Plant Genetics
Understanding the procedures involved in breeding crops and the role of genetics in the process.
Academic staff
The following staff are available to supervise honours and masters research in the field of plant genetics.
Dr Mohammad Pourkheirandish
Project topics:
- Study of natural variation, crop evolution, divergence and adaptation.
- Identifying genes that were selected during the domestication process.
- Unravelling crop inflorescence development and architecture.
- Mechanisms of grain dispersal and its molecular basis in cereals.
- New crop domestication.
Email: mohammad.p@unimelb.edu.au