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Last published 2025
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Melina Prado

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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Hohenheim

Also affiliated: Universidade de São Paulo (2023–2025)

Formerly Arkansas Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arkansas through 2026; now Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Hohenheim.

3 h-index 13 pubs 19 cited

  • Basidiomycota
  • Plant Diseases
  • Rubus
  • Phenotype
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Disease Resistance
  • Connective Tissue Diseases
  • Eczema
  • Immune System Diseases
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial
  • Phakopsora pachyrhizi
  • Glycine max
  • Stress, Physiological
  • Droughts
  • Chromosome Mapping

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Melina Prado's research focuses on the genetic basis of plant disease resistance, particularly in raspberry (Rubus genus) populations. Her work involves constructing and characterizing interspecific raspberry hybrid panels to identify traits related to late leaf rust resistance and adaptation to tropical environments. Prado investigates the application of genomic selection methods for breeding programs, examining factors such as germplasm introduction, training set composition, and genetic optimization algorithms to improve prediction accuracy. Her publications also extend to optimizing multi-environment trials using climate-soil prediction models and exploring multi-omics analyses to understand plant stress responses, as demonstrated in studies on soybean under drought and rust infection. Prado has a h-index of 5 with 19 publications and 105 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 13
  • Citations: 19

Positions

  • Postdoctoral Researcher 2026–present
    University of Hohenheim State Plant Breeding Institute ORCID
  • Postdoctoral Fellow 2025–2026
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences/ Center For Agricultural Data Analytics ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Additional file 7 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 8 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 2 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 2 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 8 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 1 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 1 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 5 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 9 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 9 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 4 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 5 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 6 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 4 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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  • Additional file 7 of Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals stress-specific molecular architectures in soybean under drought and rust infection (2026)
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