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My focus is on sustainable management of rice systems - in particular fertility management, nutrient and carbon cycling, water use, water quality, and greenhouse gas emissions

Agronomy, sustainable intensification, cropping systems analysis, input use efficiency, integrating technology and data into production practices

Plant ecophysiology and ecosystem ecology, remote sensing

Tree physiology in orchard systems; Productivity, sustainability, and competitiveness of fruit orchard production in a changing global scenario

Area of expertise: Biology of plant-microbe interactions, plant defenses against human and plant pathogens, stomatal immunity, bacterial pathogenesis

Weedy and invasive plants in agricultural and natural systems.

Small RNAs, regulation of gene expression, microRNAs and their biogenesis, phased small interfering RNAs, in maize, wheat, rice, soybean, Arabidopsis, and other crops and model species.

Comparative functional genomics of disease resistance, lettuce genomics and breeding

Vegetable production; water management; agricultural ecology; crop management impacts on postharvest quality