Profesor Titular
PhD, Universidad de Reading, Inglaterra
Magíster en Ciencias, Universidad de Chile
Licenciado en Biología, Universidad de Chile
Teléfono: +56 71 220223
e-mail: adelpozo@utalca.cl

Mi interés de investigación es en varios aspectos de la ecofisiología de cultivos para comprender el potencial de rendimiento y la tolerancia al estrés abiótico. Realizamos estudios de fenómica (caracterización fenotípica) y genómica (caracterización molecular) para identificar genotipos de élite con mayor tolerancia a déficit hídrico, que se pueden incorporar en los programas de mejoramiento. También participo en estudios de ecología de pastizales (diversidad y productividad) con relación a las condiciones medio ambientales y de manejo. Dirijo el Centro de Mejoramiento Genético y Fenómica Vegetal, de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, y pertenezco al grupo de investigación de Ecología de Sistemas Silvopastoriles del Departamento de Ecología de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España.

2025

Noushasi, H., Inostroza, L, Guerra, F., Ali, M., Nazzicari, N., del Pozo, A. 2025. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identified novel QTLs for forage yield, stem-leaf and canopy traits of 250 half-sib alfalfa populations grown under Mediterranean conditions. Industrial Crops & Crop Journal. ISSN: 0926-6690. DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.122183.

Gámez, A., Chocarro, A., Garriga, M., Romero-Bravo, S., Aranjanjuelo, I., Lobos, G.A., del Pozo, A. 2025. Hyperspectral reflectance at canopy and leaf levels for predicting yield and physiological traits in spring wheat under Mediterranean conditions. Crop and Environment. ISSN: 2773-126X DOI: 10.1016/j.crope.2025.04.004.

Noushasi, H., Inostroza, L, Barahona, V., Espinoza, C., Quitral, K., Kefauver, S., Lobos, G., del Pozo, A. 2025. Selecting high forage-yielding alfalfa genotypes in a Mediterranean drought-prone environment by using high-throughput phenotyping. Remote Sensing. ISSN: 2072-4292. DOI: 10.3390/rs17091517.

Estrada, F., González-Meler, M.A., Dias de Oliveira, E.A., del Pozo, A., Lobos, G.A. 2025. Morpho-physiological plant phenotyping for the development of plant breeding under drought and heat conditions: a practical approach. Food and Energy Security. ISSN: 2048-3694. DOI: 10.1002/fes3.70030.

Elazab, A., Castillo, D., Matus, I., Romero-Bravo, S., Espinoza-Meza, S., Sadras, V., del Pozo, A. 2025. The role of phenotypic plasticity of physiological and agronomic traits on the adaptation of spring wheat genotypes to Mediterranean environments. Field Crop Research. ISSN: 0378-4290. DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2025.109740.

2024

del Pozo, A., Méndez-Espinoza, A. M., Matus, I., Guerra, F. P. 2024. Exotic alleles from the wild Hordeum spontaneum contribute to drought tolerance and grain quality in modern Hordeum vulgare. Plant Stress. ISSN: 2667-064X DOI: 10.1016/j.stress.2024.100553.

Cabeza RA, Pérez-Díaz R, Amigo R, Salinas-Roco S, Morales-González A, Del Pozo A. 2024. Biomass and nitrogen fixation dataset of Pisum sativum L. and Vicia faba L. cultivated under elevated CO2 and nitrogen addition. Data in Brief. ISSN: 2352-3409. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110644.

del Pozo, A., Catenacci, G.; Acota-Gallo, B. 2024. Consequences of land use changes on native forests, ecosystem services, and agricultural areas in central-southern Chile during the last fifteen years. Land. ISSN: 2073-445X DOI: 10.3390/land13050610.

Salinas-Roco S, Morales-González A, Espinoza S, Pérez-Díaz R, Carrasco B, del Pozo A, Cabeza RA. 2024. N2 Fixation, N Transfer, and Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) in Grain Legume–Wheat Intercropping: Impact of N Supply and Plant Density. Plants. ISSN: 2223-7747. DOI: 10.3390/plants13070991.

Cabeza, R.A., Schulze, J., Salinas, S., Morales, A., Amigo, R., Pérez-Díaz, R., Carrasco, B., Contreras-Soto, R., Cabeza, R.A, C., Pedreschi, R., Espinoza, S., del Pozo, A. 2024. The inhibition of N2 fixation by nitrogen is attenuated by the P supply, altering the plant metabolism. Environmental and Experimental Botany. ISSN: 0098-8472. DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2024.105762.

Ballesta, P., del Pozo, A., Castillo, D., Matus, I., Gómez-Pando, L., H. Bertero, D. and Calderini, D.F. 2024. The critical period for yield and quality determination in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.). Field Crop Research. ISSN: 0378-4290. DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109207.

2023

del Pozo, A., Méndez-Espinoza, A.M., Garriga M., Estrada F., Catillo, D., Matus I., Lobos, G.A. 2023. Phenotypic variation in leaf photosynthetic traits, leaf area index, and carbon discrimination of field-grown wheat genotypes and their relationship with yield performance in Mediterranean environments. Planta. ISSN: 0032-0935. DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04163-7.

del Pozo, A., Ruf, K., Alfaro, C., Zurita, A., Guerra, F. 2023. Traits associated with higher productivity and resilience to drought-prone Mediterranean environments of coastal-lowland quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.). Field Crop Research. ISSN: 0378-4290. DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2023.108985.

del Pozo, A., Espinoza, E., Barahona, V., Inostroza, L., Gerding, M., Humphries, A., Ovalle, C. 2023. Aerial and ground-based phenotyping of an alfalfa diversity panel to assess adaptation to a prolonged drought period in a Mediterranean environment of central Chile. European Journal of Agronomy. ISSN: 1161-0301. DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2023.126751.

Ballesta, P., Maldonado, C., Mora-Poblete, F., Mieres-Castro, D., del Pozo, A., Lobos, G.A. 2023. Spectral-based classification of genetically differentiated groups in spring wheat grown under contrasting environments. Plants-Basel. ISSN: 2223-7747. DOI: 10.3390/plants12030440.

Estrada, F., Flexas, J., Araus, J.L., Mora-Poblete, F., Gonzalez-Talice, J.,, Castillo, D., Matus, I., Méndez-Espinoza, A.M., Garriga, M., Douthe, C., Castillo, B., del Pozo, A., Lobos, G.A. 2023. Exploring plant responses to abiotic stress by contrasting spectral signature changes. Frontiers in Plant Science. ISSN: 1664-462X DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1026323.

2022

Moraga, F., Alcaíno, M., Matus, I., Castillo, C., del Pozo, A. 2022. Leaf and Canopy Traits Associated with Stay-Green Expression Are Closely Related to Yield Components of Wheat Genotypes with Contrasting Tolerance to Water Stress. Plants-Basel. ISSN: 2223-7747. DOI: 10.3390/plants11030292.

Moraga, F., Alcaíno, M., Matus, I., Castillo, C., del Pozo, A. 2022. Senescence dynamic of wheat genotypes with contrasting tolerance to water stress. Plants-Basel. ISSN: 2223-7747. DOI: 10.3390/plants11030292.

del Pozo, A., Jobet, C., Matus, I., Méndez-Espinoza, A.M., Garriga, M., Castillo, D., Elazab, A. 2022. Genetic Yield Gains and Changes in Morphophysiological-Related Traits of Winter Wheat in Southern Chilean High-Yielding Environments. Frontiers in Plant Science 1664-462X DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.732988.

2021

del Pozo, A., Engler, A, Meza, F. 2021. The agricultural sciences in Chile: Institutions, human resources, investment and scientific productivity. Chilean Journal of Agriculture Research. ISSN: 0718-5839. DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392021000400664.

Méndez-Espinoza, A.M., Garriga, M., Berenb, S., Sobab, D., Aranjuelo, I., del Pozo, A. 2021. Source-sink relationships during grain growth in four temperate cereals: influence of water deficit on carbohydrate and amino acid dynamics. Agronomy-Basel. ISSN: 2073-4395. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11081516.

Elazab, A., Moraga, F., del Pozo. 2021. Photosynthetic organs contributions to grain yield genetic gains in Chilean winter wheat. Agronomy Journal. ISSN: 0002-1962. DOI: 10.1002/agj2.20718.

Inostroza, L., Espinoza, S., Barahona, V., Gerding, M., Humphries, A., del Pozo, A., Ovalle, C. 2021. Phenotypic Diversity and Productivity of Medicago sativa Subspecies from Drought-Prone Environments in Mediterranean Type Climates. Plants-Basel. ISSN: 2223-7747. DOI: 10.3390/plants10050862.

Garriga, M., Romero-Bravo, S., Estrada. F., Méndez-Espinoza, A.M., Matus, I., Lobos, G.A., del Pozo, A. 2021. Estimating carbon isotope discrimination and grain yield of bread wheat grown under water-limited and full irrigation conditions by hyperspectral canopy reflectance and multilinear regression analysis. International Journal of Remote Sensing. ISSN: 0143-1161. DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2020.1854888.

Guerra F., Yáñez A., Matus, I., del Pozo A. 2021. Genome-Wide Association of Stem Carbohydrate Accumulation and Remobilization during Grain Growth in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Mediterranean Environments. Plants-Basel. ISSN: 2223-7747. DOI: 10.3390/plants10030539.

Humphries, A. W., Ovalle, C., Hughes, S., del Pozo, A., Inostroza, L., Barahona, V., et al. 2021. Characterization, preliminary evaluation and pre-breeding of diverse alfalfa crop wild relatives originating from drought-stressed environments. Crop Science. ISSN: 1435-0653. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.20274.

Impact of phosphorus deficiency and nitrogen levels on intercrop systems: changes in exudation patterns and nutrient transfer in legume-cereal associations. FONDECYT. 2024-2028. Co-investigador. Código FONDECYT N° 1240406.

Decoding of stay-green traits to improve grain yield and grain quality of durum wheat genotypes under terminal water and heat stress conditions. FONDECYT. 2023-2026. Co-investigador. Código FONDECYT REGULAR N° 1230690.