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Felipe Barrios

Felipe Barrios Masias

Associate Professor

Summary

My interest focuses on plant-environment interactions and how traits affect resource use efficiency at the ecophysiology and community levels. Different morphological, physiological and phenological traits are responsible for the improved crop performance observed in the last few decades, but little information is known about them. Understanding how traits interact and the tradeoffs related to crop performance under different environmental conditions can help breeders and crop managers to implement strategies for crop adaptation to future climate change scenarios. In addition, the study of traits can contribute to improve crop productivity under low input systems, e.g., some organic systems and traditional farming in developing countries. Integrating plant traits with practices that rely on above- and below-ground diversity, niche differentiation and species complementarity and competition, among others, can contribute to increase yields by the efficient use of resources and minimizing the impact to the environment.

My research program focuses on finding solutions to constraints in horticultural production of arid and semi-arid regions in the world. I take an integrative approach to sustainable production and prioritize needs of farmers and other stakeholders to find ways that our production systems are efficient in the use of resources and become more profitable. I am interested in plant functional traits and identifying genotype/cultivar trait associations that favor crop performance under particular environments and management practices (i.e., GxExM interaction). My goal is to conduct participatory research with an emphasis on applicable outcomes that improve the chances for success of horticultural production in arid regions such as Nevada.

Education

B.S., Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru, 1997
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2012

Publications

Publications are listed below.

Book Chapter(s)

2019

In Hochmuth, G. (ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of vegetables, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK (ISBN: 978 1 78676 236 8; www.bdspublishing.com)

Barrios-Masias, F.H., Lazcano, C., Hernandez-Espinoza, L.

Fact Sheets

2022

Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, FS-22-11

J. Solomon, A. Ogunleye, A. Opoku, F. Barrios-Masias, S. Huber, S. Foster

2021

Extension, University of Nevada, Reno FS-21-08

Bonarota, M.S., Barrios-Masias, F.H., & Singletary, L.

This Extension publication reports the results of University of Nevada, Reno Experiment Station research that tested six different commercial tomato rootstocks and one commercial tomato cultivar for...

2018

Extension I University of Nevada, Reno, FS-18-03.

Yang, Y., Das, K., Barrios-Masias., F., and Singletary, L.

Reclaiming Water for Urban Foodsheds integrates basic scientific research with extension outreach to examine the feasibility of using reclaimed water resources for irrigated agriculture in urban...

Journals

2024

Plant Stress

Bonarota, M.S., Toups, H.S., Bristow, S.T., Santos, P., Jackson, L.E., Cramer, G.R., Barrios-Masias, F.H.

2024

Annals of Botany, 2024;, mcae064

Lacey E Hankin, Felipe H Barrios-Masias, Alexandra K Urza, Sarah M Bisbing

2023

PLOS ONE

Farnisa, M.M., Miller, G.C., Solomon, J.K.Q., Barrios-Masias, F.H.

2022

Elementa, Science of the Anthropocene

Acevedo, S.E., Waterhouse, H., Barrios-Masias, F., Dierks, J., Renwick, L.L.R., Bowles, T.

2022

AoB PLANTS, Volume 14, Issue 1, February 2022, plab072

Bonarota, MS., Kosma, D.K., Barrios-Masias, F.H.

2021

Plant and Soil

Di Tomassi, I., Chatterjee, N., Barrios-Masias, F.H., Zhou, Q., Gu, C., Margenot, A.J.

2021

OENO One

Baggett, J.P., Habibsadeh, S., Toups, H.S., Cochetel, N., Ghan, R., Robinson, M.L., Barrios-Masias, F.H., Cramer, G.R.

2021

Acta Horticulturae

Bristow, S.T., Hernandez-Espinoza, L., Barrios-Masias, F.H.

2021

Frontiers in Plant Science

Bristow, S.T., Hernandez-Espinoza, L., Bonarota, M.S., Barrios-Masias, F.H.

2020

Geoderma

Wade, J., Maltais-Landry, G., Lucas, D., Bongiorno, G., Bowles, T., Calderón, F., Culman, S., Daughtridge, R., Ernakovich, J., Fonte, S., Giang, D., Herman, B., Guan, L., Jastrow, J., Loh Hoe Hin, B., Kelly, C., Mann, M., Matamala, R., Miernicki, E., Peterson, B., Pulleman, M., Scow, K., Snapp, S., Thomas, V., Tu, X., Wang, D., Jelinski, N., Liles, G., Barrios-Masias, F., Rippner, D., Silveira, M., Margenot, A.

2020

New Phytologist

Cuneo, I., Barrios-Masias, F., Uretsky, J., Knipfer, T., Reyes, C., Lenain, P., Brodersen, C., Walker, A., McElrone, A.

2020

Plants

Eustis, A., Murphy, K., Barrios-Masias, F.H.

2020

Heliyon

Hugalde, I., Agüero, C.B., Barrios-Masias, F.H., Romero, N., Nguyen, A.V., Riaz, S., Piccoli, P., McElrone, A.J., Walker, M.A., Vila, H.

2020

Scientia Horticulturae

Hernandez-Espinoza, L., Barrios-Masias, F.H.

2018

Environmental Science: Nano 5, 659-668

Kamol K Das, Yaqi You, Miguel Torres, Felipe H Barrios-Masias, Xilong Wang, Shu Tao, Baoshan Xing, and Yu Yang

2018

Functional Plant Biology

Barrios-Masias, F.H., Knipfer, T., Walker, W.A., McElrone A.J.

2018

Plants

Hinojosa, L., Gonzalez, J., Barrios-Masias, F.H., Fuentes, F., Murphy, K.

Variations in xylem embolism susceptibility under drought between intact saplings of three walnut species

2018

Tree Physiology

Knipfer, T., Barrios Masias, F.H., Cuneo, I. J., Bouda, M., Albuquerque, C., Brodersen, C., Kluepfel, D., McElrone, A.

2017

Acta Horticulturae 1188: 205-212

Hugalde, I., Riaz, S., Agüero, C.B., Romero, N., Barrios-Masias, F.H., Nguyen, A.V., Vila, H., McElrone, A.J., Talquenca, S.G., Arancibia, C., Walker, M.A.

2016

Science of the Total Environment

Bowles, T., Barrios Masias, F.H., Carlisle, E., Cavagnaro, T., Jackson, L.

2016

Agricultural Water Management

Barrios Masias, F.H., Jackson, L.

2015

Journal of Experimental Botany 66:6069-6078

Barrios-Masias, F.H., Knipfer, T., McElrone, A.J.

2014

Soil Biology & Biochemistry 74:184-­-192

Lazcano, C., Barrios-­Masias, F.H., Jackson L.E.

2014

European Journal of Agronomy 53:45-­-55

Barrios-­Masias, F.H., Jackson L.E.

2014

Functional Plant Biology 41:119-­-132

Barrios-­Masias, F.H., Chetelat, R.T., Grulke, N.E., Jackson L.E.

2013

The Plant Genome

Ruzicka, D.R., Chamala, S., Barrios-Masias, F.H., Martin, F., Smith, S., Jackson, L.E., Barbazuk, W.B., Schachtman, D.P.

2012

Plant and Soil 353:181-194

Cavagnaro, T.R., Barrios-Masias, F.H., Jackson, L.E.

Transcriptomic and metabolic responses of mycorrhizal roots to nitrogen patches under field conditions

2012

Plant and Soil 350:145-162

Ruzicka, D.R., Hausmann, N.T., Barrios-Masias, F.H., Jackson, L.E., Schachtman D.P.

Cultivar mixtures of processing tomato in an organic agroecosystem

2010

Organic Agriculture, 1:17-30

Barrios-Masias, F.H., Cantwell, M.I., Jackson, L.E.

2010

BMC Plant Biology 10:75

Ruzicka, D.R., Barrios-Masias, F.H., Hausmann, N.T., Jackson, L.E., Schachtman D.P.

Efectos del biol (Abono organico líquido) en la producción de hortalizas. In ‘Vertientes del pensamiento agroecológico: Fundamentos y aplicaciones’

2009

(Ed. Altieri, M.) pp. 291-307. Sociedad Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA), Medellín, Colombia

Siura, S., Barrios, F., Delgado, J., Dávila, S., Chilet, M.

Presentations

2024

Experiment Station, University of Nevada, Reno

Felipe H. Barrios Masias, Maria-Sole Bonarota, Heinrich di Santo

Is vegetable grafting a technique to help cope with stress? The answers to this question start belowground, and although difficult, we need to get to the roots! ...

2023

University of Nevada, Reno

Heinrich di Santo, Felipe Barrios-Masias

Nevada farmers battle short summers and water scarcity. Grafting squash hybrids & deficit irrigation improve early harvests & water efficiency. Cantaloupe trial explores soil sensors for smarter...

Research Reports

Melon Grafting and Irrigation

2024

Desert Farming Initiative - University of Nevada, Reno

Barrios Masias, F., Kratsch, H.

This research evaluates the effects of melon grafting and irrigation management on production in Washoe and Churchill Counties. Funded by the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education...

Special Publications

2023

Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, SP-23-01

Kratsch, H., Barrios Masias, F., Poudel-Ward, B.

Demand for local organic produce is expanding in Nevada. But, our short growing season and harsh climate limit crop profitability. Rootstock technology used to improve crop stress tolerance is...

Technical Publication

Physico-chemical changes evaluation of three cherimoya varieties (Annona cherimola Mill.)

1999

Iberoamerican Magazine of Post-harvest Technology, v.1 n.2, Sonora, Mexico

Parodi G., Barrios F., Bedersky K.