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Dr Jyotirmaya Mathan

Capitalise:

The main objective of this project is to enhance the crop yield by targeting photosynthesis in diverse natural populations of three major European crop plants: Barley, maize and tomato. We will also explore the natural variation in RuBP carboxylation and regeneration limitation in these populations. Furthermore, with the changing climate effecting crop growth, we want to explore the natural variation in limitations to photosynthesis under fluctuating light. From this work key quantitative trait loci (QTL) and quantitative trait nucleotides (QTN) will be identified for high photosynthesis and yield for use in future work.

Research interests
  • Anatomical, biochemical and physiological limitation of photosynthesis in genetical diverse crop plants
  • Impact of dynamic light response to photosynthesis and stomatal conductance
  • The natural variation of stomatal traits contributing to its function in crop plant
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PhD project: Understanding the  genetic basis of  sucrose transport and  functional characterization of the rice sucrose transporters

Publications:

Mathan, J., Singh, A. and Ranjan, A., 2021. Sucrose transport and metabolism control carbon partitioning between stem and grain in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 72(12), pp.4355-4372.

Mathan, J., Singh, A., Jathar, V. and Ranjan, A., 2021. High photosynthesis rate in two wild rice species is driven by leaf anatomy mediating high Rubisco activity and electron transport rate. Journal of Experimental Botany, 72(20), pp.7119-7135.

Mathan, J., Singh, A. and Ranjan, A., 2021. Sucrose transport in response to drought and salt stress involves ABA‐mediated induction of OsSWEET13 and OsSWEET15 in rice. Physiologia Plantarum, 171(4), pp.620-637.