David Ruiz
Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia (Spain)
Tenured Researcher, Breeder responsible for the apricot and Japanese plum breeding programs at CEBAS-CSIC
Title: Varietal innovation in apricot. CEBAS-CSIC (Murcia, Spain) breeding program and new cultivars
Tenured Researcher in the Department of Plant Breeding at CEBAS-CSIC in Murcia (Spain). Breeder responsible for the apricot and Japanese plum breeding programs at CEBAS-CSIC, leading the national breeding projects in these Prunus species. He has released 16 new apricot cultivars broadly cultivated in Spain and 2 new Japanese plum cultivars. He has participated in 29 research projects and published 62 SCI papers in high-impact journals, as well as a remarkable work of transfer to the productive sector. Dr. Ruiz also coordinate the Spanish operative group ‘Adaptation of stone fruit sector to climate change’.
