Instituto de Investigaciones
en Biociencias Agrícolas y Ambientales
integrantes

Integrantes

Irma N. Roberts

iroberts@agro.uba.ar / +54 11 5287-0752

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Irma-Roberts

Formación

  • Lic. en Ciencias Biológicas (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina).
  • Dra. en Ciencias Biológicas (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Cargos actuales

  • Jefa de Trabajos Prácticos, Cátedra de Microbiología Agrícola, Facultad de Agronomía - UBA.
  • Investigadora Adjunta, CONICET.

Áreas de interés en investigación

  • Removilización de nutrientes en cultivos de granos.
  • Proteólisis en senescencia y germinación de granos de cebada.
  • Microorganismos PGPR.

Publicaciones en revistas con referato (últimos 5 años)

  • Simonetti E, Alvarez F, Feldman N, Vinacour M, Roberts IN, Ruiz JA (2021) Genomic insights into the potent antifungal activity of B. ambifaria T16. Biological Control 155: 104530.
  • Veliz CG, Criado MV, Galotta MF, Roberts IN, Caputo C (2020) Regulation of senescence-associated protease genes by sulphur availability according to barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) phenological stage. Annals of Botany 126(3): 435-444.
  • Spagnoletti FN, Cornero M, Chiocchio V, Lavado RS, Roberts IN (2020) Arbuscular mycorrhiza protects soybean plants against Macrophomina phaseolina even under nitrogen fertilization. European Journal of Plant Pathology 156(3): 839-849.
  • Galotta MF, Pugliese P, Gutiérrez-Boem FH, Veliz CG, Criado MV, Caputo C, Echeverria M, Roberts IN (2019) Subtilase activity and gene expression during germination and seedling growth in barley. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 139: 197-206.
  • Galotta MF, Roberts IN (2019) A method for in vivo determination of subtilase activity in germinating seeds. Journal of Cereal Science 85: 105-110.
  • Simonetti E, Roberts IN, Montecchia MS, Gutierrez Boem FH, Gomez FM, Ruiz JA (2018) A novel Burkholderia ambifaria strain able to degrade the mycotoxin fusaric acid and to inhibit Fusarium spp. growth. Microbiological Research 206:50-59.
  • Criado MV, Roberts IN, Veliz CG, Echeverria M, Gutierrez Boem FH, Caputo C (2018) Phloem transport of assimilates in relation to flowering time and senescence in barley grown with different availabilities of nitrogen and phosphorus. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 64(4): 492-504.
  • Roberts IN, Veliz CG, Criado MV, Signorini A, Simonetti E, Caputo C (2017) Identification and expression analysis of 11 subtilase genes during natural and induced senescence of barley plants. Journal of Plant Physiology 211: 70-80.
  • Criado MV, Veliz CG, Roberts IN, Caputo C (2017) Phloem transport of amino acids is differentially altered by phosphorus deficiency according to the nitrogen availability in young barley plants. Plant Growth Regulation 82: 151-160.
  • Veliz CG, Roberts IN, Criado MV, Caputo C (2017) Sulphur deficiency inhibits nitrogen assimilation and recycling in barley plants. Biologia Plantarum 61(4): 675-684.

Formación de recursos humanos

  • Cantidad total de tesis doctorales dirigidas: 1 como codirectora.
  • Cantidad de tesis doctorales dirige actualmente: 3.