Botany and Plant Pathology

Botany & Plant Pathology

Plant and microbial biology helps address challenges facing us in the 21st century and beyond…

Our research on plants and microbes helps: protect the environment, apply genetic knowledge to improve plants, manage natural resources, control weeds and diagnose plant diseases.

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Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Lilly Hall of Life Sciences, Room 1-446
915 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47906
(765) 494-4614
botany@purdue.edu

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Researchers uncover new understanding of plant response to environmental stress

Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a new mechanism for how plants respond to environmental stresses and leveraged this mechanism to improve tolerance to drought and salinity. The team, led by Gyeong Mee Yoon, associate professor in...

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Kean Kane stands in one of Purdue's green houses.

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