Faculty

Plant ecophysiology and ecosystem ecology, remote sensing

Agronomy and agroecosystems; Sustainable crop production; Environmental footprint; International agriculture

Plant Nutrition and breeding

Whole plant physiology

Root and rhizosphere biology in managed, urban and natural landscapes. Whole plant responses to environmental stress and a changing climate.

Phytonutrient biochemistry and physiology; Biosynthesis, accumulation and function of carotenoids and polyphenols in plants; Targeted improvement of crop phytonutrient composition and content for enhanced nutritional and medicinal values.

Plant reproduction: Embryo sac development (Arabidopsis and Rice); Functional genomics: small RNAs, microbiomes (Rice)

The impact of tree water status on productivity and the water relations and physiological activity of fruit

Computational and statistical plant biology, crop and gene network modeling, quantitative and evolutionary genomics