Tomato Suberin for Drought Resilience (CTRI)
Drought stress resistance
How a single cell shapes a shoot (HFSP)
Plant Development
Evolution and development of water-related traits in the dryland moss Syntrichia
Evolution and Development
Exodermis Differentiation and Function (NSF-IOS)
Root Development
Adapting Crops to a Harsh Environment: Interplay between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Drought Stress and Plasticity of Plant Architecture (NSF-PGRP)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) symbioses were critical to plant migration to land and conserved pathways associated with this symbiosis have been identified. It is proposed that association of plant root systems with beneficial fungi, like AMF, can improve crop resilience to water deficit. In this project, two crops that are phylogenetically distinct and critical to…