Dr Peter Darrah

Biography

An associate professor with high experience and work regarding Genetics of plants and studies andresearch focused on Rhizosphore models . High experience in the plant science field, won many publications , awards and honors regarding the contribution.

Research Interest

Our development of mathematical models of the rhizosphere effect, recent work has focused on the factors controlling carbon loss to the rhizosphere. In maize, we have demonstrated that for the most important classes of soluble exudate, i.e. sugars and amino-acids, the amounts lost are subject to active regulation, with a passive loss component and a highly effective active re-uptake mechanism which is capable of recovering the majority of the carbon lost. In the case of organic acids, active recovery was only observed under nutrient-stressed conditions.