PGRP Faculty Research
As world leaders in plant genome research, Cornell University, Boyce Thompson Institute, and the U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory are host to many outstanding research labs. These research facilities have built on Cornell’s long tradition of research in plant genetics and breeding to develop novel technologies, the application of which has sought to improve the scientific understanding of many aspects of plant biology. The research interests of the labs are quite varied, ranging from identifying disease resistance in crop plants to understanding how plants sense and respond to light. For more information about the research projects in the Plant Genome Research Program, please click on the project leaders, below.
Researchers and Projects
Ac transposon tagging and light signaling pathways in maize
Molecular evolution of polyploids and genome expression in legumes
Functional genomics of fruit flavor and nutrition pathways
Ripening and lycopene accumulation in tomato
Nuclear-organelle communication and male sterility
The arbuscular mycorrizal symbiosis and plant phosphate nutrition
effects of transgenic crop improvement on plant composition, quality and performance.
Environmental response in plants:Pathogens and Temperature
Genetics and biochemistry of plant-insect interactions
Root biology of aluminum tolerance and phytoremediation of heavy metals
Signal transduction of pathogenesis related genes
Genetic diversity between maize, rice, sorghum, and millet
Movement of viruses in plants
Gene regulatory networks in vascular plants
Molecular mechanisms of disease resistance and susceptibility in tomato
Plant breeding genetics and rice genomics
Structure, function, and metabolism of plant cell walls
SGN bioinformatics and genomics
Comparative proteome analysis of C3 and C4 leaf and chloroplast development and differentiation
Genetic regulation of chromosome behavior in meiosis and meiotic recombination
Understanding plant signaling networks through protein microarrays and molecular system biology
Struction, function, and metabolism of plant cell walls
Plant evolution, development, and morphology
Intracellullar communication between the nucleus, mitochondria, and chloroplasts
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