PBMBU / Researcher

Nancy Santana Buzzy

Current Position: Professor Level B
Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit
SNI: Level I
Telephone: 52-999-942-8330 Ext.: 226
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Education

• 1975-1980 B. Sc. Agronomy, Instituto Superior de Ciencias Agropecuarias de la Habana (ISCAH)
• 1988-1993 Ph.D., Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas (INCA), Cuba

Current Field of Research

• Somatic embryogenesis
• Plant genetic resources
• Plant breeding

Current Reseacrh Projects

• Breeding of habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense): collection, conservation and characterization of plant genetic resources of the Yucatan Peninsula. Pungency studies. In vitro morphogenesis.
• Conservation and improvement of genetic resources of habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) in the Yucatan peninsula.SINAREFI-SAGARPA.
• Germplasm conservation and characterization of habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) in Yucatan. FONDOS MIXTOS YUCATÁN 2008.
• Selection of more productive and more tolerant habanero pepper varieties from the genetic diversity of this species in Yucatan. FONDOS MIXTOS YUCATÁN 2008.
• Recalcitrance of the Capsicum genus: morphological, biochemical and molecular studies related to factors affecting the regeneration ability of pepperi plants in vitro. CONACYT 2008.

Recent Publications

• Santana N, R. Rojas-Herrera, R.M. Galaz-Ávalos, J.R. Ku-Cauich, J. Mijangos and V.M. Loyola-Vargas, Coffee. In: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry – Transgenic Crops V. (Pua E.C. and M.R. Davey, Eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg. Vol 60, Cap. III: 475-495, (2007).
• Lee-Espinosa H.E., J. Murguía-González, B. García-Rosas, A.L. Córdova-Contreras, A. Laguna-Cerda, J.O. Mijangos-Cortés, L.F. Barahona-Pérez, L.G. Iglesias-Andreu and N. Santana-Buzzy, In vitro clonal propagation of vanilla (Vanilla planifolia ‘Andrews’), HortScience 43: 1-5. (2008).
• Canto-Flick, A., L.G. Iglesias-Andreu, E. Balam-Uc, J.J. Bello-Bello, C.A. Lecona-Guzmán, D. Solís-Marroquín, S. Avilés-Viñas, E. Gómez-Uc, G. López-Puc and N. Santana-Buzzy, Capsaicinoids content in habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) hottest known cultivars. HortScience 43: 1344-1349. (2008).
• Santana–Buzzy N., G. López–Puc , A. Canto–Flick, F. Barredo–Pool, E. Balam-Uc, S. Avilés-Viñas, D. Solís-Marroquín, C. Lecona-Guzmán, J.J. Bello-Bello, E. Gómez-Uc and J.O. Mijangos Cortés, Ontogenesis of the somatic embryogenesis of habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.), HortScience 44: 113–118, (2009).
• Nakazawa-Ueji Y.E., R. Núñez-Pastrana, R.A. Souza-Perera, N. Santana-Buzzy and J.J. Zúñiga-Aguilar, Mycelium homogenates from a virulent strain of Phytophthora capsici promote a defence-related response in cell suspensions from Capsicum chinense. European Journal of Plant Pathology, (2009) (DOI: 10.1007/s10658-009-9544-x).