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Jill Maragaret Farrant
Country of origin: South Africa Currently in: South Africa, Rondebosch General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms-
Degrees
1997 Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Biological Systems and Organisms
Mechanisms of desiccation tolerance of seeds and vegetative tissues of resurrection plants. The research is multidisciplinary - being conducted at the molecular (transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics), biochemical level,ultrastructural and physiological to the whole plant ecophysiological level. At the applied front, genes identified from these studies are used to bioengineer crops for drought toleranceAffiliations
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