Profesora Titular

Dra. Gilda Carrasco Silva

Doctor of Philosophy in Horticulture, University of London, Inglaterra

Línea de Investigación

Su interés de investigación se orienta a la innovación y desarrollo de sistemas productivos sustentables de hortalizas cultivadas sin suelo y agricultura vertical, así como a la fisiología de la producción y nutrición de cultivos hortícolas.

Fuentes-Peñailillo, F., Rebolledo, P., Cruces, A., y Carrasco, G. From Climate Control to Crop Reproducibility: An Intelligent IoT System for Vertical Horticulture. 2026. Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae12040429

Fernando Fuentes-Peñailillo; Ma. Luisa del Campo-Hitschfeld; Emmanuel Torres-Quezada; Gilda Carrasco Silva; Gaston Lefranc. Biosystems Engineering for the Digital Transformation of Agriculture: Integrating Hardware, Software, and Global Collaboration. 2025. IEEE Xplore. 

Carrasco; P. Rebolledo; F. Fuentes-Peñailillo; R. Gómez; P. Manríquez. Substrate Effects on Yield and Nutritional Quality of Amaranth Microgreens in Floating-Tray Hydroponics. 2025. Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11111395

G. Sant’Ana; F. Binotti, E. Binotti, G. Carrasco; F. Bortolheiro; S. de Lima; C. Oliveira; E. Costa; M. Teixeira Filho; E. P. Vendruscolo. Light Supplementation and Nicotinamide Influence the Growth and Pigment Production of Tropical Hydroponic Green Fodder. 2025. Agronomy. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy15122797

Rebolledo, P.; Carrasco, G.*; Moggia, C.; Gajardo, P.; Sant’Ana, G.R.; Fuentes-Peñailillo, F.; Urrestarazu, M.; Vendruscolo, E.P.* Assessment of Vegetable Species for Microgreen Production in UnheatedGreenhouses: Yield, Nutritional Composition, and Sensory Perception. Plants 2024, 13, 2787. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13192787

Fondecyt Regular 1260692. TRIGGERING THE JASMONATE PATHWAY DURING STRAWBERRY FRUIT RIPENING GROWN ON VERTICAL FARMING TO STRENGTHEN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF ASCORBATE AND ANTHOCYANINS, IMPROVING FRUIT QUALITY. 2026-2029. Co-investigadora.

TAL-Ministerio de Educación. TAL-Agricultura Vertical. 2025-2026. Investigadora

Proyecto DI Bicentenario. PUCV. Vertical farming for staple healthy food production for green cities. 2025. Co-investigadora