Contact us:
David A. Francko, Ph.D.
Dept of Botany
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
FranckDA@muohio.edu
Kenneth G. Wilson, Ph.D.
Dept of Botany
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
WilsonKG@muohio.edu
Musa basjoo
Over 16 feet tall
10 August 2004
Musa basjoo
Over 18 feet tall
1September 2004
Dr. David A. Francko - Department of Botany and Associate Dean of Arts and Science Homepage
Studying the long term effects of winter on the distribution and survivorship of Palms
Dr. Kenneth G. Wilson - Department of Botany Undergraduate Advisor Homepage
Leading the work of tissue culture, RNA and protein experiments to artificially cold acclimate palms
Investigating tissue culture potential of bananas and palms from the Miami University collection of cold hardy specimens. My objective is to establish a protocol for propagation of cold hardy plants for the purpose of supplying a plant inventory for North by South Nursery.
Plant Regeneration - Regeneration of cold hardy palms: refining the current protocol for consistent plant production for already regenerated Trachycarpus fortunei, optimizing the conditions for somatic embryogenesis of Sabal palmetto; trying to identify proteins associated with somatic embryogenesis in S. palmetto.
Transformation - Establishment of a method for the transformation of S. palmetto callus tissues using marker genes.
Proteomics - Identification of proteins associated with cold tolerance in palms using tissue cultures, field plants, and green house grown plants.
Lu Li- Doctoral student
Isolating potential cold-related genes from Miami University's palms, analyzing their functions, and trying to increase the cold-hardiness of palms.
Valerie Thompson - Hughes Scholar (2004)
Effects of Plant Growth Regulators on the Growth of Palm Seedlings.