Botany: Physiology and Phytochemistry

The CCRC plant cell wall group is comprised of six independently funded research teams with expertise in polysaccharide chemistry and biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology. The goal of our research is to determine the role of the cell wall in plant growth and development.

Coping with plant environmental stress is the foundation of sustainable agriculture. Sections of this Web site include the stresses, biotech issues, a reference database, files and presentations, Web resources, and methods.

This site shows a variety of plants living out their dynamic lives using time-lapse photography.