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M. ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ-GHERSA
martinez@ifeva.edu.ar
Education
- 1985. BS Ecology. Universidad CAECE.
- 1998. Magister Scientiae, Crop Production. EPG Facultad de
Agronomia, UBA.
- 2004. PhD Environmental Sciences. Oregon State University,
USA.
Positions / fellowships
- Assistant Professor of Ecology, Dep. Natural Resources and
Environment. School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires.
- Researcher. CONICET.
Professional interests
- Weed Ecophysiology, Global Change, Biological Invasions.
Students
- 4 undergraduate students.
- 4 graduate students.
Publications (last 5 years)
- Gundel P.E., M.A. Martinez-Ghersa, L.A.
Garibaldi and C.M. Ghersa. (2008). Viability of Neotyphodium
endophytic fungus and endophyte-infected and non-infected Lolium
multiflorum seeds. Botany, in press
- Martinez-Ghersa, M.A. and S.R. Radosevich. (2008).
Italian ryegrass density responses under ozone and herbicide
stress. Austral Ecology, in press.
- Gundel P.E., Omacini M, Martinez-Ghersa M.A. and
Ghersa C.M. (2008). Herbivory mediates grass-endophyte relationships.
Comment. Ecology, in press.
- Menéndez A.I., A.M. Romero, A. Folcia and M.A.
Martínez-Ghersa. (2008). Getting the interactions
right: will higher O3 levels interfere with induced defenses to
aphid feeding? Basic and Applied Ecology, in press.
- Gundel, P.E., M.A. Martínez-Ghersa, and
C.M. Ghersa. (2008). Dormancy, germination and ageing of Lolium
multiflorum seeds following contrasting herbicide selection
regimes. European Journal of Agronomy, 28: 606-613.
- Martinez-Ghersa, M.A, D. Olszyk and S.R.
Radosevich. (2008). Growth and yield responses of Italian ryegrass to
diclofop-methyl and ozone. Weed Research, 48: 68-77.
- Gundel P.E., W. B. Batista, M. Texeira, M.A.
Martinez-Ghersa, M. Omacini and C.M. Ghersa. (2008).
Neotyphodium endophyte infection frequency in annual grass
populations: relative importance of mutualism and vertical
transmission efficiency. Proc Royal Soc Biol., 275: 897-905.
- Szpeiner A., M.A. Martinez-Ghersa and C.M.
Ghersa. (2007). Agricultura pampeana, corredores biológicos y
biodiversidad. Ciencia Hoy, 17: 42-50.
- Gundel, P.E., Landesmann, J.B., Martínez-Ghersa,
M.A., and Ghersa, C.M. (2007). Effects of
Neotyphodium endophyte infection on seed viability and
germination vigor in Lolium multiflorum under accelerated
ageing condition. In Proceedings of The 6th International Symposium
on Fungal Endophytes of Grasses, “From Lab to Farm”,
Grassland Research and Practice Series No. 13. Edited by Popay,
A.J., and Thom, E.R. Christchurch, New Zealand Grassland
Association (Inc.). pp. 277–280.
- Martinez-Ghersa, MA. and C.M. Ghersa. (2006).
The relationship of propagule pressure to invasion potential in
plants. Euphytica, 148:87-96.
- Martinez -Ghersa, M.A. y C.M.
Ghersa. (2005). Consecuencias de los recientes cambios
agrícolas. Ciencia Hoy: 15: 37-45.
- Martinez-Ghersa, M.A., M.M. Vila Aiub, C.M.
Ghersa, P. Gundel and E.H. Satorre (2004). Herbicide selection of
Italian ryegrass under different levels of UVB radiation. Journal
of Environmental Quality, 33:1376-1386.
- Vila Aiub, M.M., M.A. Martinez-Ghersa and C.M.
Ghersa (2003). Evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds:
vertically transmitted fungal endophytes as genetic entities.
Evolutionary Ecology 17: 441-456.
- Martínez-Ghersa, M.A., Worster, C.A.,
Radosevich, S.R. (2003). Concerns a weed scientist still might have
about herbicide-tolerant crops: a revisitation. Weed Technology,
17: 202-210.
Complete publication list
Current research areas at IFEVA
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