Research Themes
RESEARCH
RESEARCH
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1. Metabolic engineering of plants to increase their abiotic stress resilience
- How do plants regulate metabolism under normal and stress conditions?
- How do plants regulate NAD biosynthesis under normal and stress conditions?
- How do plants balance between aerobic and anaerobic respiration?
- How do plants ensure acetyl-CoA supply for histone acetylation?
- Do plants prefer brands i.e. do different enzymes biosynthesize Acetyl-CoA for (e.g.) histone H3 and H4 acetylation?
- What’s the role of gluconeogenesis in stress tolerance?
2. Sustainable agriculture for food security, climate action, and human health
- What biological principles govern sustainable agriculture?
- What impact does sustainable agriculture have on the soil microbiome?
- How to increase agricultural productivity and grain health while preserving the environment?
3. Mineral nutrition in plants and heavy metal stress resilience
- New fertilizers for Fe biofortification and combating Fe-deficiency in crop plants
- Screening for Arsenic-free plants
4. Novel molecular biology techniques
- Developing new methods to identify foreign DNA integration in plants
5. Automated Plant Phenotyping System and Image Analysis Software
- Developing automated phenotyping and image analysis software to identify plants for stress resilience
6. Agrivoltaics and plant sensors development
- How can we harness biological principles to make agrivoltaics profitable, thus aiding its large-scale adoption?
- Developing sensors for monitoring different plant plants