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Main Areas of Research
Evolution and Biodiversity
Quentin Cronk plant molecular systematics, phylogenomics, evolution of plant development (evodevo)
Shannon Cowan systematic characterization of wild and cultivated plants using an integrated approach (morphology, secondary chemistry and genetic diversity); plant systems of choice include those of economic and cultural value to indigenous peoples, rural communities and to the natural health products industry
Sean Graham systematics and evolution of vascular plants, focusing on using DNA sequence data to infer relationships at deep and recent levels of seed plant, angiosperm and monocot phylogenetic history
Keith Adams evolutionary genomics, fate of duplicated genes after polyploidisation
Genomics of Plant Adaptation
A multidisciplinary research initiative involving: Carl Douglas (Botany), Jorg Bohlmann (Biotechnology Centre), Brian Ellis (Biotechnology Centre), Kermit Ritland (Forestry), Sally Aitken (Forestry), Sarah Otto (Zoology), Robert Guy (Forestry), George Haughn (Botany) and Quentin Cronk (Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research).
Plant Physiology and Biotic Interactions
Bob Copeman fungal and bacterial diseases, epidemiology and management of plant diseases, providing practical solutions to disease problems facing B.C. commodity groups, alternatives to chemical control and integrated crop management
Murray Isman Development of botanical insecticides and antifeedants
Peter Jolliffe Measuring and interpreting competitive balances, and other ecological relationships, in simple plant species associations, Designing more productive plant intercropping systems, Interpreting the physiological basis of long-term plant performance, Improving plant performance in greenhouse vegetable production systems
Mahesh Upadhya Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on plants, Seed dormancy and seed banks, Post harvest physiology of vegetables
Phytochemistry
Shannon Cowan ethnobotany and phytochemistry of medicinal and food plants, pharmacognosy
Eduardo Jovel Biological and chemical studies on fungal-insect interactions in South Coastal BC
Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
Andrew Riseman ornamental plant breeding, cytology, genetics, root physiology, biotic and abiotic stressor resistance, and edaphic selection, plant tissue culture, micropropagation and transformation
Quentin Cronk plant transformation technology for functional genomics
Shannon Cowan ecological studies of interactions within agricultural systems (agroecology) for improved design and management models, including variable socioeconomic contexts and dynamic landscapes
