Avila, Carlos
individual record
Associate Professor
Positions:
- Associate Professor, Weslaco Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
- Associate Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University
education and training
- Ph.D. in Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville - (Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States) 2008
- M.Sc. in Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville - (Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States) 2005
- B.Sc. in Crop Protection, Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School - (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) 1999
- A.D. in Agronomy, Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School - (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) 1997
selected publications
Academic Articles38
- Marquez, S. A., Crosby, K., Patil, B., Avila, C., Ibrahim, A. M., Pessoa, H., & Singh, J. (2023). Hydroxy proline and gamma-aminobutyric acid: markers of susceptibility to vine decline disease caused by the fungus Monosporascus cannonballus in melons (Cucumis melo L.).. 11, e14932-e14932.
- Bhattarai, G., Shi, A., Kandel, D. R., Sols-Gracia, N., da Silva, J. A., & Avila, C. A. (2022). Author Correction: Genome-wide simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers discovered from whole-genome sequence comparisons of multiple spinach accessions.. Scientific Reports. 12(1), 14381.
- Shi, A., Bhattarai, G., Xiong, H., Avila, C. A., Feng, C., Liu, B. o., ... Correll, J. C. (2022). Genome-wide association study and genomic prediction of white rust resistance in USDA GRIN spinach germplasm.. Horticulture Research. 9, uhac069.
- Mora, V., Ramasamy, M., Damaj, M. B., Irigoyen, S., Ancona, V., Avila, C. A., ... Mandadi, K. K. (2022). Identification and Characterization of Potato Zebra Chip Resistance Among Wild Solanum Species.. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13, 857493.
- Awika, H. O., Solorzano, J., Cholula, U., Shi, A., Enciso, J., & Avila, C. A. (2021). Prediction modeling for yield and water-use efficiency in spinach using remote sensing via an unmanned aerial system. Smart Agricultural Technology. 1, 100006-100006.
Chapters1
- Avila, C. A., Irigoyen, S. C., & Mandadi, K. K. (2017). Tomato plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress. Mattoo, A., & Handa, A. (Eds.), ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE CULTIVATION OF TOMATOES. 169-185. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.
Conference Papers27
- Marquez, S. A., Avila, C. A., Ibrahim, A., Crosby, K. M., Singh, J., Patil, B. S., & Pessoal, H. P. (2022). Amino Acid Production in Vine Decline Susceptible and Resistant Melon Plants During Plant-Pathogen Interactions. Hortscience. 57(9), S263-S264.
- Islam, A., Marconi, T. G., Acuna, G., Awika, H., & Avila, C. A. (2022). Discovering Candidate Genomic Regions for Essential Amino Acids Content in Spinach Grain By Using Genome-wide Association Mapping Studies (GWAS). Hortscience. 57(9), S61-S61.
- Islam, A., Marconi, T. G., Acuna, G., Awika, H., & Avila, C. A. (2022). Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) for Identifying the Genetic Basis of Mineral Contents in Spinach Grain. Hortscience. 57(9), S213-S213.
- Kunz, D., & Avila, C. A. (2021). Effect of Spinach Ascorbic Acid Content on Salt Stress Tolerance. Hortscience. 56(9), S127-S128.
- Kandel, D. R., Marconi, T., Awika, H., Rueda-Kunz, D., & Avila, C. A. (2021). Efficacy of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) Resistance Genes and Their Associated Fitness Cost on Tomato Yield in South Texas. Hortscience. 56(9), S127-S127.
Repository Documents / Preprints2
- Marquez, S. A., Avila, C. A., Ibrahim, A., Crosby, K. M., Singh, J., Patil, B. S., & Pessoa, H. P. (2022). Production of Metabolites During the Interaction of Susceptible and Resistant Melon Genotypes (Cucumis Melo L) With the Fungus Monosporascus Cannonballus.
- Bedre, R., Avila, C., & Mandadi, K. (2020). HTSQualC is a Flexible and One-Step Quality Control Software for High-throughput Sequencing Data Analysis.
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Principal Investigator1
recent teaching activities
- HORT685 Directed Studies Instructor
- HORT685 Directed Studies: In-ab Instructor
- HORT691 Research Instructor
Email
caap24@tamu.edu
First Name
Carlos
Last Name
Avila
mailing address
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH; Weslaco; 9999 TAMUS
Weslaco, TX 78596
USA
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