C. Alice Donaldson Professor
Division of Plant Science and Technology
Environmental Interactions, Genetics & Plant Breeding, Plant Physiology,
Research
We have a long-standing interest in sustainable crop production and have an active research program aimed at enhancing crop resource use efficiency, particularly as related to production under drought and heat stress and nutrient limited conditions as well as the combination of these factors. Our research ranges from use-inspired basic research to translational research and comprises experiments conducted under field and controlled environment conditions. We study physiological mechanisms and couple physiological studies with genetic and genomic approaches to promote translation of our findings into elite crop cultivars. We also are engaged in the development of innovative tools and techniques for high-throughput phenotyping to better exploit distinct physiological mechanisms in genetic improvement of abiotic stress tolerance.