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G. Striker

GUSTAVO GABRIEL STRIKER

striker@ifeva.edu.ar

Education

  • BSc, Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, 2001.
  • PhD. Graduate School Alberto Soriano of the Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires. Dissertation date: November 4, 2008.

Positions

  • 2008- Senior Demonstrator, Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires (FA-UBA).
  • 2003-2007 Teaching Assistant, Plant Physiology, FA-UBA.
  • 1999-2001 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Plant Physiology, FA-UBA.

Fellowships

  • 2007-present, PhD. Scholarship (National Council for Scientific Research, Argentina, CONICET).
  • 2003-2007, PhD. Scholarship (University of Buenos Aires, UBA).
  • 1998-2000, Student Scholarship (University of Buenos Aires, UBA)..

Professional interests

  • Plant ecophysiology. Plant responses to flooding, mechanical stress by cattle trampling, and defoliation.
  • Root physiology under anaerobic conditions. root oxygenation, radial oxygen loss, rhizosphere oxidation, tolerance to iron and sulfide toxicity.

Publications (last 5 years)

  • Striker GG. (2008). Visiting the Methodological Aspects of Flooding Experiments: Quantitative Evidence from Agricultural and Ecophysiological Studies. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 194: 249-255. [Review Article]. (indexada en ISI).
  • Striker GG, Insausti P, Grimoldi AA. (2008). Flooding effects on plants recovering from defoliation in the grass Paspalum dilatatum and the legume Lotus tenuis. Annals of Botany 102: 247-254. (indexada en ISI).
  • Mollard FPO, Striker GG, Ploschuk EL, Vega AS, Insausti P. (2008). Tolerance to flooding of two subspecies of Paspalum dilatatum (paniceae) of contrasting ecological distribution in a natural grassland”. Flora 203: 548-556. (indexada en ISI).
  • Striker GG, Insausti P, Grimoldi AA. (2007). Effects of flooding at early summer on plant water relations of Lotus tenuis”. Lotus Newsletter 37: 1-7. (no indexada en ISI).
  • Striker GG, Insausti P, Grimoldi AA, Vega AS. (2007). Trade-off between root porosity and mechanical strength in species with different types of aerenchyma. Plant, Cell & Environment 30: 580-589. (indexada en ISI).
  • Striker GG, Insausti P, Grimoldi AA, León RJC. (2006). Root strength and trampling tolerance in the grass Paspalum dilatatum and the dicot Lotus glaber in flooded soil. Functional Ecology 20: 4-10. (indexada en ISI).
  • Striker GG, Insausti P, Grimoldi AA, Ploschuk EL, Vasellati V. (2005). Physiological and anatomical basis of differential tolerance to soil flooding of Lotus corniculatus L. and Lotus glaber Mill. Plant and Soil 276: 301-311. (indexada en ISI).
  • Grimoldi AA, Insausti P, Vasellati V, Striker GG. (2005). Constitutive and plastic root traits and their role in differential tolerance to soil flooding among coexisting species of a lowland grassland. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166(5): 805-813. (indexada en ISI).
  • Striker GG, Insausti P, León RJC (2005). Comparative responses between Lotus glaber and Paspalum dilatatum to the flooding-grazing interaction. Lotus Newsletter 35: 23-24. (no indexada en ISI).

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