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2023
Austin AT, Ballaré CL
Attackers gain the upper hand over plants in the face of rapid global change
Current Biology 33, R611-R620
 
2022
Méndez MS, Ballaré CL, Austin AT
Dose-responses for solar radiation exposure reveal high sensitivity of microbial decomposition to changes in plant litter quality that occur during photodegradation
New Phytologist 235, 2022-2033
 
2021
R Pierik, CL Ballaré
Control of Plant Growth and Defense by Photoreceptors: From Mechanisms to Opportunities in Agriculture
Molecular Plant Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 61-76
 
GL Fernández-Milmanda, CL Ballaré
Shade Avoidance: Expanding the Color and Hormone Palette
Trends in Plant Science
 
2020
Guadalupe L. Fernández-Milmanda, Carlos D. Crocco, Michael Reichelt, Carlos A. Mazza, Tobias G. Köllner, Tong Zhang, Miriam D. Cargnel, Micaela Z. Lichy, Anne-Sophie Fiorucci, Christian Fankhauser, Abraham J. Koo, Amy T. Austin, Jonathan Gershenzon & Carlos L. Ballaré
A light-dependent molecular link between competition cues and defence responses in plants
Nature Plants, 6: 223-230
 
P Berenstecher, L Vivanco, LI Pérez, CL Ballaré, AT Austin
Sunlight doubles aboveground carbon loss in a seasonally dry woodland in Patagonia
Current Biology 30 (16), 3243-3251. e3
 
2019
Vanhaelewyn, Lucas; Viczián, András; Prinsen, Els; Bernula, Péter; Serrano, Alejandro M.; Arana, M. Verónica; Ballaré, Carlos L.; Nagy, Ferenc; Van Der Straeten, Dominique; Vandenbussche Filip
Differential UVR8 Signal across the Stem Controls UV-B–Induced Inflorescence Phototropism
The Plant Cell, 31; 2070-2088
 
Barnes, Paul W.; Williamson, Craig E.; Lucas, Robyn M.; Robinson, Sharon A.; Madronich, Sasha; Paul, Nigel D.; Bornman, Janet F.; Bais, Alkiviadis F.; Sulzberger, Barbara; Wilson, Stephen R.; Andrady, Anthony L.; McKenzie, Richard L.; Neale, Patrick J.; Austin, Amy T.; Bernhard, Germar H.; Solomon, Keith R.; Neale, Rachel E.; Young, Paul J.; Norval, Mary; Rhodes, Lesley E.; Hylander, Samuel; Rose, Kevin C.; Longstreth, Janice; Aucamp, Pieter J.; Ballaré, Carlos L.; Cory, Rose M.; Flint, Stephan D.; de Gruijl, Frank R.; Häder, Donat-P.; Heikkilä, Anu M.; Jansen, Marcel A. K.; Pandey, Krishna K.
Ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation, climate change and prospects for a sustainable future
Nature Sustainability, 2: 569-579
 
Ballaré, Carlos L.; Austin, Amy T.
Recalculating growth and defense strategies under competition: Key roles of photoreceptors and jasmonates
Journal of Experimental Botany, 70: 3425-3434
 
Bornman JF, Barnes PW, Robson TM, Robinson SA, Jansen MAK, Ballare CL, Flint SD
Linkages between stratospheric ozone, UV radiation and climate change and their implications for terrestrial ecosystems
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 18: 681-716
 
2018
A. M. Serrano, M. V. Arana, L. Vanhaelewynd, C. L. Ballaré, D. Van Der Straetend, P. Vandenbussche
Following the star: Inflorescence heliotropism
Environmental and Experimental Botany, 147: 75-85
 
2017
I. Cerrudo, M. E. Caliri-Ortiz, M. M. Keller, M. E. Degano, P. V. Demkura, C. L. Ballaré
Exploring growth-defense tradeoffs in Arabidopsis. Phytochrome B inactivation requires JAZ10 to suppress plant immunity but not to trigger shade avoidance responses
Plant Cell And Environment, 40: 635-644.
 
C. L. Ballaré and R. Pierik
The shade avoidance syndrome: Multiple signals and ecological consequences
Plant, Cell and Environment, 40: 2530-2543
 
D. A. Bastias, M. A. Martínez-Ghersa, C. L. Ballaré, P. E. Gundel
Epichloe Fungal Endophytes and Plant Defenses: Not Just Alkaloids
Trends in Plant Science, 22: 939-948
 
C. L. Ballaré
Phytochrome Responses: Think Globally, Act Locally
Trends in Plant Science: 22: 909-911
 
2016
L. E. Cortés, B. T. Weldegergis, H. E. Boccalandro, M. Dicke, and C. L. Ballaré
Trading direct for indirect defense? Phytochrome B inactivation in tomato attenuates direct anti-herbivore defenses whilst enhancing volatile-mediated attraction of predators
New Phytologist, 212: 1057-1071
 
A. T. Austin, M. S. Méndez and C. L. Ballaré
Photodegradation alleviates the lignin bottleneck for carbon turnover in terrestrial ecosystems
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113: 4392-4397
 
2015
J. A. Zavala, C. A. Mazza, F. M. Dillon, H. D. Chludil And C. L. Ballaré
Soybean resistance to stink bugs (Nezara viridula and Piezodorus guildinii) increases with exposure to solar UV-B radiation and correlates with isoflavonoid content in pods under field conditions
Plant, Cell and Environment, 38: 920-928
 
J. F. Bornman, P. W. Barnes, S. A. Robinson, C. L. Ballaré, S. D. Flint, M. M. Caldwell
Solar ultraviolet radiation and ozone depletion-driven climate change: effects on terrestrial ecosystems
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 14: 88-107 (UNEP Quadrennial Report, OA)
 
C. A. Mazza, C. L. Ballaré
Photoreceptors UVR8 and phytochrome B cooperate to optimize plant growth and defense in patchy canopies
New Phytologist, 207: 4-9
 
C. V. González, M. L. Fanzone, L. E. Cortés, R. Bottini, D. C. Lijavetzky, C. L. Ballaré, H. E. Boccalandro
Fruit-localized photoreceptors increase phenolic compounds in berry skins of field-grown Vitis vinifera L. cv. Malbec
Phytochemistry, 110: 46-57
 
2014
C. L. Ballaré
Light Regulation of Plant Defense
Annual Review of Plant Biology, 65: 335-363
 
C. Williamson, R. Zepp, R. Lucas, S. Madronich, A. T. Austin, C. L. Ballaré, M. Norval, B. Sulzberger, A. Bais, R. McKenzie, R. Robinson, D-P. Häder, N.D. Paul, J.F. Bornman
Solar Ultraviolet Radiation in a Changing Climate
Nature Climate Change, 4: 434-441
 
J. E. Moreno, C. L. Ballaré
Phytochorme regulation of plant immunity in vegetation canopies
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40: 848-857
 
M. D. Cargnel, P. V. Demkura, C. L. Ballaré
Linking phytochrome to plant immunity: low red:far-red ratios increase Arabidopsis susceptibility to Botrytis cinerea by reducing the biosynthesis of indolic glucosinolates and camalexin
New Phytologist, 204: 342-345
 
M. Leone, M. M. Keller, I. Cerrudo, C. L. Ballaré
To grow or defend? Low red:far-red ratios reduce jasmonate sensitivity in Arabidopsis seedlings by promoting DELLA degradation and increasing JAZ10 stability
New Phytologist, 204: 355-367
 
P. E. Gundel, R. Pierik, L. Mommer, C. L. Ballaré
Competing neighbors: light perception and root function
Oecologia, 176: 1-10
 
R. Pierik, C. L. Ballaré and M. Dicke
Ecology of plant volatiles: taking a plant community perspective
Plant, Cell and Environment, 37: 1845-1853
 
2013
C. A. Mazza, P. I. Giménez, A. G. Kantolic and C. L. Ballaré
Beneficial effects of solar UV-B radiation on soybean yield mediated by reduced insect herbivory under field conditions
Physiologia Plantarum 147, 307-315.
 
M. M. Izaguirre, C.A. Mazza, M. S. Astigueta, A. M. Ciarla and Ballaré C. L.
No time for candy: passionfruit (Passiflora edulis) plants down-regulate damage-induced extra floral nectar production in response to light signals of competition
Oecologia 173, 213-221
 
2012
C. L. Ballaré, C. A. Mazza, A. T. Austin and R. Pierik
Canopy light and plant health
Plant Physiology 160, 145-155 (commissioned Update)
 
I. Cerrudo, M. M. Keller, M. D. Cargnel, P. V. Demkura, M. de Wit, M. S. Patitucci, R. Pierik, C. M. J. Pieterse and C. L. Ballaré
Low Red:Far-Red ratios reduce Arabidopsis resistance to Botrytis cinerea and jasmonate responses via a COI1-JAZ10-dependent, salicylic acid-independent mechanism
Plant Physiology 158, 2042-2052.
 
P. V. Demkura and C. L. Ballaré
UVR8 mediates UV-B-induced Arabidopsis defense responses against Botrytis cinerea by controlling sinapate accumulation
Molecular Plant 5, 642-652.
 
2011
C. L. Ballaré
Jasmonate-induced defenses: a tale of intelligence, collaborators and rascals
Trends in Plant Science 16, 249-257.
 
C. L. Ballaré, M. M. Caldwell, S. D. Flint, S. A. Robinson and J. F. Bornman
Effects of solar ultraviolet radiation on terrestrial ecosystems. Patterns, mechanisms, and interactions with climate change
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 10, 226-241.
 
M. M. Keller, Y. Jaillais, U. V. Pedmale, J. E. Moreno, J. Chory and C. L. Ballaré
Cryptochrome 1 and phytochrome B control shade-avoidance responses in Arabidopsis via partially-independent hormonal cascades
The Plant Journal 67, 195-207.
 
2010
A. T. Austin and C. L. Ballaré
Dual role of lignin in plant litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, 4618-4622.
 
C. A. Mazza, M. M. Izaguirre, J. Curiale and C. L. Ballaré
A look into the invisible: ultraviolet-B sensitivity in an insect (Caliothrips phaseoli) revealed through a behavioural action spectrum
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 277, 367-373.
 
P. Balint-Kurti, S. J. Simmons, J. E. Blum, C. L. Ballaré and A. E. Stapleton
Maize leaf epiphytic bacteria diversity patterns are genetically correlated with resistance to fungal pathogen infection
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 23, 473-484.
 
P. V. Demkura, G. Abdala, I. T. Baldwin and C. L. Ballaré
Jasmonate-dependent and -independent pathways mediate specific effects of solar ultraviolet-B radiation on leaf phenolics and antiherbivore defense
Plant Physiology 152, 1084-1095.
 
2009
C. L. Ballaré
Illuminated behaviour: phytochrome as a key regulator of light foraging and plant anti-herbivore defence
Plant Cell and Environment 32, 713-725.
 
J. E. Moreno, Y. Tao, J. Chory and C. L. Ballaré
Ecological modulation of plant defense via phytochrome control of jasmonate sensitivity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, 4935-4940.
 
2008
Y. Tao, J. L. Ferrer, K. Ljung, F. Pojer, F. Hong, J. A. Long, L. Li, J. E. Moreno, M. E. Bowman, L. J. Ivans, Y. Cheng, J. Lim, Y. Zhao, C. L. Ballaré, G. Sandberg, J. P. Noel and J. Chory
Rapid synthesis of auxin via a new tryptophan-dependent pathway is required for shade avoidance in plants
Cell 133, 164-176.
 
2007
M. M. Caldwell, J. F. Bornman, C. L. Ballaré, S. D. Flint and G. Kulandaivelu
Terrestrial ecosystems, increased solar ultraviolet radiation, and interactions with other climate change factors
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 6, 252-266.
 
M. M. Izaguirre, C. A. Mazza, A. Svatos, I. T. Baldwin and C. L. Ballaré
Solar ultraviolet-B radiation and insect herbivory trigger partially overlapping phenolic responses in Nicotiana attenuata and Nicotiana longiflora
Annals of Botany 99, 103-109.
 
2006
C. Caputo, M. Rutitzky and C. L. Ballaré
Solar ultraviolet-B radiation alters the attractiveness of Arabidopsis plants to diamondback moths (Plutella xylostella L.): Impacts on oviposition and involvement of the jasmonic acid pathway
Oecologia 149, 81-90.
 
M. M. Izaguirre, C. A. Mazza, M. Biondini, I. T. Baldwin and C. L. Ballaré
Remote sensing of future competitors: impacts on plant defenses
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, 7170-7174.
 
 

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