Leon Kochian
Professor
Plant Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Biography
Prof. Leon Kochian, has received his PhD in Plant Physiology from University of California, Davis. Currently, he is working as Professor, at University of Saskatchewan. His research interest includes Plant mineral nutrition, Ion transport, Tolerance and adaptation to soil-based abiotic stresses.. He has authored several publications.
Research Interest
Our research program focuses on the molecular physiology and genetics of plant mineral nutrition and root biology with emphasis on plant responses to abiotic stresses in the soil.
Publications
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Kochian LV, Piñeros MA, Liu J, Magalhaes JV. Plant adaptation to acid soils: the molecular basis for crop aluminum resistance. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 2015 Apr 29;66:571-98.
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Carvalho G, Schaffert RE, Malosetti M, Viana JH, Menezes CB, Silva LA, Guimaraes CT, Coelho AM, Kochian LV, van Eeuwijk FA, Magalhaes JV. Back to acid soil fields: the citrate transporter SbMATE is a major asset for sustainable grain yield for sorghum cultivated on acid soils. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2016 Feb 1;6(2):475-84.
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Zhang Z, Zheng Y, Ham BK, Chen J, Yoshida A, Kochian LV, Fei Z, Lucas WJ. Vascular-mediated signalling involved in early phosphate stress response in plants. Nature plants. 2016 Apr 4;2:16033.
