Our group has extensive research experience in plant stress physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology and biotechnology with emphasis on the study of signaling cascades under stressful environmental conditions and routinely applies modern research techniques such as enzyme/protein extraction and activity analysis, isolation and cloning of plant genes, as well as gene expression studies.
Our current research activity focuses on the study of the effect of various abiotic stress factors (such as drought, salinity, heavy metals and pharmaceutically active compounds) on a variety of plants (including Medicago, Arabidopsis, wheat, tomato, basil and mint), the study of growth promoting compounds in Arabidopsis and maize, the study of the effect of priming agents on the defense mechanisms of crop (strawberry, citrus, wheat and maize) and model (Arabidopsis and Medicago) plants under abiotic stress conditions, as well as the study of secondary metabolites with antioxidant activity in olives, grapes, peaches and tomatoes.
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- For a list of completed research projects, please click here.
Our current research activity focuses on the study of the effect of various abiotic stress factors (such as drought, salinity, heavy metals and pharmaceutically active compounds) on a variety of plants (including Medicago, Arabidopsis, wheat, tomato, basil and mint), the study of growth promoting compounds in Arabidopsis and maize, the study of the effect of priming agents on the defense mechanisms of crop (strawberry, citrus, wheat and maize) and model (Arabidopsis and Medicago) plants under abiotic stress conditions, as well as the study of secondary metabolites with antioxidant activity in olives, grapes, peaches and tomatoes.
- For a list of ongoing research projects, please click here.
- For a list of completed research projects, please click here.