MARÍA VERÓNICA RODRÍGUEZ

mvr@agro.uba.ar

Education

• Doctor of the Universidad de Buenos Aires, specialized in Biology. FCEyN, 2008.
• BSc, Biological Sciences. FCEyN of the Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1998.

Positions

• Research Assistant from CONICET since November 2008. IFEVA (FAUBA-CONICET).
• Teaching assistant (part-time) in the Plant Physiology course of Agronomía (UBA).
• Fellowships: 2000 - 2008: FONCyT, UBA and CONICET. Director: Dr. R.L. Benech-Arnold.

Awards

• 2006: Premio Banco Río for Applied Research for Regional Development. Project: Complete..

Professional interests

• Physiological and molecular bases of seed dormancy.

Students

• 2008: Co-director of Magister student, Ing. Agr. María Paula Bodrone (EPG, FAUBA).
• 2008: Co-director of Doctoral student, Lic. Renata Cantoro (EPG, FAUBA).

Publications (last 5 years)

Scientific journals (peer reviewed)

• Gualano, N., Carrari, F., Rodríguez, M.V., Pérez-Flores, L., Sánchez, R.A., Iusem N.D. and R.L. Benech-Arnold (2007). Reduced embryo sensitivity to ABA in sprouting susceptible sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) variety is associated with an altered ABA signalling. Seed Sci.Res. 17(2):81-90.
• Benech-Arnold RL, Enciso S., Sánchez RA., and Rodríguez, MV. (2003) On the hormonal nature of the stimulatory effect of high incubation temperatures on germination of dormant sorghum (S. bicolor) caryopses. New Phytologyst. 160: 371-37.
• Perez-Flores L, Carrari F, Osuna-Fernandez R, Rodriguez MV, Enciso S, Stanelloni R, Sanchez RA, Bottini R, Iusem ND, Benech-Arnold RL. (2003) Expression analysis of a GA 20-oxidase in embryos from two sorghum lines with contrasting dormancy: possible participation of this gene in the hormonal control of germination. J Exp Bot. 54(390):2071-2079.

Book chapters

• Benech-Arnold R.L., Rodriguez M.V., Sánchez,R.A., Carrari F.,Perez-Flores L.J.,Osuna-Fernández H.R., Iusem N.D., Lijavetzky D., Stanelloni R. and Bottini R. (2003) Physiological and molecular aspects of the control of dormancy and germination in developing sorghum caryopses. In: G. Nicolás, K.J. Bradford, D. Come and H.W. Pritchard (eds.) The Biology of Seeds: Recent Research Advances. CAB International, Oxon, UK pp. 11-23.
• Benech-Arnold R.L., Sánchez R.A. and Rodriguez M.V. (2006) Hormones in seed development. In J.D. Bewley, M. Black and P. Halmer (eds.) Encyclopedia of Seeds. Science, Technology and Uses. CAB International. Oxon, Wallingford, UK.
• Benech-Arnold R.L., Sánchez R.A. and Rodriguez M.V. (2006) Mutants for the study of hormones on seed development. In J.D. Bewley, M. Black and P. Halmer (eds.) Encyclopedia of Seeds. Science, Technology and Uses. CAB International. Oxon, Wallingford, UK.

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