NRU / Researcher

Francisco Alfonso Larqué Saavedra

Professor (Titular C)
Natural Resources Unit
Telephone: 52 (999) 942-8370 and 942-83-30 Ext. 260
SNI: III
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Degree

• Bs. Biology, National University Autonomous of México (UNAM), México, D.F. 1969.
• Ms., Colegio de Postgraduados, México, D.F. 1971.
• PhD, Plant Phisiology, London University,England, 1975.

Line Research

• Bioproductivity of Plants

Recent Projects

• Value-added search henequen
• Biomass and productivity of biological systems

Recent Publications

• Aristeo Cortés, P., Terrazas, T. Colinas León, T., Larqué Saavedra, A., Brassinosteroid effects on the precocity and yield of cladodes of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill.), Scientia Horticulturae, 97:65-73, (2003)
• R. Martín-Mex, E. Villanueva-Couoh, T. Herrera-Campos y A. Larqué-Saavedra, Possitive effect of salicylates on the flowering of African violet, Scientia Horticulturae, 103:499-502,(2005)
• Tapia-Tussell, R., Quijano-Ramayo, A., Rojas-Herrera, R. Larqué Saavedra, A. and Daisy Pérez-Brito. A fast, simple and reliable high-yielding method for DNA extraction from different plant species. Molecular Biotechnology, Volumen 31, pág 137-139. (2005)
• Tapia-Tussell, R., Lappe, P., Ulloa, M., Quijano-Ramayo, A., Cáceres-Farfán, M., Larqué Saavedra, A. y Daisy Pérez-Brito. A rapid and Simple method for DNA extraction from yeast and fungi isolated from Agave fourcroydes. Molecular Biotechnology. Vol. 33. pág. 67-70. (2006)
• I. Echeverría-Machado, E.-G.M. Rosa María, A. Larqué-Saavedra. Responses of transformed Catharanthus roseus roots to femtomolar concentrations of salicylic acid. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 45 (2007) 501-507.

Patents

• El uso de dimetilsulfóxido para incrementar la bioproductividad en plantas. 197889. 2 de agosto de 2000.
• El uso de salicilatos para incrementar la bioproductividad en plantas. 197888. 2 de agosto de 2000.
• Proceso para la fabricación de bebida alcohólica a partir del henequén (Agave fourcroydes). 219235. 25 de febrero de 2004.

Awards

• 1984-1996, National Researcher Level II, National System of Researchers.
• 1996 to date, National Researcher Level III, National Research System.
• 2000 to date, Member of Science Advisory Council, President of the Republic.
• 2003, President of the South-Southeast Regional Section of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Mexican Academy of Sciences.
• 2007. Prize Centeotl National Produce Foundations of México.