Publications by author

Carlos L. Ballaré

• Andrady A; Aucamp PJ; Bais AF; Ballaré CL; Bjorn LI; Bornman JF; Caldwell MM; Cullen AP; Erickson DJ; de Gruijl FF; Häder DP; Ilyas M; Kulandaivelu G; Kumar HD; Longstreth J; McKenzie RL; Norval M; Paul N; Redhwi HH; Smith RC; Solomon KR; Sulzberger B; Takizawa Y; Tang X; Teramura AH; Torikai A; van der Leun JC; Wilson SR; Worrest RC; Zepp RG. (2008). Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: Progress report 2007. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 7:15-27
• Flint SD; Ballaré CL; Caldwell MM; Mc Kenzie RL. (2008). Comment on ‘‘Extreme environments in the forests of Ushuaia, Argentina’’ by Hector D’Antoni et al. Geophysical Research Letters 35, L13710:doi:10.1029/2008GL033570
• Tao Y; Ferrer JL; Ljung K; Pojer F; Hong F; Long JA; Li L; Moreno JE; Bowman ME; Ivans LJ; Cheng Y; Lim J; Zhao Y; Ballaré CL; Sandberg G; Noel JP; Chory J. (2008). Rapid synthesis of auxin via a new tryptophan-dependent pathway is required for shade avoidance in plants. Cell 133:164-176
• Andrady A; Aucamp PJ; Bais AF; Ballaré CL; Bjoern LO; Bornman JF; Caldwell M; Cullen AP; Erickson DJ; de Gruijl FR; Haeder DP; Ilyas M; Kulandaivelu G; Kumar HD; Longstreth J; McKenzie RL; Norval M; Paul N; Redhwi HH; Smith RC; Solomon KR; Sulzberger B; Takizawa Y; Tang XY; Teramura AH; Torikai A; van der Leun JC; Wilson SR; Worrest RC; Zepp RG. (2009). Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: Progress report. (2008). Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 8:13-22
• Ballaré CL. (2009). Illuminated behaviour: phytochrome as a key regulator of light foraging and plant anti-herbivore defence. Plant, Cell and Environment 32:713-725
• Moreno JE; Tao Y; Chory J; Ballaré CL. (2009). Ecological modulation of plant defense via phytochrome control of jasmonate sensitivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 106:4935-4940
• Caldwell MM; Bornman JF; Ballaré CL; Flint SD. (2007). Terrestrial ecosystems, increased solar ultraviolet radiation and interactions with other climatic change factors. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 6:252-266
• Izaguirre MM; Mazza CA; Svatoš AT; Baldwin IT;Ballaré CL. (2007). Solar ultraviolet-B radiation and insect herbivory trigger partially overlapping phenolic responses in Nicotiana attenuata and Nicotiana longiflora. Annals of Botany 99:103-109
• Andrady A; Aucamp PJ; Bais AF; Ballaré CL; Bjorn LI; Bornman JF; Caldwell MM; Cullen AP; Erickson DJ; De Gruijl FF; Häder DP; Ilyas M; Kulandaivelu G; Kumar HD; Longstreth J; McKenzie RL; Norval M; Redhwi HH; Smith RC; Solomon KR; Sulzberger B; Takizawa Y; Tang X; Teramura AH; Torikai A; van der Leun JC; Wilson SR; Worrest RC; Zepp RG. (2006). Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: Progress report 2005. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 5:13-24.
• Caputo C; Rutitzky M; Ballaré CL. (2006). Solar ultraviolet-B radiation alters the attractiveness of Arabidopsis plants to diamondback moths (Plutella xylostella L.): impacts on oviposition and involvement of the jasmonic acid pathway. Oecologia 149:81-90.
• Izaguirre MM; Mazza CA; Biondini M; Baldwin IT; Ballaré CL. (2006). Remote sensing of future competitors: impacts on plant defenses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; USA 103:7170-7174.
• Andrady, A; Aucamp, PJ; Bais, AF; Ballaré, CL; Bjorn, LI; Bornman, JF; Caldwell, MM; Callaghan, T; Cullen, AP; Erickson, DJ; De Gruijl, FF; Hader, DP; Ilyas, M; Kulandaivelu, G; Kumar, HD; Longstreth, J; McKEnzie, RL; Norval, M; Redhwi, HH; Smith, RC; Solomon, KR; Sulzberger, B; Takizawa, Y; Tang, X; Teramura, AH; Torikai, A; van der Leun, JC; Wilson, SR; Worrest, RC; Zepp, RG. (2005). Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: Progress report 2004. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 22:177-184.
• Giordano CV, Galatro A., Puntarulo S., Ballaré CL (2004). The inhibitory effects of UV-B radiation (280-315 nm) on Gunnera magellanica growth correlate with increased DNA damage but not with oxidative damage to lipids, Plant Cell & Environment, 27: 1415-1423.
• Robson TM, Pancotto VA, Ballaré CL, Sala OE, Scopel AL, Caldwell MM (2004). Reduction of solar UV-B mediates changes in the Sphagnum capitulum microenvironment and the peatland microfungal community, Oecologia, 140: 480-490.
• Rousseaux MC, Julkunen-Tiitto R, Searles PS, Scopel AL, Aphalo PJ, Ballaré CL (2004). Solar UV-B radiation affects leaf quality and insect herbivory in the southern beech tree Nothofagus antarctica, Oecologia, 138: 505-512.
• Ballaré CL (2004). Competition: Responses to shade by neighbors. In R. M. Goodman (ed.), Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science. Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY. Pp. 300-303.
• United Nations Environment Programme, Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (Andrady A,.... Ballaré CL,.. et al.) (2004). Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: Progress report (2003). Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 3:1-5.
• Robson TM, Pancotto VA, Flint SD, Ballaré CL, Sala OE, Scopel AL, Caldwell MM (2003). Six years of solar UV-B manipulations affect growth of Sphagnum and vascular plants in a Tierra del Fuego peatland, New Phytologist, 160: 379-389.
• Giordano CV, Mori T, Sala OE, Scopel AL, Caldwell MM, Ballaré CL (2003). Functional acclimation to solar UV-B radiation in Gunnera magellanica, a native plant species of southernmost Patagonia, Plant Cell & Environment, 26: 2027-2036.
• Ballaré CL (2003). Stress under the sun. Spotlight on ultraviolet-B responses Plant Physiology 132: 1725-1727.
• M.M. Izaguirre, A.L. Scopel, I.T. Baldwin, and C.L. Ballaré. (2003). Convergent Responses to Stress.Solar Ultraviolet-B Radiation and Manduca sexta Herbivory Elicit Overlapping Transcriptional Responses in Field-Grown Plants of Nicotiana longiflora. Plant Physiol. Vol. 132,
• Caldwell, M.M., Ballaré, C.L., Flint, S.D., Björn, L.O., Teramura, A.H., Kulandaivelu, G., Tevini, M. (2003). Terrestrial ecosystems, increased solar ultravioelet radiation and interactions with other climatic change factors. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 2:29-38.
• Pancotto, V.A., Sala, O.E., Cabello, M., López, N.I., Robson, T.M., Ballaré, C.L., Caldwell, M.M., Scopel, A.L. (2003). Solar UV-B decreases decomposition in herbaceous plant litter in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina: Potential role of an altered decomposer community. Global Change Biology 9: 1465-1474.
• Scopel AL, Ballaré CL, Sáncez RA (2002). Awakened by a flash of sunlight. Essay for Web Supplement to Plant Physiology, (L Taiz & E Zeiger, Eds., www.plantphys.net).
• Ballaré CL, Scopel AL, Casal JJ, Sánchez RA (2002). Know thy neighbors through phytochrome. Essay for Web Supplement to Plant Physiology, (L Taiz & E Zeiger, Eds., www.plantphys.net).
• Zaller JG, Searles PS, Rousseaux MC, Flint SD, Caldwell MM, Sala OE, Ballaré CL, Scopel AL (2002). Solar ultraviolet-B radiation can affect slug feeding preference for some plant species native to a fen ecosystem in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Plant Ecology, 169: 43-51.
• Zaller, J.G., Caldwell, M.M., Flint, S.D., Scopel, A.L., Sala, O.E., Ballaré, C.L. (2002). Solar UV-B radiation affects belowground processes in a fen ecosytem in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina: implications of stratospheric ozone depletion. Global Change Biology 8:867-871.
• Searles, P.S., Flint, S.D., Díaz, S.B., Rousseaux, M.C., Ballaré, C.L., Caldwell, M.M. (2002). Plant response to solar ultraviolet-B radiation in a southern South America Sphagnum peatland. Journal of Ecology, 90:704-713.
• Mazza, C.A., Izaguirre, M.M., Zavala, J., Scopel, A.L., Ballaré, C.L. (2002). Insect perception of ambient ultraviolet-B radiation. Ecology Letters, 5:722-726.
• Ballaré, C.L. (2002). Bifuntional promoter mediates suppressing effect of pathogen infection on UV-induced responses. Trends in Plant Science, 7:241-242.
• Zavala, J., Scopel, A.L., Ballaré, C.L. (2001). Effects of solar UV-B radiation on soybean crops: Impact on leaf herbivory by Anticarsia gemmatalis. Plant Ecology, 156:121-130.
• Rousseaux, M.C., Scopel, A.L., Searles, P.S., Caldwell, M.M., Sala, O.E., Ballaré, C.L. (2001). Responses to solar ultraviolet-B radiation in a shrub-dominated natural ecosystem of Tierra del Fuego (southern Argentina). Global Change Biology 7:467-478.
• Boccalandro, H., Mazza, C., Mazzella, A., Casal, J.J., Ballaré, C.L. (2001). UV-B enhances a phytochrome B-mediated response in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 126:280-288.
• Ballaré, C.L. (2001). Smart plants or stealthy bugs? Trends in Plant Science, 6:142.
• Ballaré, C.L. (2001). Phototropism: a family business. Trends in Plant Science, 6:403.
• Ballaré, C.L. (2001). Circadian maestro leads plant gene expression symphony. Trends in Plant Science, 6:96-97.
• Ballaré, C.L. (2001). Arabidopsis mutants and other model systems in plant physiological ecology. Trends in Plant Science, 6:99-100.
• Helbling EW, Ballaré CL, Villafañe VE (2001). In this Special Issue: Impacts of ultraviolet radiation on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. J. Photochemistry Photobiology B: Biology, 62: vii-ix.
• Ballaré, C.L., Rousseaux, M.C., Searles, P.S., Zaller, J.G., Giordano, C.V., Robson, T.M., Caldwell, M.M., Sala, O.E., Scopel, A.L. (2001). Impacts of solar ultraviolet-B radiation on terrestrial ecosystems of Tierra del Fuego (southern Argentina). An overview of recent progress. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 62:67-77.
• Mazza, C.A., Boccalandro, H.E., Giordano, C.V., Battista, D., Scopel, A.L., Ballaré, C.L. (2000). Functional significance and the induction by solar radiation of ultaviolet-absorbing sunscreens in field-grown soybean crops. Plant Physiology, 122:117-126.
• Barnes, P.W., Searles, P.S., Ballaré, C.L., Ryel, R.J., Caldwell, M.M. (2000). Non-invasive measurements of leaf epidermal transmittance of UV radiation using chlorophyll fluorescence: field and laboratory tests. Physiologia Plantarum, 109:274-283.
• Ballaré, C.L., Casal, J.J. (2000). Light signals perceived by crop and weed plants. Field Crops Research, 67:149-160.
• Searles, P.S., Flint, S.D., Díaz, S.B., Rousseaux, M.C., Ballaré, C.L., Caldwell, M.M. (1999). Solar ultraviolet-B radiation influence on Sphagnum bog and Carex fen ecosystems: first field season findings in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Global Change Biology, 5:223-228.
• Rousseaux, M.C., Ballaré, C.L., Giordano, C.V., Scopel, A.L., Zima, A.M., Szwarcberg-Bracchita, M., Searles, P.S., Caldwell, M.M., Díaz, S.B. (1999). Ozone depletion and UVB radiation: Impact on plant DNA damage in southern South America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 96:15310-15315.
• Mazza, C.L., Zavala, J., Scopel, A.L., Ballaré, C.L. (1999). Perception of solar ultraviolet-B radiation by phytophagous insects. Behavioral responses and ecosystem implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 96:980-985.
• Mazza, C.A., Battista, D., Zima, A.M., Szwarcberg-Bracchita, M., Giordano, C.V., Acevedo, A., Scopel, A.L., Ballaré, C.L. (1999). The effects of solar ultraviolet-B radiation on the growth and yield of barley are accompanied by increased DNA damage and antioxidant responses. Plant, Cell and Environment, 22:61-70.
• Ballaré, C.L. (1999). Keeping up with the neighbours: phytochrome sensing and other signalling mechanisms. Trends in Plant Science, 4:97-102.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Mazza, C.A. (1999). Effects of solar UV-B radiation on terrestrial ecosystems: Case studies from southern South America. En: Stratospheric ozone depletion. The effects of enhanced UV-B radiation on terrestrial ecosystems. LeidEn: Backhuys Publishers, pp 292-311.
• Aphalo, P.J., Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L. (1999). Plant-plant signalling, the shade avoidance response and competition. Journal of Experimental Botany, 50:1629-1634.
• Rousseaux, M.C., Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Searles, P.S., Caldwell, M.M. (1998). Solar ultraviolet-B radiation affects plant-insect interactions in a natural ecosystem of Tierra del Fuego (southern Argentina). Oecologia, 116:528-535.
• Rousseaux, M.C., Ballaré, C.L., Jordan, E.T., Vierstra, R.D. (1998). Directed overexpression of PHYA locally suppresses stem elongation and leaf senescence responses to far-red radiation. Plant, Cell and Environment, 20:1551-1558.
• Caccia, F.D., Ballaré, C.L. (1998). Effects of tree cover, understory vegetation, and litter on regeneration of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in southwestern Argentina. Can. J. For. Res. 28:683-692.
• Botto, J.F., Scopel, A.L., Ballaré, C.L., Sánchez, R.A. (1998). The effect of light during and after soil cultivation with different tillage implements on weed seedling emergence. Weed Science, 46:351-357.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L. (1997). Phytochrome signalling in plant canopies: testing its population-level implications with photoreceptor mutants of Arabidopsis. Functional Ecology, 11:441-450.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Sánchez, R.A. (1997). Foraging for light: photosensory ecolgy and agriculural implications. Plant, Cell and Environment, 20:820-825.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L. (1997). A note on the sensory ecology of plants. Anales de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 47:1-5.
• Ballaré, C.L., McCloud, E.S. (1997). Assessing the impacts of natural and human-induced variations in ultraviolet-B levels on terrestrial ecosystems. In: Disruptions of North and South American Landscapes, G Bradshaw Ed., Springer-Verlag.
• Barnes, P.W., Ballaré, C.L., Caldwell, M.M. (1996). Photomorphogenic effects of UV-B radiation on plants: consequences for light competition. Journal of Plant Physiology, 148:15-20.
• Ballaré, C.L. (1996). Efectos de la radiación ultravioleta sobre las plantas. Ciencia Hoy, 8:53.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Stapleton, A.E., Yanovsky, M.J. (1996). Solar ultraviolet-B radiation affects seedling emergence, DNA integrity, plant morphology, growth rate, and attractiveness to herbivore insects in Datura ferox. Plant Physiology, 112:161-170.
• Aphalo, P.J., Díaz, S.B., Ballaré, C.L. (1996). Possible effects of increased UV-B on the vegetation of Tierra del Fuego. Ecodecision (Montreal), 17:71-73.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Sánchez, R.A. (1995). Plant photomorphogenesis in canopies, crop growth, and yield. Hort Science, 30:1172-1181.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Roush, M.L., Radosevich, S.R. (1995). How plants find light in patchy canopies. A comparison between wild-type and phytochrome-B-deficient mutant plants of cucumber. Functional Ecology, 9:859-868.
• Ballaré, C.L., Barnes, P.W., Flint, S.D., Price, S. (1995). Inhibition of hypocotyl elongation by ultraviolet-B radiation in de-etiolating tomato seedlings. II. Time-course, comparison with flavonoid responses and adaptive significance. Physiologia Plantarum. 93:593-601.
• Ballaré, C.L., Barnes, P.W., Flint, S.D., Price, S. (1995). Inhibition of hypocotyl elongation by ultraviolet-B radiation in de-etiolating tomato seedlings. I. The photoreceptor. Physiologia plantarum 93:584-592.
• Aphalo, P.J., Ballaré, C.L. (1995). On the importance of information-acquiring systems in plant-plant interactions. Functional Ecology, 9:5-14.
• Scopel, A.L., Ballaré, C.L., Radosevich, R.S. (1994). Photostimulation of seed germination during soil tillage. New Phytologist, 126:145-152.
• Casal, J.J., Mella, R.A., Ballaré, C.L., Maldonado, S. (1994). Phytochrome-mediated effects on extracellular peroxidase activity, lignin content and bending resistance in etiolated Vicia faba epicotyls. Physiologia Plantarum, 92:555-562.
• Casal, J.J., Ballaré, C.L., Tourn, M., Sánchez, R.A. (1994). Anatomy, growth and survival of a long-hypocotyl mutant of Cucumis sativus deficient in phytochrome B. Annals of Botany 73:569-575.
• Ballaré, C.L. (1994). Light gaps: sensing the light opportunities in highly dynamic canopy environments. In: M.M. Caldwell & R.W. Pearcy (Eds.). Exploitation of Environmental Heterogeneity by Plants. Ecophysiological Processes Above and Belowground. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, USA, pp 73-110.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Jordan, E.T., Vierstra, R.D. (1994). Signaling among neighboring plants and the development of size inequalities in plant populations. Proc.Natl.Acad. Sci. 91:10094-10098.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L. (1994). Plant photomorphogenesis and canopy growth. In: International Lighting in Controlled Environments, T Tibbitts Ed., NASA Conference Publication CP-3309, NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL, 89-102.
• Sánchez, R.A., Casal, J.J., Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L. (1993). Plant responses to canopy density mediated by photo-morphogenic processes. In: International Crop Science I, DR Buxton Ed. CSSA, Madison, WI. pp. 779-786.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Radosevich, S.R., Kendrick, R.E. (1992). Phytochrome mediated phototropism in de-etiolated seedlings. Occurrence and ecological significance. Plant Physiology 100:170-177.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Sánchez, R.A., Radosevich, S. (1992). Photomorphogenic process in the agricultural environment. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 56:777-788.
• Scopel, A.L., Ballaré, C.L., Sánchez, R.A. (1991). Induction of extreme light sensitivity in buried weed seeds and its role in the perception of soil cultivations. Plant, Cell and Environment 14:501-508.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Sánchez, R.A. (1991). Photocontrol of stem elongation in plant neighbourhoods: effects of photon fluence rate under natural conditions of radiation. Plant, Cell and Environment, 14:57-65.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Sánchez, R.A. (1991). On the opportunity cost of the photosynthate invested in stem elongation reactions mediated by phytochrome. Oecologia, 86:561-567.
• Ballaré, C.L., Casal, J.J., Kendrick, R.E. (1991). Responses of light-grown wild-type and long hypocotyl mutant cucumber seedlings to natural and simulated shade light. Photochemistry and Photobiology 54:87-94.
• Ballaré, C.L., Barnes, P.W., Kendrick, R.E. (1991). Photomorphogenic effects of UV-B radiation on hypocotyl elongation in wild-type and stable-phytochrome-deficient mutant seedlings of cucumber. Physiologia Plantarum 83:652-658.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Sánchez, R.A. (1990). Far-red reflected from adjacent leaves: an early signal of competition in plant canopies. Science 247:329-332.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Sánchez, R.A. (1989). Photomodulation of axis extension in sparse canopies. Role of the stem in the perception of light-quality signals of stand density. Plant Physiology 89:1324-1330.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Ghersa, C.M., Sánchez, R.A. (1989). La relación entre la calidad comercial de las semillas de soja y los cambios en la demografía de chamico, causados por los métodos de control y de cosecha. En: Diálogo XXVI. Dinámica de poblaciones. Control de malezas en soja. Ed: J.P. Puignau. Convenio IICA/BID/PROCISUR, Montevideo, Uruguay, pp. 63-95.
• Scopel, A.L., Ballaré, C.L., Ghersa, C.M. (1988). The role of seed reproduction in the population ecology of Sorghum halepense in maize crops. Journal of Applied Ecology 25:951-962.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Ghersa, C.M., Sánchez, R.A.(ex aequo). (1988). The fate of Datura ferox seeds in the soil as affected by cultivation, depth of burial and degree of maturity. Annals of Applied Biology 112:337-345.
• Ballaré, C.L., Sánchez, R.A., Scopel, A.L., Ghersa, C.M. (1988). Morphological responses of Datura ferox seedlings to the presence of neighbours. Their relationships with canopy microclimate. Oecologia (Berlin) 76:288-293.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Ghersa, C.M., Sánchez, R.A. (1987). The population ecology of Datura ferox (L.) in soybean crops. A simulation approach incorporating seed dispersal. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 19:177-188.
• Ballaré, C.L., Scopel, A.L., Ghersa, C.M., Sánchez, R.A. (1987). The demography of Datura ferox (L.) in soybean crops. Weed Research 27:91-102.
• Ballaré, C.L., Sánchez, R.A., Scopel, A.L., Casal, J.J., Ghersa, C.M. (1987). Early detection of neighbour plants by phytochrome perception of spectral changes in reflected sunlight. Plant Cell and Environment 10:551-557.