Amanda Cardoso
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Bio
Leads a Crop Physiology Program focused on identifying climate-resilient crops, uncovering strategic resilience mechanisms, and generating knowledge on best management practices for plant production under adverse weather. Plant systems of interest include row and horticultural crops.
Courses: CS 714 – Crop Physiology: Plant Response to Environment.
Lab Website: https://amandaavilacardoso.wixsite.com/ecophyslab
Publications
- Alterations in plant architecture and physiology allow maize to sustain yield after early defoliation , Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment (2026)
- Cellular integrity beyond xylem embolism underpins drought tolerance in zoysiagrasses , Journal of Experimental Botany (2026)
- Increasing Morphological Variation in Centipedegrass [Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack] Through Colchicine-induced Polyploidy , HortScience (2026)
- Plant population effects on fiber hemp growth and yield in Southeastern United States , Agronomy Journal (2026)
- Preventing canopy mortality during drought is essential for efficient recovery in cotton , Crop and Environment (2026)
- Root Colonization by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Does Not Improve Greenhouse Bell Pepper Performance under Water Deficit and Different Nitrogen Regimes , HortTechnology (2026)
- Sensitization rather than acclimation to chronic atmospheric aridity in invasive and native dryland C4 grasses , Journal of Experimental Botany (2026)
- Similar drought avoidance and contrasting tolerance and recovery capacity across zoysiagrass cultivars: insights from controlled and field droughts , Grass Research (2026)
- The PSInet Plant Water Potential Database: advancing new perspectives on plant water status, traits, and hydraulic processes , bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026)
- Water-deficit resilience by early initiation of transpiration decrease with soil drying: case studies of peanut genetics and maize response to triple super phosphate , Plant and Soil (2026)