Research Topics and Activities  

Crop protection and yield improvement 

• Ubiquitin pathways leading to crop host immunity
• Toxic fusion proteins for control of mollusc and insect pests of crops
• Molecular basis of freezing tolerance
• Using cellular metal ions for control of pathoens
• The role of the cytoskeleton in crop pathogen resposes
• The role of extracellular ATP in pathogen responses
• ADAPT – Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerant Potato. Manipulating root growth to improve yield
• Calcium signalling in stress tolerance and plant productivity
• The role of stress gene activation in crop protection. 

Industrial biotechnology 

• The molecular basis of multiple herbicide resistance in grass weeds
• New chemistries for weed control
• Metal detection using transcriptional regulators
• Production of renewable ricinoleic acid for the polymer industry.