Caetano Albuquerque

Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture · California State University Monterey Bay

Publications

2026

Albuquerque C, Momayyezi M, Arrancibia C, Aguero C, Stanfield R, Ron M, Walker MA, Bartlett M, Scoffoni C, Kluepfel D, McElrone AJ. PIP2;1 aquaporin promotes early stomatal closure in grapevine leaves during water stress. Journal of Experimental Botany. In review.

Preprint

Boisseaux M, Nadal M, Albuquerque C, Gomez J, Garcia L, Amitrano C, McElrone AJ, Sack L, Scoffoni C. C4 vs. C3 grass functional response to dehydration and rehydration: sensitive but tolerant? Journal of Experimental Botany. In review.

Rech M, Hahn L, Wamser AF, Argenta LC, Albuquerque C, Lima-Rodrigues M, Grando DL, Kokkonen AA, Brunetto G. Increasing soil Ca:Mg ratio improves tomato yield, quality, and resistance to rot. Bragantia. In review.

2025

Momayyezi M, Knipfer TM, Hernandez-Perez M, Kluepfel DA, Wakholi C, Rippner DA, Albuquerque C, Bambach NE, DeGrom J, McElrone AJ. Differential impact of commercial rootstocks on the physiological response of a common walnut scion to drought stress. Physiologia Plantarum, 177(2), e70188.

https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70188

2022

Scoffoni C, Albuquerque C, Buckley TN, Sack L. The dynamic multi-functionality of leaf water transport outside the xylem. New Phytologist, 239, 2099–2107.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19069

2020

Albuquerque C, Scoffoni C, Buckley TN, Brodersen CR, Sack L, McElrone AJ. Coordinated decline of leaf hydraulic and stomatal conductances under drought is not linked to leaf xylem embolism for different grapevine cultivars. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(22), 7286–7300.

https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa392

2018

Scoffoni C, Albuquerque C, Cochard H, Buckley TN, Fletcher LR, Caringella MA, Bartlett MK, Brodersen CR, Jansen S, McElrone AJ, Sack L. The causes of leaf hydraulic vulnerability and its influence on gas exchange in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology, 178(4), 1584–1601.

https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.18.00743

Knipfer T, Barrios-Masias FH, Cuneo IF, Bouda M, Albuquerque C, Brodersen CR, McElrone AJ. Variations in xylem embolism susceptibility under drought between intact saplings of three walnut species. Tree Physiology, 38(8), 1180–1192.

https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpy049

McElrone AJ, Earles JM, Knipfer TM, Albuquerque C, Brodersen CR, Cuneo IF. Changes in xylem conducting capacity and water storage across species: How can variable air content of xylem cells affect sap flow? Acta Horticulturae, 1222.

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1222.2

2017

Scoffoni C, Albuquerque C, Brodersen CR, Townes SV, John GP, Bartlett MK, Buckley TN, McElrone AJ, Sack L. Outside-xylem vulnerability, not xylem embolism, controls leaf hydraulic decline during dehydration. Plant Physiology, 173(2), 1197–1210.

https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.01643

2016

Scoffoni C, Albuquerque C, Brodersen CR, Townes SV, John GP, Cochard H, Buckley TN, McElrone AJ, Sack L. Leaf vein xylem conduit diameter influences susceptibility to embolism and hydraulic decline. New Phytologist, 213(3), 1076–1092.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14256

2015

Hochberg U, Albuquerque C, Rachmilevitch S, Cochard H, David-Schwartz R, Brodersen CR, Windt CW. Grapevine petioles are more sensitive to drought-induced embolism than stems: evidence from in vivo MRI and microCT observations of hydraulic vulnerability segmentation. Plant, Cell & Environment, 1–9.

https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12688

2011

Macari S, Carvalho PCF, Oliveira L, Devincenzi T, Albuquerque C, Moraes A. Rearing of lambs under different grazing methods on annual ryegrass in succession to crops. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 46, 1401–1408.