Research Interests

Plant biotechnology and molecular genetics, environmental stresses.

Specific topics include:

• Signal transduction pathways induced by different stresses in plants
• Generating plants with improved tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses.
• Transcription factors mediating amino acid biosynthesis.
• Correlations between proline cycle, proline-rich-proteins and stress.
• The Bt delta endotoxin Cry1C in insect resistant plants and its interaction with specific membrane lipid rafts and receptors.
• Desert plants as renewable energy resources.