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Department of Forestry and Horticulture
Expertise:
Dr. Arango-Velez
has expertise in plant adaptation and response mechanisms to biotic and abiotic
stresses. Dr. Arango-Velez studies plants at different levels ranging from physiological,
biochemical and anatomical to molecular analyses in crops and tree species. After
working in the resistance mechanisms to coffee rust at the Colombian National Coffee
Research, and the edaphic adaption to aluminum toxicity in pastures at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture; she
examined the physiological basis for drought resistance in poplar clones for her
doctoral research. Dr. Arango-Velez has also developed interest and expertise in
different response mechanisms across multiple levels of plant defense, linking patterns
between gene expression, signaling hormone responses, wood anatomy and physiological
processes during plant-pathogen interactions under water limitation.
Education:
Ph.D. University of Alberta (Forest Biology
and Management) 2010
M.Sc. Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Agricultural
Sciences-Plant Physiologist) 2004
B.Sc. Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Engineer
Agronomist) 2000
Career history:
Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Janice Cooke,
Plant Molecular Physiology, Biology Department at the University of Alberta, 2010-2014.
Station career:
Assistant Scientist II 2014-present
Past Research:
Adriana was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the TRIA Project (Mountain
Pine Beetle) at the University of Alberta where she examined different response
mechanisms of pines to the mountain pine beetle
and its associated fungi blue stain.
Current Research:
Dr. Arango-Velez research focuses on the constitutive
(always present) and induced (temporary) defense mechanism in plants to insects
and pathogens. The plant/insect interaction studies center on (1) conifer defenses
to southern pine beetle, and (2) response of ash and fringe tree to emerald ash
borer.
Additionally she is leading two more projects in relation to the
ecophysiology of urban trees in a changing climate - evaluating adaptation strategies
of maples, oaks and white pine to soil compaction; and mycorrhiza influence in salt
detoxification in sugar maple.
Outreach:
BIOGENIC
It is a non-profit group focused in promoting and communicating
scientific issues for the general Hispanic community.
http://www.biogeniccolombia.org
http://biogenic-colombia.blogspot.com
Recent Publications:
Claire E. Rutledge and Adriana Arango-Velez. 2016.
Larval survival and growth of Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) on
white ash and white fringetree saplings under well-watered and water-deficit
conditions. Environmental Entomology 1-8 doi:10.1093/ee/nvw080Hamilton Hamilton J.A., El Kayal W., Hart A.T., Runcie D.E. Arango-Velez
A., Cooke J.E.K. 2016. "The joint influence of photoperiod and temperature during growth
cessation and development of dormancy in white spruce (Picea glauca)".
Tree Physiol. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpw061 Arango-Velez, A. El Kayal W., Copeland C.C.J., Zaharia L.I., Lusebrink
I., Cooke J.E.K. (2015) Submitted. Differences in defense responses of Pinus
contorta and Pinus banksiana to the mountain pine beetle fungal
associate Grosmannia clavigera are affected by water deficit (in
review). Plant Cell & Environment doi: 10.1002/p Arango-Velez A., Leonardo M. Galindo Gonzalez, Miranda J. Meents, Walid
El Kayal, Barry J. Cooke, Jean Linsky, Inka Lusebrink, Janice E.K. Cooke (2014)
Influence of water deficit on the molecular responses ofPinus contorta x Pinus
banksiana mature trees to infection
by the mountain pine beetle fungal associate,Grosmannia clavigera. Tree Physiology 34: 1220-1239.
Dawn E Hall, Macaire M Yuen, Sharon Jancsik, Alfonso Lara
Quesada, Harpreet K Dullat, Maria Li, Hannah Henderson, Adriana Arango-Velez, Nancy Y Liao, Roderick
T Docking, Simon K Chan, Janice EK Cooke, Colette Breuil, Steven JM Jones, Christopher
I Keeling, Jorg Bohlmann (2013) Transcriptome resources and functional characterization
of monoterpene synthases for two host species of the mountain pine beetle, lodgepole
pine (Pinus contorta) and jack pine (Pinus banskiana). BMC Plant Biology.
13:80. Arango-Velez A., Zwiazek, J.J., Thomas, B.B., Tyree, M.T. (2011) Stomatal
factors and vulnerability of stem xylem to cavitation in poplars. Physiologia Plantarum.143:154-165. Arango-Velez A., Ments
M., Linsky J., El Kayal W., Adams E., Galindo L., Cooke J. (2011) Influence of water
deficit on the induced and constitutive responses of pines to infection by mountain
pine beetle fungal associates. BMC Proceedings. 5 Suppl 7:029.
Rao I., Wenzl P., Arango A., Miles J., Watanabe T., Shinano
T., Osaki M., Wagatsuma T., Manrique G., Beebe S., Tohme J., Ishitani M., Rangel
A., Horst W. (2008) Advances in developing screening methods and improving aluminum
resistance in common bean and Brachiaria. R. Bras. Agrociencia, Pelotas. 14:1-7. Wenzl P, Arango A., Chaves A.L., Buitrago M.E., Patiño G.M.,
Miles J., and Rao I.M. (2006) A greenhouse screening procedure to identify acid
soil-adapted genotypes of the tropical forage grass Brachiaria. Crop Science 46:
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