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Bingru Huang Bingru Huang
Professor
 Plant Biology and Pathology
Foran 301
Plant Science
59 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 848-932-6390
Fax: 732-932-9441
Email: huang@aesop.rutgers.edu
Website: aesop.rutgers.edu/~plantbiopath/faculty/huang/huang.html
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Expertise Summary
  My research interests are in the areas of environmental stress physiology. The long-term goal of my program is to develop stress resistant species/cultivars and effective management programs to improve plant growth under stressful conditions by understanding the mechanisms of plant tolerance to environmental stresses. My research program focuses on understanding mechanisms of turfgrass tolerance to heat and drought stress at whole-plant, cellular, and molecular levels. Research projects include the following areas: Water use characteristics, stomatal control and regulation, irrigation management Photosynthesis, respiration, carbon balance, and carbohydrate metabolism Root physiology associated with carbon use and hormonal metabolism Hormonal regulation of root growth, water use and leaf senescence Lipid and antioxidant metabolism associated with leaf senescence Identification of heat shock proteins and dehydrin proteins Gene identification and isolation Gene transformation.

Research Projects
  • Physiological and molecular factors affecting heat and drought tolerance in cool-season turfgrasses

    • Selected Publications
    Genotypic variation in abscisic acid accumulation, water relations, and gas exchange for Kentucky bluegrass exposed to drought stress
      Journal: J Amer Hort Sci
     Authors: Wang, Z, B. Huang, and Q. Xu
    Volume: 128    Pages: 349-355
    Date Published: 2003
    Physiological indicators for drought resistance in Poa arachnifera x Poa pratensis hybrids
      Journal: Vortrage Pflanzensuchtung
     Authors: Abraham, E.M., B. Huang, W.A. Meyer, and S.A. Bonos
    Volume: 59    Pages: 301-307
    Date Published: 2003
    Responses of cytokinins, antioxidant enzymes, and lipid peroxidation in shoots of creeping bentgrass to high root-zone temperatures
      Journal: J Amer Soc Hort Sci
     Authors: Wang, Z, J Pote, and B Huang
    Volume: 128    Pages: 648-655
    Date Published: 2003
    Summer root decline: Production and mortality for four cultivars of creeping bentgrass
      Journal: Crop Science
     Authors: Huang, B and X Liu
    Volume: 43    Pages: 258-265
    Date Published: 2003

     

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