简介

Over the past 20 years, my primary research focus has been plant tissue culture commercialization, molecular plant breeding and molecular plant biology. The crop species I am interested in includes high value horticulture crops (hellebores, azalea, daylily, lily, orchid, rose, lisianthus, sinningia, amaryllis, begonia, petunia, iceland poppy, xsanthosoma, and fruit trees including grape, apple, pear, and peach ) and biofuel crops (Miscanthus, Arundo Donax). The breeding method we currently utilize involves DNA markers and in vitro mutation breeding. I am also interested in plant DNA methylation analysis through the use of methylation sensitive amplification polymorphism (MSAP).