ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF PLANT STRESS AND SOIL CONTAMINATION (EKOFISKO)
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| Knowledge area PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, ECOPHYSIOLOGY, AGRICULTURE |
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| PI: JOSE Mª BECERRIL SOTO | Co-PI: | |
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Members JOSE IGNACIO GARCIA PLAZAOLA, ANTONIO HERNANDEZ, HERNANDEZ, RAQUEL ESTEBAN TERRADILLOS, UNAI ARTETXE ASPIUNZA, MARIA TERESA GOMEZ SAGASTI |
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Keywords Ecophysiology, photoprotection, bio/phytoremediation, stress biomarkers, soil contamination, plant-microbiome interaction, global change, food security |
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Description The EKOFISKO group is a consolidated research group of the Basque Government classification for Scientific Groups in the Basque Country. The group is composed of 6 PhD (4 professors and 2 senior researchers) and 3 PhD students. The group has developed a variety of novel methodological tools: (i) determination of plant stress biomarkers, in particular those related to photoprotection and oxidative stress; (ii) set up of plant toxicity bioassays to determine the ecotoxicological effects of pollutants in contaminated soils; (iii) implementation of physiological parameters to evaluate phytotoxicity or tolerance caused by natural stress conditions as extreme temperatures, drought, light intensity, nutritional disorders, and biotic stress; (iv) -omics methodologies to assess and monitor plant and soil health; and (v) mycotoxins in plants. These methodologies have been implemented in several areas of basic and applied research to carry out funded projects at regional, national and international level and also ¡funded by public institutions and private companies. The research is currently carried out in collaboration with relevant scientists and institutions (national and international) in a multidisciplinary approach. The group participate in graduate and postgraduate teaching: (i) DEGREE of Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science and Food Tecnology, and Environmental Sciences in the Official Master Environmental Agrobiology and in the Official Master Environmental; (ii) MASTER of Environmental Agrobiology, Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Innovative Enology; (iii) DOCTORATE of Environmental Agrobiology, Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. |
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