• Mejoramiento genético de cultivos.
• Agronomía de cultivos.
• Genética y genómica para la resiliencia de cultivos.
• Estreses abióticos y cambio climático.

2019. Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics. Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri Food Canada, Ottawa (Ontario), Canada. Sylvie Cloutier y Frank M. You. (1 mes).

Opazo-Navarrete M, Burgos-Díaz C, Soto-Cerda B, Barahona T, Anguita-Barrales F, Mosi-Roa Y. 2021. Assessment of the nutritional value of traditional vegetables from southern Chile as potential sources of natural ingredients. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. DOI: 10.1007/s11130-021-00935-2. (IF: 4.223; Q1).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Aravena G, Cloutier S. 2021. Genetic dissection of flowering time in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) through single- and multi-locus genome-wide association studies. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 296:877-891. DOI:10.1007/s00438-021-01785-y. (IF: 3.257; Q2).

Sertse D, You FM, Ravichandran S, Soto-Cerda BJ, Duguid S, Cloutier S. 2021. Loci harboring genes with important role in drought and related abiotic stress responses in flax revealed by multiple GWAS models. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 134:191-212. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-020-03691-0. (IF: 5.565; Q1).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Cloutier S, Gajardo HA, Aravena G, Quian R, You FM 2020. Drought response of flax accessions and identification of quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) governing agronomic and root traits by genome-wide association analysis. Molecular Breeding. 40:15. DOI: 10.1007/s11032-019-1096-y. (IF: 2.750; Q1).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Cloutier S, Gajardo HA, Aravena G, Quian R. 2019. Identifying drought-resilient flax genotypes and related-candidate genes based on stress indices, root traits and selective sweep. Euphytica. 215:41. DOI: 10.1007/s10681-019-2362-0. (IF: 2.181; Q2).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Cloutier S, Quian R, Gajardo HA, Olivos M, You FM. 2018. Genome-wide association analysis of mucilage and hull content in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) seeds. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19:2870. DOI: 10.3390/ijms19102870. (IF: 6.132; Q2).

You F, Xiao J, Li P, Yao Z, Jia G, He L, Kumar S, Soto-Cerda B, Duguid S, Booker H, Rashid K, Cloutier S. 2018. Genome-wide association study and selection signatures detect genomic regions associated with seed yield and oil quality in flax. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19:2303. DOI: 10.3390/ijms19082303. (IF: 6.132; Q2).

Gajardo HA, Quian R, Soto-Cerda BJ. 2017. Agronomic and quality assessment of linseed advanced breeding lines varying in seed mucilage content and their potential use for food and feed. Crop Science. 57:2979-2990. DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2017.02.0095. (IF: 2.096; Q1).

Gajardo HA, Wittkop B, Soto-Cerda BJ, Higgins EE, Parkin IAP, Snowdon R, Federico ML, Iniguez-Luy FL. 2015. Association mapping of seed quality traits in Brassica napus L. using GWAS and candidate QTL approaches. Molecular Breeding. 35:143. DOI: 10.1007/s11032-015-0340-3. (IF: 2.750; Q1).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Inostroza-Blancheteau C, Mathias M, Peñaloza E, Zuñiga J, Muñoz G, Rengel Z, Salvo-Garrido H. 2015. Marker-assisted breeding for TaALMT1, a major gene conferring aluminium tolerance to wheat. Biologia Plantarum. 59-83-91. DOI: 10.1007/s10535-014-0474-x. (IF: 1.747; Q2).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Diederichsen A, Duguid S, Booker H, Rowland G, Cloutier S. 2014. The potential of pale flax as a source of useful genetic variation for cultivated flax revealed through molecular diversity and association analyses. Molecular Breeding. 34:2091-2107. DOI: 10.1007/s11032-014-0165-5. (IF: 2.750; Q1).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Duguid S, Booker H, Rowland G, Diederichsen A, Cloutier S. 2014. Association mapping of seed quality traits using the Canadian flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) core collection. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 127:881-896. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-014-2264-4. (IF: 5.565; Q1).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Duguid S, Booker H, Rowland G, Diederichsen A, Cloutier S. 2014. Genomic regions underlying agronomic traits in linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) as revealed by association mapping. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 56:75-87. DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12118. (IF: 7.061; Q1).

Zhang T, Lamb EJ, Soto-Cerda BJ, Duguid S, Cloutier S, Rowland G, Diederichsen A, Booker HM. 2014. Structural equation modeling of the Canadian flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) core collection for multiple phenotypic traits. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 94:1325-1322. DOI: 10.4141/cjps-2014-158. (IF: 1.242; Q2).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Westermeyer F, Iñiguez-Luy F, Muñoz G, Montenegro A, Cloutier S. 2014. Assesing the agronomic potential of linseed genotypes by multivariate analyses and association mapping of agronomic traits. Euphytica. 196:35-49. DOI: 10.1007/s10681-013-1012-1. (IF: 2.181; Q2).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Diederichsen A, Ragupathy R, Cloutier S. 2013. Genetic characterization of a core collection of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) suitable for association mapping studies and evidence of divergent selection between fiber and linseed types. BMC Plant Biology. 13:78. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-78. (IF: 4.960; Q1).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Cloutier S. 2013. Outlier loci and selection signatures of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.). Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 31:978-990. DOI: 10.1007/s11105-013-0568-1. (IF: 2.042; Q2).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Peñaloza EH, Montenegro AB, Rupayan AR, Gallardo MH, Salvo-Garrido H. 2013. An efficient marker-assited backcrossing strategy for enhancing barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) production under acidity and aluminium toxicity. Molecular Breeding. 31:855-866. DOI: 10.1007/s11032-013-9839-7. (IF: 2.750; Q1).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Maureira-Butler I, Munoz G, Rupayan A, Cloutier S. 2012. SSR-based population structure, molecular diversity and linkage disequilibrium analysis of a collection of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) varying for mucilage seed-coat content. Molecular Breeding. 30:875-888. DOI: 10.1007/s11032-011-9670-y. (IF: 2.750; Q1).

Soto-Cerda BJ, Carrasco RA, Aravena GA, Urbina HA, Navarro CS. 2011. Identifying novel polymorphic microsatellites from cultivated flax (Linum ussitatisimum L.) following data mining. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 29:753-759. DOI: 10.1007/s11105-010-0270-5. (IF: 2.042; Q2).

Inostroza-Blancheteau C, Soto B, Ibáñez C, Ulloa P, Aquea F, Arce-Johnson P, Reyes-Diaz M. 2010. Mapping aluminum tolerance loci in cereals: A tool available for crop breeding. Electronic Journal of Biotechnology. 13:11. DOI: 10.2225/vol13-issue4-fulltext-4. (IF: 2.800; Q2).

Campos H, Soto B, Ibáñez C. 2002. Análisis Molecular de Salíx spp. Silvicultura y
Producción de SAUCE-MIMBRE. Instituto Forestal de Chile. 56-79. ISBN: 956-
7727-64-3

Soto-Cerda BJ, Vasudevan A, Laroche A, Ragupathy R. 2022. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in cereals. Chapter 4. In: Accelerated Breeding of Cereal Crops. Bilichak A, Laurie JD. (Eds). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1526-3. ISBN 978-1-0716-1525-6. 338 pp.

Cloutier S, You FM, Soto-Cerda BJ. 2019. Linum genetic markers, maps, and QTL discovery. Chapter 7. In: Genetics and Genomics of Linum. CA Cullis (Ed.). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23964-0. ISBN 978-3-030-23963-3. 270 pp.

Soto-Cerda BJ, Cloutier S. 2012. Association mapping in plant genomes. Chapter 3. In: Genetic Diversity in Plants. M Çalışkan (Ed.). InTech. DOI: 10.5772/2640. ISBN: 978-953-51-0185-7. 498 pp.

2020-2023. Proyecto: Towards an environment-smart crop production: Genome-wide association and genomic selection studies to unraveling the genetic basis of nitrogen use efficiency in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.). FONDECYT-REGULAR 1200241. (Investigador Principal).

2020-2023. Proyecto: Mining genetic diversity to reveal the genetic basis of seed size and quality in the resilient oilseed crop Camelina sativa. FONDECYT-REGULAR 1200354. (Co-Investigador Principal).

2020-2024. Proyecto: Role of boron nutrition and its association with aluminum toxicity on productivity and fruit quality of Vaccinum corymbosum L. grown in acid soils of southern Chile. FONDECYT REGULAR 1201749 (Investigador).

2016-2019. Proyecto: Adapting crop production to climate change: Genome wide association study (GWAS) for the identification of genes/QTL underlying drought tolerance in linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.). FONDECYT REGULAR 1161133 (Investigador Principal).

2018-2020. Proyecto: Desarrollo de alimentos proteicos funcionales en base a extrusión para el mercado nacional y de exportación de alto valor agregado: innovación en barras y texturizados, a partir de proteína vegetal de la Araucanía. CONICYT REGIONAL R18F10018. (Director Alterno).

2017-2019. Proyecto: Desarrollo de un nuevo aceite de lino “gourmet” de larga vida útil: Local, natural, saludable y rico en carotenoides y lignanos. CONICYT REGIONAL R17F10010. (Director Alterno).

2015-2017. Proyecto: Towards the development of a healthier egg: Replacing soy protein by a new high protein/omega3/low fiber technological product in hen diets. CONICYT REGIONAL R15F10007. (Director).

2005-2010. Mejoramiento de la competitividad y sustentabilidad del cultivo del trigo en el sur de Chile: Aplicaciones biotecnológicas para generar trigos con alto contenido proteico y tolerantes al aluminio fitotóxico. FONDO DE INNOVACIÓN AGRARIA FIA-PI-C-2005-3-A-064. (Director Alterno).

2005-2008. Aumento de la competitividad de la acuicultura nacional: Genética molecular aplicada al mejoramiento nutricional y tecnológico de materias primas vegetales para alimentación de peces. FONDEF AQ04I1004. (Investigador).

2004-2008. Introgresión de genes que confieren tolerancia a las imidazolinonas en variedades de trigo mediante aplicaciones biotecnológicas. INNOVA-CORFO 203-3619. (Co-Investigador).