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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems,Plant Physiology |
| Keywords | Plant defence, Phytochrome, Chemical ecology, Ecology, Plant biology |
Current contact address
| Country | Argentina |
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| City | Buenos Aires |
| Institution | Universidad de Buenos Aires |
| Institute | Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiologicas Ecologicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA-CONICET) |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Jonathan Gershenzon | Abteilung Biochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Ökologie, Jena |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/12/2017 |
Program(s)
| 2017 | Georg Forster Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Ballaré is a world authority on how light affects plant growth and development in relation to other plants. He demonstrated that the spectrum of light detected by plants informs them about the proximity of neighbors and stimulates their growth to avoid being shaded. In a series of pioneering experiments, Professor Ballaré elucidated the genes, proteins and metabolites involved in this response. In Germany, he will explore, how light affects plant responses to another type of adversary, insect herbivores. |