I work on the propagation and in vitro conservation of plants using biotechnological methods. I teach undergraduate and graduate courses on the aforementioned topics, as well as in the formulation of projects in the Master's degrees in Agricultural Biotechnology and Sciences. Coordinator UNESCO Chair in Agricultural Biotechnology for Local Development.
I have 30 years of experience in research on in vitro plant cultivation and agronomy in general. I have also developed projects in urban agriculture and with the VLIR of Belgium (2017-2022). I am the coordinator of the UNESCO chair in agricultural biotechnology for local development. Director of the Center for Plant Biotechnology Studies. I am now the coordinator of the PhD program in agricultural sciences at the University of Granma.
Somatic embryogenesis in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) and mulberry (Morus alba L.). Authors: J.J. Silva, other, S. Werbrouck. https://www.actahort.org/books/1359/1359_30.htm
Effects of salicylic acid on the production of polyphenols and the reducing power of Theobroma cacao calli. Lillien Fajardo Rosabal, other, Juan J Silva, Stefaan Werbrouck. Current Research in Biotechnology
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590262821000411
Resultados y perspectivas de la conservación in vitro de recursos fitogenéticos en la región oriental de Cuba. Juan José Silva, et al.
https://cuadernosdebiodiversidad.ua.es/article/view/2001-n7-resultados-y-perspectivas-de-la-conservacion-in-vitro-de

Agronomy

I would like to join a project that allows the use of biotechnological methods for the propagation and conservation of medicinal, aromatic and endangered plants, as well as the study of the primary and secondary metabolites they produce. The possibility of their introduction into urban agriculture systems and in environmental conditions.

plant biotechnology, in vitro conservation, medicinal plants, plant tissue culture, cooperation, urban agriculture, secondary metabolites, embryogenesis, propagation

COPYTree Conference at Coimbra in May 2025.
X Congreso Cubano de Desarrollo Local, 9-11 April 2025. Bayamo, Cuba