Program Areas — Dr. Ryan Warner , Associate Professor

Ornamental and Landscape Ecology

Environmental Stress Tolerance

Being sessile organisms, plants are often subjected to suboptimal or supraoptimal environmental conditions, including temperature, light intensity and water availability. My lab is interested in developing plants with increased tolerance to environmental stresses, particularly temperature stress. This includes using model systems to understand the mechanisms plants use to tolerate stressful environments, and applying this knowledge for the improvement of horticultural crops.

Increasing Efficiency of Greenhouse Crop Production

Greenhouse growers produce literally hundreds of different crops simultaneously. These crops typically need to be scheduled to flower within a narrow time window for holiday or spring sales. I am interested in understanding how light and temperature impact crop growth and development and how manipulation of these environmental variables can be used to increase precision of crop scheduling and maximize crop production efficiency.

 

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