Leticia San Emeterio

Dr. Leticia San Emeterio

orcid

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

20Years (2007-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

View All Publications
1 November 2016 in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
LELeticia San Emeterio
Leticia San Emeterio
LML. Múgica
L. Múgica
UGUgarte
Ugarte
TGTomas Goicoa
Tomas Goicoa
RCRosa Maria Canals
Rosa Maria Canals

16 January 2019 in Frontiers in Microbiology
Verified
Journal Article
Open access
PDF file
EPEric Pereira
Eric Pereira
BABeatriz Vazquez de Aldana
Beatriz Vazquez de Aldana
LELeticia San Emeterio
Leticia San Emeterio
IZIñigo Zabalgogeazcoa
Iñigo Zabalgogeazcoa
Festuca rubra subsp. pruinosa is a perennial grass that inhabits sea cliffs of the Atlantic coasts of Europe. In this unhospitable environment plants grow in rock crevices and are exposed to abiotic stress factors such as low nutrient availability, wind, and salinity. Festuca rubra subsp. pruinosa is a host of the fungal endophyte Epichloë festucae, which colonizes aerial organs, but its root mycobiota is unknown. The culturable endophytic mycobiota of FRP roots was surveyed in a set of 105 plants sampled at five populations in marine cliffs from the northern coast of Spain. In total, 135 different fungal taxa were identified, 17 of them occurred in more than 10% of plants and in two or more populations. Seven taxa belonging to Fusarium, Diaporthe, Helotiales, Drechslera, Slopeiomyces, and Penicillium appeared to be constituents of the core microbiome of Festuca rubra subsp. pruinosa roots because they occurred in more than 20% of the plants analyzed, and at three or more populations. Most fungal strains analyzed (71.8%) were halotolerant. The presence of Epichloë festucae in aboveground tissue was detected in 65.7% of the plants, but its presence did not seem to significantly affect the structure of the core or other root microbiota, when compared to that of plants free of this endophyte. When plants of the grass Lolium perenne were inoculated with fungal strains obtained from Festuca rubra subsp. pruinosa roots, a Diaporthe strain significantly promoted leaf biomass production under normal and saline (200 mM NaCl) watering regimes. These results suggest that the core mycobiome of Festuca rubra subsp. pruinosa could have a role in host plant adaptation, and might be useful for the improvement of agricultural grasses.

1 October 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
LMLeire Múgica
Leire Múgica
RCRosa M. Canals
Rosa M. Canals
LELeticia San Emeterio
Leticia San Emeterio



6 January 2017 in Plant and Soil
Verified
Journal Article
Closed access
PDF file
RCRosa Maria Canals
Rosa Maria Canals
LELeticia San Emeterio
Leticia San Emeterio
MDMaría Durán
María Durán
LMLeire Múgica
Leire Múgica