Pedro E. Gundel
Assistant Professor
Agronomy
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Biography
Agricultural Engineer (2004). Faculty of Agronomy University of Buenos Aires Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (2009). Graduate School Alberto Soriano, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires Scholarships Doctoral Scholarship (CONICET), 2004-2009 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, 2011-2013 Visiting Scientist Grant 2012, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, September 18th to December 18th, 2012. Fullbright postdoctoral fellowship - CONCIET. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States, January 16, 2015 - April 16, 2015). Postdoctoral fellowship CONICET - CSIC. Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology, Salamanca, Spain, 13 June - 2 July 2016. Charges Deputy Researcher. CONICET Head of Practical Work. Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires Assistant Professor (Interim). Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires
Research Interest
Weed Ecophysiology Ecophysiology of seeds Interaction of grass-fungi, endophytic Global Change
Publications
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Pérez, LI Gundel, PE and M. Omacini. 2016. Can the defensive mutualism between grasses and fungal endophytes protect non-symbiotic neighbors from soil pathogens? Plant & Soil 405: 289-298.
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Dirihan, S., Helander, M., Väre, H., Gundel, PE , Garibaldi, LA, Irisarri, JGN, Saloniemi, I. and K. Saikkonen. 2016. Geographic variation in Festuca rubra L. ploidy levels and systemic fungal endophyte frequencies. PLoS ONE 11 (11): e0166264.
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Pérez, LI, Gundel, PE , Marrero, HJ, González Arzac, A. and M. Omacini. 2017. Symbiosis with systemic fungal endophytes promotes host escape from vector-borne diseases. Oecologia 184: 237-245.
