Plant Genomics and Physiology

Plant genomics and physiology encompasses plant genomes; functional genomics; plant biosecurity; environmental adaptation; genetic processes and mechanisms; developmental processes; plant-microbe associations; plant biochemistry; biobased products; and biofuel feedstocks.

Faculty

 

Selected Research Projects:

  • A Novel Approach for Determining the Role of Ethylene in Wood Formation.
    Research Faculty: Gary Coleman
  • An Integrated Approach to Determining the Role of Storage Proteins in Perennial Woody Plant Seasonal Nitrogen Cycling. Research Faculty: Gary Coleman
  • Environmental Regulation of Poplar Bark Storage Protein Gene Expression.
    Research Faculty:
    Gary Coleman
  • Mechanisms Regulating Nitrogen Storage in Woody Perennials.
    Research Faculty:
    Gary Coleman
  • Molecular Analysis of Terminal Bud Formation.
    Research Faculty:
    Gary Coleman
  • Rootstock and Interstock Effects on Pome and Stone Fruit.
    Research Faculty:
    Christopher Walsh
  • Stress Responses of Ornamental Trees Installed in an Urban Landscape.
    Research Faculty: Christopher Walsh
  • Turfgrass Physiology
    Research Faculty:
    Peter Dernoeden
  • Isolation of Resistant Gene Analogs from Wheat
    Research Faculty: Jose Costa
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protoplast

A protoplast is a individual plant cell without the cell wall. This one is from poplar and isolated in Dr. Coleman's lab. Actually they isolated millions of them at a time. The green bodies are cholorplast.