Elena Ormeño

Docteur en Sciences

Chargé de Recherche
CNRS
IMBE - CNRS UMR 7263 - INEE

Aix Marseille Université
IMBE UMR CNRS 7263
Centre Saint-Charles - Case 4
3, place Victor Hugo
13331 Marseille Cedex 03 - France
Email: elena.ormeno@univ-provence.fr
Téléphone: 04 13 55 12 26
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Département : Processus fonctionnels et Valorisation de la Biodiversité
Equipe : DIVERSITE FONCTIONNELLE DES COMMUNAUTES VEGETALES
Expertise : Ecologie chimique, écophysiologie
Research interests :

I am interested in the influence of the environment on plant-atmosphere mediated by biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs). To understand these interactions I go through the following questions:
  • How do environmental conditions (climate conditions, water availability, soil nutrients, plant competition, plant architecture) affect the production (emission and storage) of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds ?
  • Which species release the highest volatile organic compound (VOC) rates ? i.e. Identification of the species that are potentially more implicated in air pollution concerns.
  • Why do plants store and release BVOCs ?
  • Which stresses are these compounds markers of?
  • How do BVOCs, once released into the environment, affect plant population development and biodiversity (allelopathic potential)?
  • How do BVOCs affect plant flammability and fire risk?

    More recently I have become interested in soil microorganisms, especially rhizobacteria, as a source of BVOCs and their importance as a mechanism attenuating the environmental stresses on plants.
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    Publications récentes:

    Submitted

  • Lavoir A, Ormeño E( ), Pasqualini V, Ferrat L, Greff S, Lecareux C, et al. Prescribed burning promotes production of defense metabolites in Pinus halepensis and Pinus laricio: an indication of stress under natural conditions. Science of the Total Environment submitted.
  • Ormeño E, Fernandez C. Effect of soil nutrient on production and diversity of volatile terpenoids from plants. Current Bioactive Compounds submitted.

    2011
  • [1] Ormeño E. Goldstein, A. Niinemets, U. Extracting and trapping biogenic volatile organic compounds stored in plant species Trac-Trends in Analytical Chemistry Atmospheric Environment.
  • [2] Fares S, Gentner DR, Park JH, Ormeño E, Karlik J, Goldstein AH. Biogenic emissions from Citrus species in California. Atmospheric Environment 2011; 45: 4557-4568.
  • [3] Olivier R, Lavoir AV, Ormeño E, Mouillot F, Greff S, Lecareux C, et al. Compost spreading in Mediterranean shrubland indirectly increases biogenic emissions by promoting growth of VOC-emitting plant parts. Atmospheric Environment 2011; 45: 3631-3639.
  • [4] Olivier R, Staudt M, Lavoir AV, Ormeño E, Rizvi SH, Baldy V, et al. Direct and indirect impact of sewage sludge compost spreading on Quercus coccifera monoterpene emissions in a Mediterranean shrubland. Environmental Pollution 2011b; 159: 963-969.

    2010
  • [5] Fares S., Park J.Hoo, Ormeño E., Drew R. Gentner, Megan McKay, Loreto, F. Karlik J. Goldstein A.H. Ozone uptake by Citrus trees exposed to a range of ozone concentrations. Atmospheric Environment.
  • [6] Ormeño E., Gentner D.R. Fares S. Karlik, J. Park, JH, Goldstein AH. Sesquiterpenoid emissions from agricultural crops: correlations to monoterpenoid emissions and leaf terpene content. Environmental Science and Technology. MS ID: es-2009-03674m.

    2009
  • [7] Ormeño, E., Céspedes, B., Sánchez, I.A., Velasco-García, A., Moreno, J.M., Fernandez, C., Baldy, V. The relationship between terpenes and flammability of leaf litter. Forest Ecology and Management 2009. 257: 471-482.
  • [8] Ormeño E., Olivier R., Mévy JP., Baldy V., Fernandez C. Compost may affect volatile and semi-volatile plant emissions through nitrogen supply and chlorophyll fluorescence. Chemosphere 2009. 77: 94-104.
  • [9] Larchevêque M., Ballini C., Baldy V., Korboulewsky, N., Ormeño E., Montès N. 2009. Restoration of a Mediterranean post-fire shrubland: plant functional responses to organic soil amendment. Restoration Ecology. 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00512.x.
  • [10] Fernandez C., Monnier Y., Ormeño E., Baldy V., Greff S., Pasqualini V., Mévy JP., Bousquet-Mélou A. Variations in allelochemical composition of leachates of different organs and maturity stages of Pinus halepensis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 2009. 35: 970-979.

    2008
  • [11] Ormeño E., Baldy V., Ballini C., Fernandez C. Production and diversity of Volatile terpenes from plants on calcareous and siliceous soils: effect of soil nutrients. Journal of Chemical Ecology 2008. 34: 1219-1229.
  • [12] Fernandez C., Voiriot S., Mevy J-P., Vila B., Ormeño E., Dupouyet S., Bousquet-Melou A. Regeneration failure of Pinus halepensis Mill.: the role of autotoxicity and some abiotic environmental parameters. Forest Ecology and Management 2008. 255: 2928-2936.

    2007
  • [13] Ormeño E., Fernandez C., Bousquet-Mélou A., Greff S., Morin E., Robles C., Vila B., Bonin G. Monoterpene and sesquiterpene emissions of four typical Mediterranean species, through calcareous and siliceous soils in south of France. Atmospheric Environment 2007. 41: 629-639. FI=2.9, Q1 (27/163) Environmental Sciences.
  • [14] Ormeño E., Mévy J. P., Vila B., Bousquet-Mélou A., Greff S., Bonin G., Fernandez C. Water deficit stress induces different monoterpene and sesquiterpene emission changes in Mediterranean species. Relationship between terpene emissions and plant water potential. Chemosphere 2007. 67 : 276-284.
  • [15] Ormeño E., Bousquet-Mélou A., Mévy, J-P., Greff S., Robles C., Bonin G., Fernandez C. Effect of intraspecific competition and substrate type on terpene emissions of some Mediterranean species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 2007.
  • [16] Ormeño E., Fernandez C., Mévy J.P. 2007. Plant coexistence alters terpene emission and content of Mediterranean species. Phytochemistry 2007. 69: 840-852.

    2006
  • [17] Ormeño E., Baldy V., Ballini C., Larchevêque M., Périssol C., Fernandez C. Effects of environmental factors and leaf chemistry on leaf litter colonization by fungi in a Mediterranean shrubland. Pedobiologia 2006. 50 : 1-10.

    2005
  • [18] Larchevêque M., Baldy V., Korboulewsky N., Ormeño E., Fernandez C. Compost effect on bacterial and fungal colonization of kermes oak leaf litter in a terrestrial Mediterranean ecosystem. Applied Soil Ecology 2005. 30: 79-89.
  • Positions held

  • Postdoctoral researcher 2010, University of Liege, Faculty Agro-Bio-Tech, Plant Biology Department (Belgium, Gembloux).
  • Postdoctoral researcher 2007-2009, University of California, Berkeley, Envrionemntal Sciences, Policy and Management (ESPM), Trace gas Biogeochemistry laboratory (Berkeley, USA).
  • Assistant Professor 2007, Faculty of Environment, University of Castilla La Mancha (UCLM). Laboratory Fire Ecology (Toledo, España) Fire Ecology.
  • Assistant Research/Professor 2006-2007, Faculty of Biology, University of Provence (Marseille, France).
  • Doctoral fellowship, 2003-2006, French Environmental Agency (Marseille, France) (IMEP).
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