Durante los diez primeros años de su andadura (1968-1978), el claustro de la ETSIAM de la Universidad de Córdoba se enriqueció con un prestigioso elenco de profesores, jóvenes Ingenieros Agrónomos, casi todos egresados de la ETSIA de la UPM. Algunos pertenecían al cuerpo docente de esta última, otros eran investigadores del INIA, y en su mayor parte con sólida formación postdoctoral alcanzada en universidades y centros de investigación extranjeros. Entre ellos se encontraban los que ocuparon las nacientes Cátedras de Patología Vegetal y de Entomología Agrícola. A estas, las primeras de su género en Andalucía y, como pioneras, les cupo la responsabilidad, al tiempo que oportunidad, de establecer los primeros grupos de investigación y diseño de líneas de investigación en materia de Sanidad Vegetal.
Así fue como, de las Cátedras recién instituidas en la ETSIAM de la UCO surgieron una serie de ‘escuelas de pensamiento en Sanidad Vegetal’ que gozan de gran prestigio nacional e internacional, que denominamos en este trabajo como la marca “Sanidad Vegetal ETSIAM”. En el presente trabajo se aborda la ontogénesis de esta marca, su diversificación y su impacto bibliométrico.
During the first 10 years following the creation of the College of Agricultural Engineering (ETSIAM) of the University of Córdoba (UCO) (1968-1978), its staff was enriched with a group of prestigious professors, some of them had completed their undergraduate studies in the ETSIA of the UPM, and even were member of its staff; others came from INIA, and most of them had received postdoctoral training in prestigious European and American Universities and Research Centers.
Among them were those that occupied the incipient Chairs of Plant Pathology and Agricultural Entomology. These Chairs of the ETSIAM were pioneers in Andalusia; they were responsible and had the opportunity to establish the first research groups and to develop the first research lines in Plant Health. These new research lines in the ETSIAM of the UCO were the basis for a series of ‘schools of thought in Plant Health’ that enjoy great national and international recognition. In this work, we refer to that ‘school’ as the brand “Plant Health ETSIAM”. The present work addresses the ontogenesis of this brand, its diversification, and its bibliometric impact.
