Projects
Specific ongoing projects are:
- Enhancement of stress tolerance and nutritional value through metabolic engineering in fruits and vegetables.
- Regulation of specialized metabolic pathways (phenylpropanoids, glucosinolates, and other cyanogenic glycosides)
- Uncovering alternative auxin biosynthesis pathway
- Phytomining: Extraction of critical elements using plants
- Food is Medicine: Utilization of plants (Scutellaria and beans) for human disease treatment.