Agricultural Engineer, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), 1968.
Diploma University of Granada, Spain, 1971.
Current positions
Distinguished Professor UBA.
Scientific researcher of the Argentinean Research Council (CONICET).
Research interests
Nutrient dynamics in agricultural systems; contamination of soil, water and plants and the effect of different fungi; Remediation; saline and alkaline soils.
Publications in refereed journals (last 5 years)
Pescie, M.A., M. Montecchia, R.S. Lavado and V.M. Chiocchio. (2023). Inoculation with Oidiodendron maius BP Improves Nitrogen Absorption from Fertilizer and Growth of Vaccinium corymbosum during the Early Nursery Stage. Plants 12(4):792. DOI: 10.3390/plants12040792.
Lavado, R.S.; Chiocchio, V.M. (2023) Symbiosis of Plants with Mycorrhizal and Endophytic Fungi. Plants, 12, 1688. https:// doi.org/10.3390/plants12081688.
Barbosa O.A., Álvarez-Rogel J. and Raúl S. Lavado. (2023). Forage offer from a saline wetland of central Argentina (San Luis province), Wetlands Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-023-09945-0.
Barbosa, O.A., J. Álvarez-Rogel, R. S. Lavado y D. A. Riscosa. (2022). Variaciones estacionales de salinidad y humedad y su influencia en la génesis de los suelos de un humedal salino del centro de San Luis. Ciencia de Suelo, 40 (1): 237-256.
Taboada, M.A, R.S. Lavado. (2022). Forage production on halomorphic soils of the Flooding Pampa. FAO. Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity – Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Salt-affected Soils. 20–22 October 2021. Rome. Pp 299-300. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9565en.
Taboada, M.A., F. Damiano, R.S. Lavado. (2022). Soils, groundwater movements and floods in Argentina lowlands. FAO. Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity – Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Salt-affected Soils. 20–22 October 2021. Rome. Pp 301-302. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9565en.
Barresi, O. Lavado, R.S., Chiocchio, V.M. (2022). Can dark septate endophytic fungi (DSE) solubilize selectively inorganic soil phosphorus thereby promoting sorghum growth? RAM. doi.org/10.1016/j.ram.2022.02.003.
Spagnoletti F.N, M. Carmona, K. Balestrasse, V. Chiocchio, R. Giacometti, R.S. Lavado. (2021). Arbuscular mycorrhiza Rhizophagus intraradices can reduce root rot caused by Fusarium pseudograminearum in wheat. Rhizosphere. 19: doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2021.100369.
Rimski-Korsakov, H y Lavado, R. S. (2021) ¿Los flujos de nitrógeno en maíz fertilizado seguido por un cultivo de cobertura ante diferentes condiciones hídricas? Agronomía y Ambiente 41: 138-148.
Giubergia, J.P., A. Salinas, I. Severina, M. Boccardo, F. Aimar y R.S. Lavado. (2021). Efecto del riego suplementario sobre el suelo y el rendimiento del maíz (Zea mays L.) en el centro norte de la provincia de Córdoba. Agronomía y Ambiente 41:71-82.
Hopmans, J.W., A. S. Qureshi, I. Kisekka, R. Munns, S.R. Grattan, P. Rengasamy, A. Ben-Gal, S. Assouline, M. Javaux, P.S. Minhas, P.A.C. Raats, T. Skaggs, G. Wang, Q. De Jong van Lier, H. Jiao, R.S. Lavado, N. Lazarovitch, B. Li, and E. Taleisnik. (2021). Critical Knowledge Gaps and Research Priorities in Global Soil Salinity. Advances in Agronomy. 161: 1-191. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2021.03.001.
Frusso, E.A., R.S. Lavado. (2021). The condition of the pecan in Argentina. Acta Horticulturae 1318: 59-65.
Frusso, E.A., R.S. Lavado, P. Insausti, P.A. Cipriotti, F.M. Cavo. (2021). Effect of nitrogen, phosphorus and zinc fertilization on pecan yield in Argentina. Acta Horticulturae 1318: 215-220.
Pescie, M.A., M. Fradkin, R.S. Lavado and V.M. Chiocchio. (2021). Endophytic fungi in blueberry varieties, in three production areas of Argentina. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 115 101662 doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2021.101662.
Ureta Suelgaray, F.J., D.M. Aguilar Beltramo, R.S. Lavado, V.M. Chiocchio. (2021). Dark Septate Endophytes (DSE): potential promoters of bioremediation of oil derivatives. International J. of Phytoremediation. 24: 255-262. DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2021.1932733.
Spagnoletti, F.N., Cornero, M., Chiocchio, V., Lavado, R.S., Roberts, I.N. (2020). Arbuscular mycorrhiza protects soybean plants against Macrophomina phaseolina even under nitrogen fertilization. European J. Plant Pathology 156 (3): 839–849. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-020-01934-w ISSN: 0929-1873.
Lavado, R.S. The contamination state in Pampas soil: a review. (2019). Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soil Pollution. FAO, Rome. Pp 80-84. ISBN 978-92-5-130863-9-9.
Porcelli C.A., G. Rubio, F.H. Gutiérrez Boem y R.S. Lavado. (2019). Efecto del fósforo sobre Paspalum dilatatum, una forrajera constituyente de pastizales naturales, bajo estrés hídrico y salino. Conferencias, trabajos y resúmenes VI RAS. Pp 229-234.
