Current address:

Department of Horticulture & Crop Science
Ohio State University, Columbus
Ohio, USA

Phone: +1 614 292 2283

E-mail address : contreras.19@osu.edu

Education background:

MS. Agricultural Science with major in Crop Production. October, 2000. Institution: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Departamento de Ciencias Vegetales.

BS. Agricultural Engineer with major in Crop Science. October, 1999.
Institution: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Departamento de Ciencias Vegetales.

Positions held:

Auxiliar Profesor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Departamento de Ciencias Vegetales.

Research interests:

Seed production of high quality seeds, in particular for vegetables and ornamental species. Mechanisms by which environmental factors such as daylength, water availability and temperature during seed development affect seed quality. Relationship among the different aspects of seed quality, for example among dormancy, vigor and storability.

Papers:

Contreras, S. and M. Barros, 2005. Pruebas de vigor en semillas de lechuga y su correlación con emergencia. (Vigor tests on lettuce seeds and their correlation with emergence). Ciencia e Investigación Agraria, 32(1): 3-11. [Paper]

G. Ramirez-Rosales, M.A. Bennett, M.B. McDonald, D. Francis, and S. Contreras. 2005. Total antioxidant capacity of fruit and seeds from normal and enhanced lycopene tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) genotypes. Seed Technology 27:66-75. [Abstract]

Posters

Contreras, S., M. Bennett and D. Tay. 2005. Effects of water availability during seed development in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). 8th Internacional Workshop on Seeds, International Society for Seed Science, Brisbane, Australia. May 8-13, 2005. [Abstract] [Poster]

Contreras, S., D. Tay and M. Bennett. 2005. Light and Temperature Interactions in Promoting Lettuce Seed Germination. 102nd Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science, Las Vegas, USA. July 18-21, 2005. Abstract in HortScience, Vol. 40(4), 1021- 1022. [Abstract] [Poster]

Contreras, S. and M. Barros. 2005. Vigor Test on Lettuce Seeds and Their Correlation with Emergence. 102nd Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science, Las Vegas, USA. July 18-21, 2005. Abstract in HortScience, Vol. 40(4), 1022. [Abstract] [Poster]