Researcher interests: Cellular mechanisms controlling the water permeability of the root plasma membrane. Plant Aquaporins (water channels) cellular localization, gating, trafficking and regulation. CO2 conductance through aquaporins at the mesophyll membrane. Root conductivity response to the levels of drought, salinity, nutrients, oxygen, temperature and heavy metals in the soil. Whole plant transpiration use efficiency, abiotic stress resistance.
FACULTY / SCHOOL: Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences
DEPARTMENT: Plant Sciences and Genetics
Selected Publications
guard cell hexokinase increases water use efficiency under normal and drought conditions (2019)|
Frontiers in Plant Science|
Read more
out of the blue phototropins of the leaf vascular bundle sheath mediate the blue light regulation of the leaf hydraulic conductance (2019)|
bioRxiv|
Read more
dynamic physiological phenotyping of drought stressed pepper plants treated with productivity enhancing and survivability enhancing biostimulants (2019)|
Frontiers in Plant Science|
Read more
bundle sheath cells are leaf water valves controlled by their h atpase open by xylem acidification closed by xylem alkalinization (2019)|
bioRxiv|
Read more
mesophyll abscisic acid restrains early growth and flowering but does not directly suppress photosynthesis (2019)|
Plant Physiology|
Read more
mechanisms for minimizing height related stomatal conductance declines in tall vines (2019)|
Plant Cell and Environment|
Read more
quantitative and comparative analysis of whole plant performance for functional physiological traits phenotyping new tools to support pre breeding and plant stress physiology studies (2019)|
Plant Science|
Read more
role of guard cell aba in determining steady state stomatal aperture and prompt vapor pressure deficit response (2019)|
Plant Science|
Read more
role of guard cell aba in determining steady state stomatal aperture and prompt vapor pressure deficit response (2019)|
Plant Science|
Read more
a high throughput physiological functional phenotyping system for time and cost effective screening of potential biostimulants (2019)|
bioRxiv|
Read more
risk management strategies and transpiration rates of wild barley in uncertain environments (2018)|
Physiologia Plantarum|
Read more
bundle sheath cells are leaf water valves controlled by an h atpase via xylem acidification (2018)|
bioRxiv|
Read more
bundle sheath cells are internal leaf water valves controlled via xylem acidification by h atpase (2017)|
bioRxiv|
Read more
a combination of stomata deregulation and a distinctive modulation of amino acid metabolism are associated with enhanced tolerance of wheat varieties to transient drought (2017)|
Metabolomics|
Read more
differential gene expression and transport functionality in the bundle sheath versus mesophyll a potential role in leaf mineral homeostasis (2017)|
Journal of Experimental Botany|
Read more
do phosphoinositides regulate membrane water permeability of tobacco protoplasts by enhancing the aquaporin pathway (2015)|
Planta|
Read more
measuring the osmotic water permeability coefficient pf of spherical cells isolated plant protoplasts as an example (2014)|
Journal of Visualized Experiments|
Read more
is the leaf bundle sheath a smart flux valve for k nutrition (2014)|
Journal of Plant Physiology|
Read more
