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Dept. of Vegetal Biology
Faculty of Biology

Av. Diagonal, 645
08028 Barcelona
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        934 021 462
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Sergi Munné Bosch

Sergi Munne Bosch
 
 
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Name: Sergi Munné Bosch
  Associate Professor
Ph.D. in Biology, 1999
E-mail:
Telephone: +34 93 402 14 63
Research: Antioxidants, Aging, Water stress,
Oxidative stress, Photoprotection, Senescence.



Research interests:
Function of the antioxidants, tocopherols (vitamin E), ascorbic acid (vitamin C), carotenoids, flavonoids and phenolic diterpenes in plants. Mechanisms of resistance to water and oxidative stresses. Mechanisms underlying aging in plants. Relationship between water deficit, oxidative stress and leaf senescence in plants.

Current research projects:
“Physiological basis of aging in Mediterranean shrubs” (Research project financed by the Ministry of Education and Science)

"Possibilité d’utilisation d’eau saumâtre dans l’irrigation de plantes aromatiques à intérêts commerciaux : étude des effets de la salinité sur la croissances, les huiles essentielles et les composés diterpéniques du romarin et de la sauge" (Cooperation project between Spain and Tunis)

"Bases fisiológicas del envejecimiento de semillas de plantas endémicas de campos rupestres de Brasil" (Cooperation project between Spain and Brasil)


Recent publications:
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 (2002) Plant aging increases oxidative stress in chloroplasts. Planta 214, 608-615.
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 Labiatae species differing in carnosic acid contents. Plant Physiology 131, 1816-1825.
Munné-Bosch S, Peñuelas J (2003) Photo- and antioxidative protection, and a role for salicylic acid during drought and recovery in Phillyrea angustifolia plants. Planta 217, 758-766.
Munné-Bosch S, Falk J (2004) New insights into the function of tocopherols in plants. Planta 218, 323-326.
Peñuelas J, Munné-Bosch S (2005) Isoprenoids: an evolutionary pool for photoprotection. Trends in Plant Science 10, 166-169.
Munné-Bosch S, Shikanai T, Asada K (2005) Enhanced ferredoxin-dependent cyclic electron flow around photosystem I and alpha-tocopherol quinone accumulation in water-stressed ndhB-inactivated tobacco mutants. Planta 222, 502-511.
Munné-Bosch S, Cela J (2006) Effects of water deficit on PSII photochemistry and photobiology during acclimation of lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata L.) plants to high light. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 85, 191-197
Munné-Bosch S, Lalueza P (2007) Age-related changes in oxidative stress markers and abscisic acid levels in a drought-tolerant shrub, Cistus clusii grown under Mediterranean field conditions. Planta 225, 1039-1049
Munné-Bosch S (2007) Aging in perennials. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 26, 123-138
Munné-Bosch S (2008) Do perennials really senesce? Trends in Plant Science
doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2008.02.002 (available online)
 
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