 19(13): 2949.
12. Padilla, F.M., de Souza, R., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Grasso, R., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B. 2019. Influence of time of day on measurement with chlorophyll meters and canopy reflectance sensors of different crop N status. Precision Agriculture 20(6): 1087-1106.
11. Padilla, F.M., de Souza, R., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Giménez, C., Thompson, R.B. 2018. Different responses of various chlorophyll meters to increasing nitrogen supply in sweet pepper. Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 1752.
10. Padilla, F.M., Gallardo, M., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., de Souza, R., Thompson, R.B. 2018. Proximal optical sensors for nitrogen management of vegetable crops: A review. Sensors 18(7): 2083
9. Padilla, F.M., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Fernández, M.D., del Moral, F., Thompson, R.B., Gallardo, M. 2017. Responses of soil properties, crop yield and root growth to improved irrigation and N fertilization, soil tillage and compost addition in a pepper crop. Scientia Horticulturae 225: 422-430.
8. Padilla, F.M., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Giménez, C., Thompson, R.B. 2017. Derivation of sufficiency values of a chlorophyll meter to estimate cucumber nitrogen status and yield. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 141: 54-64.
7. Padilla, F.M., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B. 2017. Determination of sufficiency values of canopy reflectance indices for maximum growth and yield of cucumber. European Journal of Agronomy 84: 1-15.
6. Padilla, F.M., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallado, M., Thompson, R.B. 2016. Proximal optical sensing of cucumber crop N status using chlorophyll fluorescence indices. European Journal of Agronomy 73: 83-97.
5. Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B., Farneselli, M., Padilla, F.M. 2015. Assessing crop N status of fertigated vegetable crops using plant and soil monitoring techniques. Annals of Applied Biology 167: 387-405. (Open Access)
4. Soto, F., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Padilla, F.M. 2015. Consideration of total available N supply reduces N fertilizer requirement and potential for nitrate leaching loss in tomato production. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 200: 62-70.
3. Padilla, F.M., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B. 2015. Threshold values of canopy reflectance indices and chlorophyll meter readings for optimal nitrogen nutrition of tomato. Annals of Applied Biology 166: 271-285.
2. Padilla, F.M., Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Gallardo, M., Thompson, R.B. 2014. Evaluation of optical sensor measurements of canopy reflectance and of leaf flavonols and chlorophyll contents to assess crop nitrogen status of muskmelon. European Journal of Agronomy 58: 39-52.
1. Soto, F., Gallardo, M., Giménez, C. Peña-Fleitas, M.T., Thompson, R.B. 2014. Simulation of tomato growth, water and N dynamics using the EU-Rotate_N model in Mediterranean greenhouses with drip irrigation and fertigation. Agricultural Water Management 132: 56-59.