Juan Pedro Ferrio

Plant Physiologist

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Juan Pedro (Pitter) Ferrio
ARAID researcher at
Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragón (CITA)

I am a Plant Physiologist, interested on the application of stable isotopes (d13C, d18O and d5N) in plant phenotyping and forest ecophysiology, paying special attention to plant responses against drought. I am also working on palaeoenvironmental studies based on the analysis of stable isotopes in archaeological plant remains, including cereal grains and wood charcoal.

My research at a glance


Study of plant's response to drought stress, including plant hydraulics, photosynthesis, and the interaction between carbon and water balance.
Investigation of plant water sources, mechanisms of water uptake, genetic variability and ecological interactions in the use of water resources.
Reconstruction of climate and crop growing conditions in the beginnings of agriculture, in the Near East and the Iberian Peninsula.
Application of ecophysiological tools to characterize genetic variability in water use and water use efficiency, for crops and forest species.

Recent publications


Stem water uptake and storage of water-saver and water-spender species during drought and recovery
Tree Physiology
Leaf Carbon and Water Isotopes Correlate with Leaf Hydraulic Traits in Three Solanum Species
Agriculture
Vapor pressure deficit constrains transpiration and photosynthesis in holm oak
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Do 2H and 18O in leaf water reflect environmental drivers differently?
New Phytologist

News and Events


December 2022.
New project launched!

Manage4Future: Towards effective management practices to enhance carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation of Spanish Quercus forests 

Research Projects


Manage4Future: Towards effective management practices to enhance carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation of Spanish Quercus forests 
Impact of forest Management and Climate Change on understory Microclimate  
Forest management as a tool to revitalize oak coppice forests: reactivation of carbon sinks and other ecosystem services


WATer isotopeS in the critical zONe, from groundwater recharge to plant transpiration

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