Plant Nutrition

Major Research Themes

• Micronutrients in the food chain;
• Cultivar differences among staple-food crops in ability to extract micronutrients from soils, especially soils of low general fertility, and the genetics and molecular biology of such traits;
• Cultivar differences in ability to load micronutrients into food grains, and the genetics and molecular biology of such traits;
• The role of adequate micronutrient nutrition in resistance to disease, product quality in general and in the sustainability of cropping systems.
• Nutrients of particular interest include iron, zinc, copper, manganese, iodine, selenium and boron, as well as pro-vitamin A carotenoids.

The Plant Nutrition Group consists of:

Also involved with the group are:

Technical & Administrative Staff

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