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Contact:
Dr. Anne Kathrina Gruber
Botanic Garden and Botanic Museum of Berlin
Phone: +49(30) 83850115
E-mail: k.gruber@bgbm.org
Function:
Biologist, Department of Biodiversity Informatics
- Dendroflora of El Salvador
Curriculum:
- Studies
of Biology (and History), FU Berlin. Aditional studies of quantification
methods of secondary plant substances, Univ. Gießen.
- Head of
Project “Botanical insecticides from the neem-tree, Azadirachta indica
A.Juss” Nicaragua (1986-1995).
- Doctorate
with a “Nafög” grant: “Wachstum, Fruchtertrag und Azadirachtingehalt der
Samen von Azadirachta indica A.Juss. auf verschiedenen Standorten in
Nicaragua” (“Growth, fruit-yield and content of azadirachtin in the seeds of
Azadirachta indica A.Juss. on various sites in Nicaragua”) (1991).
- Studies
of ecosystems in coffee plantations, management of fruit plantations and of
a small industrial enterprise (I.O.S.A.) for botanical insecticides from the
neem-tree in Nicaragua (1996-2004).
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Scientific assistant to Dendroflora of El Salvador project (Prof. Dr. W.
Berendsohn), Botanic Garden and Botanic Museum, Berlin (since 2005).
Research interests:
- Flora and vegetation of Central America, particularly agro- and dendroflora
- Applied plant physiology, particularly for the control of dammaging insects
Publications and scientific contributions:
- Berendsohn, W. G., Gruber, A. K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. 2012. Nova Silva Cuscatlanica. Árboles nativos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29(2): 1-300.
- Berendsohn, W. G., Gruber, A. K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. 2009: Nova Silva Cuscatlanica. Árboles nativos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae – Familias A a L. – Englera 29(1): 1-438.
- Gruber, A. K. 1991. Wachstum, Fruchtertrag und Azadirachtingehalt der Samen von Azadirachta indica A.Juss. auf verschiedenen Standorten in Nicaragua. Diss., Berlin.
- Gruber, A. K. 1992. Biología y ecología del árbol de Nim (Azadirachta indica A.Juss.): Extracción, medición, toxicidad y potencial de crear resistencia. Memoria del IV congreso internacional de manejo integrado de plagas 20-24 de Abril 1992, Honduras. – Ceiba 33(1), Parte B: 249-256.
- Gruber, A. K. 1996. Cultivation and use of Neem (Azadirachta indica A.Juss) in Central America. – Proceedings of the 1st conference on fruit production in the tropics and subtropics, Berlin Sept. 19-21: 36-38.
- Gruber, A. K. & Valdix, J. K. 2003. Control de Atta spp. con prácticas agrícolas e insecticidas botánicos. – Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecología (Costa Rica) 67: 87-90.
- Gruber, A. K. 2004. Neem as a source of semiochemicals against several insect pests. – Proceedings of the international workshop on semiochemicals and microbial antagonists: Their role in integrated pest management in Latin America, Turrialba, Costa Rica: 51-52.
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