Karen Halliday

For plants, light is a signal that carries information about the environment, and a source of energy for photosynthesis. PHYTOCAL focuses on the interaction between phytochrome signalling and photosynthesis, and seeks to understand fundamental processes that make carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) resources available for plant growth. These unexplored connections underlie biomass production and plasticity, which contribute significantly to yield variability in the field.

This projects seeks to uncover how phytochrome signalling modulates leaf architecture

How light control development

Data, models and simulations for the Chew et al. 2014 paper (PNAS, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1410238111), using wild-type Arabidopsis ecotype Col-0 in standard 12hL:12hD growth conditions, compared to La(er) or Fei-0 accessions, or to plants overexpressing a micro RNA (miR156).