Dr Elena Castillo-Lorenzo
Future Leader Fellow
Department
Team
Specialism
Seed functional traits including thermal time, cardinal temperatures, water potentials and hydro time for seed germination, seed longevity, seed ecology, crop wild relatives
I am a Future Leader Fellow working in the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP) Department under the Seed Conservation team. My research and interest areas are in plant conservation, genetic resource evaluation, trait analysis, and building collaborative conservation outcomes. I have experience working with crops and Crop Wild Relatives and their potential adaptive seed traits for natural regeneration under future climate change scenarios.
- 2018, PhD (Plant and Environment Science), University of Warwick (UK)
- 2012, MSc Plant Genetics and Breeding, Polytechnique University of Valencia (Spain)
- 2010, BSc Agricultural Engineer, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain)
Castillo-Lorenzo, E., Finch-Savage, W. E., Seal, C. E., & Pritchard, H. W. (2019).
Adaptive significance of functional germination traits in crop wild relatives of Brassica.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 264: 343-350.
Castillo‐Lorenzo, E., Pritchard, H. W., Finch‐Savage, W. E., & Seal, C. E. (2018).
Comparison of seed and seedling functional traits in native Helianthus species and the crop H. annuus (sunflower).
Plant Biology 21: 533-543.
Gramazio, P., Prohens, J., Plazas, M., Andújar, I., Herraiz, F. J., Castillo, E., ... & Vilanova, S. (2014).
Location of chlorogenic acid biosynthesis pathway and polyphenol oxidase genes in a new interspecific anchored linkage map of eggplant.
BMC plant Biology 14: 350.
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Saving threatened forests of Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic
Supporting reforestation through seed conservation - a collaborative research programme between the Jardín Botánico Nacional in Santo Domingo and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for the conservation of useful tree species in the Dominican Republic.
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Science-based conservation of tree species in Mexico
Supporting reforestation through seed conservation - a collaborative research programme between the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, UNAM, México and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for the conservation of useful tree species in Mexico.
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Conserving native useful trees of Mexico to maintain its natural capital
Maintaining the natural capital of Mexican forests through research and conservation of useful native tree seeds.
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Global Tree Seed Bank Programme
Conserving some of the world’s rarest, endangered and useful tree and shrub species as well as conducting vital tree conservation research in order to retain a significant resource for humanity.