Nicholas Harberd

Biography

Professor of Plant Sciences, experienced faculty with many publications, researches. Many on going research work going under his guidance, eminent personality with many publications and awards, honors under his guidance.

Research Interest

We are working on plant salt-stress responses as a fundamental model of how plants respond physiologically to the challenge of stressful environments, and because salt-stress is a major global threat to the yields of crop plants. Our work in this area involves mutational investigations with A. thaliana, with a special focus on the responses of plants to high-salinity soils. We have selected mutants exhibiting either increased resistance or increased sensitivity to growth on saline soils. These studies have enabled substantial advance in understanding, because previous studies of A. thaliana salt-stress responses have mostly been conducted in low-transpiration petri-dish environments.