Category: Systems Plant Physiology
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Enhancing the nutrient use efficiency of plants
The leaching of excessive nitrogenous fertilizers applied to commercial crops leads to environmental problems. To understand the dynamics of nutrient use efficiency we are using cutting-edge tools in genomics to identify spinach genotypes efficient in nutrient uptake, assimilation, utilization. We are using natural variation as a tool to identify the genetic variation for the anti-microbial…
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Enhancing the Nutraceutical Potential of Plants
Non-protein amino acid “citrulline” is universal in animals, plants, bacteria, and fungi. It has extensive clinical and therapeutic implications for human and animal health. We focus on many intriguing aspects of its metabolism; such as synthesis, regulation, long-distance transport, its role as an N-carrier, and as an osmolyte using molecular and metabolic cues. We are using…
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Advancing the Sustainability Practices of Organic Vegetable Production
Poor productivity of organic crops is in part attributed to the lack of nutrient management strategy, a lack of genetics designed for optimal utilization of resources, and ineffective methods to enhance nutrient uptake. To improve yield stability, we are investigating biochemical aspects of nutrient uptake, their interactions with soil microbiomes and evaluation of nutraceutical potential…
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Brussels sprout trial
Field evaluation of Brussels sprout diversity panel for natural variation in the nutraceutical components (Glucosinolates) using Genome-Wide Association Studies” (Photo credits- Dalton Thompson)
