Andrea Acuña Source Confirmed

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Researcher

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

8 h-index 26 pubs 275 cited

Research Areas

Soybean genetics and cultivation Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Food composition and properties Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

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Andrea Acuña's research focuses on plant genetics and breeding, with a significant emphasis on soybean (Glycine max). Her work investigates genetic factors influencing seed composition, such as protein and oil content, and explores methods for improving crop tolerance to environmental stressors like flooding and hypoxia. Acuña has published research on the genetic architecture of seed components and the inheritance of specific traits from soybean germplasm lines.

Her publications also address the practical aspects of crop management, including the effects of planting dates and cultivar maturity on edamame quality and harvest windows. Acuña has developed high-throughput screening methods for identifying soybean germplasm with desirable traits, such as flood tolerance. She has also registered soybean germplasm lines with enhanced yield and resistance to common pests and diseases, contributing to the development of more resilient and productive soybean varieties. Acuña collaborates with several researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Liliana Florez‐Palacios, Leandro Mozzoni, Chengjun Wu, and Derrick Harrison.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 26
  • Citations: 275

Selected Publications

  • Registration of ‘R19C‐1012’: A high‐yielding soybean cultivar with improved flooding tolerance at early vegetative stages (2025) DOI
  • Registration of R19‐42848 as a drought‐tolerant, high‐yielding soybean germplasm line (2025) DOI
  • Across-environment seed protein stability and genetic architecture of seed components in soybean (2024) DOI
  • Registration of R18‐14147: A high‐protein conventional soybean germplasm line (2024) DOI
  • Registration of R16‐45 as a flood‐tolerant, high‐yielding soybean germplasm line (2024) DOI
  • Registration of soybean germplasm line R14‐1422 with high yield and moderate resistance to southern root knot nematode (2023) DOI
  • Spatial models for seed yield, wilting, and maturity in furrow-irrigated soybean plots (2022) DOI
  • Impact of Delaying Irrigation on Wilting, Seed Yield, and Other Agronomic Traits of Determinate MG5 Soybean (2022) DOI
  • Genetics of seed protein and oil inherited from “BARC-7” soybean in two F<sub>2</sub>-derived mapping populations (2022) DOI
  • Response to selection to different breeding methods for soybean flood tolerance (2021) DOI
  • Molecular breeding for improving waterlogging tolerance in wheat. (2021) DOI
  • Registration of ‘R13‐13997’ soybean cultivar (2021) DOI
  • Effect of Planting Date and Cultivar Maturity in Edamame Quality and Harvest Window (2021) DOI
  • Developing a high‐throughput method to screen soybean germplasm for hypoxia tolerance in a hydroponic system (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Liliana Florez‐Palacios University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 15 shared publications Leandro Mozzoni University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 14 shared publications Chengjun Wu University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 12 shared publications Derrick Harrison University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 10 shared publications Daniel Rogers University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 6 shared publications Caio Canella Vieira University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 6 shared publications Joshua Winter University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Pengyin Chen University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications

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Derrick Harrison University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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Chengjun Wu University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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Leandro Mozzoni University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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Seconde Francia Ravelombola University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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Joshua Winter University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Soybean genetics and cultivation Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
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Liliana Florez‐Palacios University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Soybean genetics and cultivation Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
Strong match 5 shared topics