Plant and Crop Physiology and Biochemistry

Promoting sustainable crop production, improving plant productivity and quality, reducing postharvest losses, understanding how plants sense and respond to abiotic stress, probing the diversity of plant specialized metabolism, and understanding fundamental mechanisms of growth and development

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Faculty Interest and Expertise

- Cornelius Barry
- Associate Professor
- Biochemical Evolution of Specialized Metabolism within the Solanaceae Family; Genetic Determinants of Fruit Quality and Ripening
- (517) 884-6959
- barrycs@msu.edu
- Randy Beaudry
- Postharvest biology and technology; controlled atmosphere storage of pome fruit, modified atmosphere packaging; sugarbeet storage, ripening biology and aroma volatile biochemistry.
- (517) 353-0303
- beaudry@msu.edu

- Daniel Brainard PhD
- Associate Professor
- Development of reduced-tillage, cover-crop intensive vegetable production systems; weed ecology and management, with an emphasis on seed biology
- 517-353-0417
- brainar9@msu.edu
- Bert Cregg
- Professor, Tree Physiology
- Physiology and management of trees in landscapes and nursery production
- 517-353-0335
- cregg@msu.edu

- Todd Einhorn
- Associate Professor
- Tree fruit physiology, plant-water relations, rootstock biology, plant growth regulation
- (517) 353-0430
- einhornt@msu.edu
- Tom Fernandez
- Professor
- Sustainability of wholesale production nurseries, water management and quality
- 517-353-0336
- fernan15@msu.edu

- Rebecca Grumet
- Professor
- Reproductive development in Cucumis; regulation of sex-expression; disease resistance; biotechnology biosafety; cucurbit genomics.
- 517-353-0431
- grumet@msu.edu
- Kyung-Hwan Han
- Professor
- Molecular biology of secondary growth; secondary wall biosynthesis; feedstock development for bioenergy and biomaterials; drought tolerance
- 517-353-4751
- hanky@msu.edu

- Courtney Hollender
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Genetics, Plant Development, Fruit Tree Physiology
- (517) 353-0446
- chollend@msu.edu
- Ning Jiang
- Professor
- Function of transposable elements; mechanisms of genome diversification; computational and molecular biology.
- 517-353-0381
- jiangn@msu.edu

- Muraleedharan Nair
- Professor
- Bioactive natural products: Functional foods and Phytoceuticals. Discovery, isolation, purification, identification and standardization of bioactive molecules; efficacy, dose and toxicity evaluation; formulation and process development.
- (517) 353-0406
- nairm@msu.edu
- Erik Runkle
- Professor
- Lighting applications in greenhouses and indoor vertical farms; light-emitting diodes; greenhouse energy conservation; crop production in controlled environments
- (517) 353-0350
- runkleer@msu.edu

- Paolo Sabbatini
- Grapevine physiology; photosynthetic carbon assimilation and partitioning; viticulture; cultivar evaluation of Michigan.
- (517) 353-0302
- sabbatin@msu.edu
- Guo-Qing Song
- Associate Professor
- Improvement of horticultural crops using genomics, genetic, and biotechnological tools; development of efficient plant micropropagation, regeneration and transformation techniques.
- (517) 353-0384
- songg@msu.edu

- Steve van Nocker
- Professor
- Developmental genetics of plants, traits important for production including flowering, chromatin regulation of gene expression
- vannocke@msu.edu
- Ryan Warner
- Associate Professor
- Genetics of plant development; genomics-assisted breeding; marker-assisted selection; floriculture crops.
- (517) 353-0344
- warnerry@msu.edu

Facilities

Horticulture Teaching Greenhouses

1066 Bogue St East Lansing, MI 48824

These glass greenhouses are used primarily for teaching horticulture production classes.
Plant Science Greenhouses

1059 Farm Ln East Lansing, MI 48824

Located near the corner of Farm Ln and Wilson Rd, the Plant Science Greenhouses are utilized by Horticulture faculty, as well as other departments for plant science research.
Research Technology Support Facility

612 Wilson Road S-20 East Lansing, MI 48824

The Research Technology Support Facility at Michigan State University is a collection of five analytical facilities which provide the fundamental tools for modern life science research.
The Plant Biotechnology Resource and Outreach Center

1066 Bogue St East Lansing, MI 48824

The PBROC is dedicated to the safe deployment of plant biotechnological advancements to Michigan and the world.