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Bacterial cellulose application concurrently targets cytokinin- and ROS-associated defense responses to induce plant regeneration.

Autophagy has emerged as an essential quality control pathway in plants that selectively and rapidly removes damaged or unwanted cellular components to maintain cellular homeostasis. It can recycle a ...

Our team is interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms that control the interaction between pathogenic bacteria and plants to develop sustainable strategies to prevent and fight bacterial invasions in the field. Research in the lab focuses on 2 main areas:

Cell Death & Differentiation - Mechanisms of regulated cell death during plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae