Dr. Irma Tari

position: associate professor

Curriculum vitae

Institution
Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged
Address: H-6726 Szeged, Közép fasor 52., II./ 216. room
Tel.: +36 62/544 307
E-mail: tari@bio.u-szeged.hu

Personal skills and competences
Education, academic training and experience:
MSc in Biology and Chemistry, secondary school teacher, József Attila University, Szeged
1980: Dr. Univ
1996: CSc (PhD)
2007: habilitation

Positions and Employment:
József Attila University, 1977-2000
associate professor, 1998-
University of Szeged, Department of Plant Biology
associate professor, Dr. Habil 2007-
University of Szeged, Department of Plant Biology
head of the department, 2010-2015

Scientific interest:
The role of plant hormones and growth regulators (ethylene, abscisic acid, polyamines and nitric oxide) in stress acclimation of plants. Response of cultivated plants to high salinity and osmotic stress with special emphasis on reactive oxygen species and antioxidant responses. Analysis of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants. Comparison of the cell death induction by high salinity and salicylic acid in hormone biosynthesis and signalling mutants of tomato. Activation of proteolysis under stress conditions. Changes in polyamine metabolism, in the expression and activity of polyamine catabolic enzymes in tomato exposed to high salinity and salicylic acid.

Memberships in Scientific Bodies:
1987: member of the Hungarian Society for Plant Physiology (now: Hungarian Society for Plant Biology)
1991: member of Federation of European Societies for Plant Physiology (now: Federation of European Societies for Plant Biology)
2006-: secretary of the Hungarian Society for Plant Biology
2010: Editorial Board member of Environmental and Experimental Biology
2014: Editorial Board member of Acta Biologica Hungarica

Scientific grants:
2008-2011. OTKA K76854 Salicylic acid-induced programmed cell death.
2008-2012. OTKA K75584: Studies on the signalling pathways in cereals exposed to abiotic stresses.
2010-2014. OTKA CNK 80988. Improvement of wheat acclimation to extreme environmental conditions.
2010-2015. OTKA K101243 Comparative studies on salicylic acid and salt stress-induced programmed cell death.
2015-2016: Hungary-Serbia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme “Joint development of higher education and training programmes in plant biology in support of knowledge-based society”
(PLANTTRAIN, ID: HUSBR/1203/221/173)

List of relevant publications:

Péter Poór, Judit Kovács, Péter Borbély, Zoltán Takács, Ágnes Szepesi, Irma Tari (2015) Salt stress-induced production of reactive oxygen- and nitrogen species and cell death in the ethylene receptor mutant Never ripe and wild type tomato roots. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 97: 313-322. (IF: 2.756)
Poór, P. Laskay G, Tari I (2015) Role of nitric oxide in salt stress-induced programmed cell death and defence mechanisms. In: Khan MN, Mobin M, Mohammad F, Corpas FJ (szerk) Nitric oxide action in Abiotic stress responses in plants. Charm: Springer International Publishing Switzerlans, 2015. pp. 193-219.
Horváth, E., Csiszár, J., Gallé, Á., Poór, P., Szepesi, Á., & Tari, I. (2015). Hardening with salicylic acid induces concentration-dependent changes in abscisic acid biosynthesis of tomato under salt stress. Journal of Plant Physiology,183, 54-63. (IF: 2,557)
Csiszár J, Horváth E, Váry Zs, Gallé Á, Bela K, Brunner Sz, Tari I (2014) Glutathione transferase supergene family in tomato: salt stress-regulated expression of representative genes from distinct GST classes in plants primed with salicylic acid. Plant Biochemistry and Physiology 78:15-26. (IF: 2.352)
Sós-Hegedűs A, Juhász Zs, Poór P, Kondrák M, Antal F, Tari I, Mauch-Mani B, Bánfalvi Zs (2015) Soil Drenching by ß-Aminobutyric Acid Increases Drought Tolerance of Potato. Plos One (IF: 3.534)
Gallé, Á., Csiszár, J., Benyó, D., Laskay, G., Leviczky, T., Erdei, L., Tari, I. (2013). Isohydric and anisohydric strategies of wheat genotypes under osmotic stress: Biosynthesis and function of ABA in stress responses. Journal of Plant Physiology, 170(16) 1389-1399. (IF: 2.77)
Kocsy, G., Tari, I., Vanková, R., Zechmann, B., Gulyás, Z., Poór, P., Galiba, G. (2013). Redox control of plant growth and development. Plant Science, 211:77-91. (IF: 4.114)
Péter Poór, Judit Kovács, Dóra Szopkó, Irma Tari (2013): Ethylene signaling in salt stress- and salicylic acid-induced programmed cell death in tomato suspension cells. Protoplasma 250: 273-284.(IF: 3.171)
Tari I., Laskay G., Takács Z., Poór P. 2013. Response of Sorghum to abiotic stresses: a review. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 199: 264-274. (IF: 2.618)
Majláth, I., Szalai G., Soós V., Sebestyén, E., Balázs E., Vanková, R., Dobrev, P.I., Tari, I., Tandori, J., Janda T.  (2012) Effect of light on the gene expression and hormonal status of winter and spring wheat plants during cold hardening. Physiol Plantarum 145: 296-314. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01579.x (IF: 3.067)
Galiba G, Vanková R, Tari I, Bánfalvi Zs, Poór P, Dobrev P, Boldizsár Á, Vágújfalvi A, Kocsy G (2012)  Hormones, NO, Antioxidants and Metabolites as Key Players in Plant Cold Acclimation. In: Plant and Microbe Adaptations to Cold in a Changing World, Proceedings from Plant and Microbe Adaptations to Cold 2012, Editors: Ryozo Imai, Midori Yoshida, Naoyuki MatsumotoISBN: 978-1-4614-8252-9 (Print) 978-1-4614-8253-6 (Online)
Péter Poór, Irma Tari (2012) Regulation of stomatal movement and photosynthetic activity in guard cells of tomato abaxial epidermal peels by salicylic acid. Functional Plant Biology 39: 1028-1037.(IF: 2.929)
Poór, P; Gémes, K; Szepesi, Á; Horváth, F; Simon, LM, Tari, I   (2010) Salicylic acid treatment via the rooting medium interferes with the stomatal response, CO2 fixation rate and carbohydrate metabolism in tomato and decreases the harmful effects of subsequent salt stress. Plant Biology 13: 105-114 (IF: 2.395)
Gémes Katalin; Poór Péter; Horváth Edit; Kolbert Zsuzsanna; Szopkó Dóra; Szepesi Ágnes; Tari Irma (2011) Cross-talk between salicylic acid and NaCl-generated reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide in tomato during acclimation to high salinity. Physiologia Plantarum 142: 179-192. (IF: 3.112)
Szepesi Á, Csiszár J., Gémes K., Horváth E., Horváth F., Simon L.M., Tari I (2009) Salicylic acid improves the acclimation to salt stress by stimulating abscisic aldehyde oxidase activity and abscisic acid accumulation, and increases Na+ contents of the leaves without toxicity symptoms in Solanum lycopersicum L. Journal of  Plant Physiol. 166: 914-925. (IF: 2.456)
Guóth A., Tari I., Gallé Á., Csiszár J., Pécsváradi A., Cseuz L., Erdei L. (2009) Comparison of the drought stress responses of tolerant and sensitive wheat cultivars during grain filling: changes in flag leaf photosynthetic activity, ABA levels and grain yield. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation DOI: 10.1007/s00344-009-9085-8 2009, Volume 28, 167-176. (IF: 2.438)
Gallé Á., Csiszár J., Secenji M., Guóth A., Cseuz L., Tari I., Györgyey J., Erdei L. (2009) Drought response strategies during grain filling in wheat. Glutathione transferase activity and expression pattern in flag leaves. Journal of Plant Physiology 166:1878-1891 DOI:10.1016/j.jplph.2009.05016 (IF: 2.456) 
Janda T., Szalai G., Tari, I. and Páldi, E. (1999) Hydroponic treatment with salicylic acid decreases the effects of chilling injury in maize (Zea mays L.) - Planta 208:175-180. (IF:2.977)