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María Luisa Pignata is affiliated with the National University of Córdoba in Argentina. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to the study of heavy metals in the environment and plant stress responses.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

They have contributed notably to several subfields, especially:

  • Plant Science
  • Pollution
  • Soil Science
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

The main topics of their work cover:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Recent papers authored or co-authored by María Luisa Pignata include:

  • Effects of co-cropping on soybean growth and stress response in lead-polluted soils (2020, Chemosphere)
  • Lead uptake and translocation pathways in soybean seedlings: the role of ion competition and transpiration rates (2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research)
  • Pb tolerance and accumulation capabilities of Bidens pilosa L. growing in polluted soils depend on the history of exposure (2020, Chemosphere)
  • Assessment of elevated CO2 concentrations and heat stress episodes in soybean cultivars growing in heavy metal polluted soils: Crop nutritional quality and food safety (2022, Environmental Pollution)
  • Biosolid compost amendment increases soil fertility and soybean growth (2020, Journal of Plant Nutrition)

María Luisa Pignata frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Journal of Plant Nutrition
  • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Judith H. Rodriguez
  • Andrés Blanco
  • Carolina Vergara Cid
  • María Julieta Salazar
  • Gisele V. Ferreyroa

Best Publications

  • Heavy metal and trace element concentrations in wheat grains: assessment of potential non-carcinogenic health hazard through their consumption.

    Gonzalo M.A. Bermudez;Gonzalo M.A. Bermudez;Raquel Jasan;Rita Plá;María Luisa Pignata;María Luisa Pignata

  • Biomonitoring of heavy metals and air quality in Cordoba City, Argentina, using transplanted lichens.

    Hebe A Carreras;Marı́a L Pignata

  • Heavy metals and trace elements in atmospheric fall-out: Their relationship with topsoil and wheat element composition

    Gonzalo M.A. Bermudez;Raquel Jasan;Rita Plá;María L. Pignata;María L. Pignata

  • Effects of heavy metal concentrations (Cd, Zn and Pb) in agricultural soils near different emission sources on quality, accumulation and food safety in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill].

    María Julieta Salazar;Judith Hebelen Rodriguez;Gastón Leonardo Nieto;María Luisa Pignata

  • Lead accumulation in plants grown in polluted soils. Screening of native species for phytoremediation

    María Julieta Salazar;María Luisa Pignata

  • Assessment of heavy metal accumulation in two species of Tillandsia in relation to atmospheric emission sources in Argentina.

    Eduardo Daniel Wannaz;Hebe Alejandra Carreras;Carlos A. Pérez;Maria Luisa Pignata

  • Heavy metal pollution in topsoils near a cement plant: the role of organic matter and distance to the source to predict total and hcl-extracted heavy metal concentrations.

    Gonzalo M.A. Bermudez;Mónica Moreno;Rodrigo Invernizzi;Rita Plá

  • Atmospheric quality and distribution of heavy metals in Argentina employing Tillandsia capillaris as a biomonitor.

    M.L. Pignata;G.L. Gudiño;E.D. Wannaz;R.R. Plá

  • Comparison of the air pollution biomonitoring ability of three Tillandsia species and the lichen Ramalina celastri in Argentina.

    Gonzalo Miguel Angel Bermudez;Judith Hebelen Rodriguez;Maria Luisa Pignata

  • Comparative biomonitoring of atmospheric quality in five zones of Córdoba city (Argentina) employing the transplanted lichen Usnea sp.

    H.A. Carreras;G.L. Gudiño;M.L. Pignata

  • Heavy metal accumulation in leaves of aquatic plant Stuckenia filiformis and its relationship with sediment and water in the Suquía river (Argentina)

    Carlos Alfredo Harguinteguy;Alicia Fernandez Cirelli;Maria Luisa Pignata

  • Biomonitoring of air pollutants from traffic and industries employing Ramalina ecklonii (Spreng.) Mey. and Flot. in Córdoba, Argentina.

    Claudia M. González;Silvia S. Casanovas;María L. Pignata

  • Copper-induced response of physiological parameters and antioxidant enzymes in the aquatic macrophyte Potamogeton pusillus

    Magdalena V. Monferrán;José A. Sánchez Agudo;María L. Pignata;Daniel A. Wunderlin

  • The Influence of Air Pollution on Soluble Proteins, Chlorophyll Degradation, MDA, Sulphur and Heavy Metals in A Transplanted Lichen

    Claudia M. Gonzalez;Maria L. Pignata

  • Accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals in the tree foliage of Eucalyptus rostrata, Pinus radiata and Populus hybridus in the vicinity of a large aluminium smelter in Argentina

    J.H. Rodriguez;E.D. Wannaz;M.J. Salazar;M.L. Pignata

  • Comparison among air pollutants, meteorological conditions and some chemical parameters in the transplanted lichen Usnea amblyoclada

    H.A Carreras;M.L Pignata

  • The macrophytes Potamogeton pusillus L. and Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc. as potential bioindicators of a river contaminated by heavy metals

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  • The role of urban air pollutants on the performance of heavy metal accumulation in Usnea amblyoclada.

    Hebe A. Carreras;Eduardo D. Wannaz;Carlos A. Perez;María L. Pignata

  • Assessment of human health risk related to metals by the use of biomonitors in the province of Córdoba, Argentina

    Hebe Alejandra Carreras;Eduardo Daniel Wannaz;Maria Luisa Pignata

  • Accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and trace elements in the bioindicator plants Tillandsia capillaris and Lolium multiflorum exposed at PM10 monitoring stations in Stuttgart (Germany).

    Judith Hebelen Rodriguez;María Luisa Pignata;A. Fangmeier;A. Klumpp

  • Myriophyllum aquaticum as a biomonitor of water heavy metal input related to agricultural activities in the Xanaes River (Córdoba, Argentina)

    Carlos A. Harguinteguy;René Schreiber;María Luisa Pignata

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Fangmeier
Andreas Fangmeier University of Hohenheim
Daniel A. Wunderlin
Daniel A. Wunderlin National University of Córdoba
Jacob Garty
Jacob Garty Tel Aviv University
Marina Frontasyeva
Marina Frontasyeva Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Bernd Markert
Bernd Markert RWTH Aachen University
Eiliv Steinnes
Eiliv Steinnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva
Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva Universidade de São Paulo
Eva Oburger
Eva Oburger BOKU University
Petra Högy
Petra Högy University of Hohenheim

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