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Dept. of Vegetal Biology
Faculty of Biology

Av. Diagonal, 645
08028 Barcelona
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Leonor Alegre Batlle

Leonor Alegre Batlle
 
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Name: Leonor Alegre Batlle
  Full Professor of Plant Biology
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Telephone: +34 93 402 14 80
Research: Respostes de les plantes mediterrànies a l’estrès i la seva regulació



Research interests:
Mediterranean shrubs, water stress, oxidative stress, stress interacation. Plant water relations. Parameters for stress determination. Plant hormones. Anioxidants. Hydrogen peroxide.

Current research projects:
“Mecanismes de resistència de les plantes mediterrànies a la sequera: espècies reactives d’oxigen, antioxidants i hormones”. Grup de recerca consolidat. Project Director: Leonor Alegre i Batlle.
“ Hormonas vegetales, peróxido de hidrógeno y antioxidantes en la regulación de las respuestas de las plantas mediterràneas al estrés hídrico-estrés oxidativo”. MCYT. Project Director: Leonor Alegre i Batlle.

Recent publications:
Munné-Bosch, S., Schwartz, K., Alegre, L. (1999). Enhanced formation of of alpha-tocopherol and highly oxidized abietane diterpenes in water-stressed rosemary plants. Plant Physiology 121, 1047-1052.
Munné-Bosch, S., Alegre L. 2000. Subcellular compartmentation of the diterpene carnosic acid and its derivatives in the leaves of rosemary. Plant Physiology 125, 1094-1102.
Munné-Bosch, S.; Jubany-Marí, T.; Alegre, L. 2001. Drought-induced senescence is characterized by a loss of antioxidant defences in chloroplasts. Plant, cell and environment 24, 1319-1327.
Munné-Bosch, S., Alegre, L. 2002. The function of tocopherols and tocotrienols in plants. Critical reviews in plant sciences 21, 31-57.
Munné-Bosch, S., Alegre, L. 2003. Drought-induced changes in the redox state of alpha-tocopherol, ascorbate, and the diterpene carnosic acid in chloroplasts of Labietae species differing in carnosic acid contents. Plant Physiology 131, 1816-1825.
Munné-Bosch, S., Alegre, L. 2004. Die and let live: leaf senescence contributes to plant survival under drought stress. Functional Plant Biology 31, 203-216.
López-Carbonell, M., Munné-Bosch, S., Alergre, L. 2006. The ascorbate-deficient vtc-1 Arabidopsis mutant shows alterd ABA accumulation in leaves and chloroplasts. J. Plant Growth Regulation 25,1-9.
 
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