Studies in plant biology in the Division of Biological Sciences span scales from genes to landscapes, explore a diverse array of biological phenomena, and employ an extensive range of approaches. Areas of particular concentration include growth and development, cell biology, species conservation and biodiversity, plant-insect interactions, genetics and genomics, evolution, and ecology. Faculty and students benefit from state-of-the-art plant growth facilities and various campus research core facilities as well as a larger, interactive community of plant biologists through the Interdisciplinary Plant Group.
Faculty
The genetic and metabolic control of seed amino acids’ composition
The genetic and hormonal control of plant architecture
Chromosome evolution and function in plants and fruit fly
Genetic control of carbon partitioning in plants
Gene regulatory mechanisms controlling plant architecture traits in cereal crops
The genetics and consequences of maize domestication and breeding
Determining how transposable elements become epigenetically silenced
Interspecific interactions in community modulation
Molecular mechanisms regulating cellular signaling in plants
Understanding and predicting the genetic and physiological basis of plant phenotypes
